When news stories fall through the cracks, we here at Colbert News Hub find them for a post we call, In The Press.
Catch up edition! Or perhaps, all caught up edition? Wait, I got it. It’s the “All caught up until the ‘Emmys’ edition”-Edition. How’s that sound? Seriously, we will have one more edition, pre-Emmys, that focuses mostly on all the Emmy talk.
In this edition, Jon and Stephen are accused of having too many white male guests. Comments please, as in read the comments below the article and then come back here to comment as well. I think after reading it you will want to comment.
Also, more on John Oliver and the rest of the goings-on in the ever dynamic world of late night TV.
Jon Stewart
- Jon Stewart and Sarah Palin Agree On Something! – American Corporate Partners
Jon and Sarah apparently recorded a PSA for ACP, a national nonprofit organization that connects post-9/11 veterans to business professionals for career guidance. You can see the PSA if you click on the headline link right above.
Stewart and Palin have teamed up to draw attention to the fact that over the next five years, more than one million members of the U.S. military will return home from service, and each will need to successfully transition into the American private sector workforce – not just with a job, but with a true career path. The importance of supporting our vets and scaling for this challenge is immense, and the Stewart/Palin ad (accompanied by #AgreeOnThis) drives home the notion that despite our differences, the importance of mentoring our vets is indisputable.
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
Stewart and Colbert are darlings of the left, icons of contemporary American liberalism. But neither has earned that status in one very important way: the majority of their guests are just as white and male as they are. Colbert’s track record, in particular, is simply pitiful. This is both surprising and dismaying, given his status as one of the most visible liberal comedians performing political satire today, and the place he holds in the hearts of so many left-leaning American viewers.
For better or worse, comedy has emerged as one of the most visible platforms for laying bare the insanity of anti-science reactionaries. Jon Stewart and his “Daily Show” correspondents, for example, have been scrutinizing such people for years, while John Oliver has emerged in recent months as a veritable pro-science powerhouse. Stephen Colbert has interviewed Neil deGrasse Tyson at least 10 times!
John Oliver
Because of this, another late-night host, John Oliver, tried an innovative strategy when hiring writers for his HBO show Last Week Tonight, according to IndieWire. On top of hiring former David Letterman writer Nell Scovell to actively seek out women and encourage them to apply, Oliver and his staff used blind submissions in both rounds of hiring. “Oliver chose to hide the writers’ names from himself, he says, to fight against his own prejudices,” Ingoo Kang of IndieWire writes. The result was a staff with two women out of nine writers.
The significance of the show’s surging popularity goes beyond its various laudable, and widely lauded, elements (the more diverse writer’s room, the commercial-free format, and so on). What the success of “Last Week Tonight” suggests, on a deeper level, is that American television viewers may finally be tired of the frantic bombast generated by the Stimulation Media.
- How John Oliver Beats Apathy – The Atlantic
John’s new show on HBO is reminiscent of another spinoff of The Daily Show that we all know and love. (Begins with a C and ends in a silent T? Anyone?) The fans are doing what he says, like crashing the FCC website.
This is the magic of John Oliver. It’s been only 14 episodes so far (the show is slated for 19 this season) but the Last Week Tonight team has found a way to take a seemingly complicated issue, remove the talking points and cultural baggage surrounding it, break it into understandable parts—and then slowly rebuild it. It’s an ingenious formula that’s making a difference in the real world.
Late Night TV
- Craig Ferguson Nears Deal for New Talk Show – Hollywood Reporter
It didn’t take long for Craig to figure out his next gig and somewhat surprisingly, it’s a talk show. (because didn’t he say that he didn’t want to do that format anymore?) It’s also a game show. The talk show will not be on in late night, rather in late evening, at 7:30. The game show will debut before his Late Late Show gig is done. The big burning question is whether Geoff will come with him. Hopefully yes.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Ferguson is finalizing a deal to host a new talker for Tribune-owned stations. Somewhat surprisingly, the new show will not be part of late night, likely airing at 7:30 p.m. That will alleviate a lot of similar competition for Ferguson, though the earlier start time is relatively untested waters for the format.
Six Degrees
The newly created post will serve to replace both founding executive director Raphaela Neihausen and founding artistic director Thom Powers, who are both stepping down from their positions…”When Raphaela and I started at Montclair, it was meant to be a part-time job, but in three years the festival has seen tremendous growth and needs a year round leader,” Powers said. “We’ve long admired Tom Hall’s work from afar and look forward to experiencing his talents in Montclair.”
In The Press – August 23, 2014
When news stories fall through the cracks, we here at Colbert News Hub find them for a post we call, In The Press.
Catch up edition! Or perhaps, all caught up edition? Wait, I got it. It’s the “All caught up until the ‘Emmys’ edition”-Edition. How’s that sound? Seriously, we will have one more edition, pre-Emmys, that focuses mostly on all the Emmy talk.
In this edition, Jon and Stephen are accused of having too many white male guests. Comments please, as in read the comments below the article and then come back here to comment as well. I think after reading it you will want to comment.
Also, more on John Oliver and the rest of the goings-on in the ever dynamic world of late night TV.
Jon Stewart
Jon and Sarah apparently recorded a PSA for ACP, a national nonprofit organization that connects post-9/11 veterans to business professionals for career guidance. You can see the PSA if you click on the headline link right above.
Stewart and Palin have teamed up to draw attention to the fact that over the next five years, more than one million members of the U.S. military will return home from service, and each will need to successfully transition into the American private sector workforce – not just with a job, but with a true career path. The importance of supporting our vets and scaling for this challenge is immense, and the Stewart/Palin ad (accompanied by #AgreeOnThis) drives home the notion that despite our differences, the importance of mentoring our vets is indisputable.
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
Stewart and Colbert are darlings of the left, icons of contemporary American liberalism. But neither has earned that status in one very important way: the majority of their guests are just as white and male as they are. Colbert’s track record, in particular, is simply pitiful. This is both surprising and dismaying, given his status as one of the most visible liberal comedians performing political satire today, and the place he holds in the hearts of so many left-leaning American viewers.
For better or worse, comedy has emerged as one of the most visible platforms for laying bare the insanity of anti-science reactionaries. Jon Stewart and his “Daily Show” correspondents, for example, have been scrutinizing such people for years, while John Oliver has emerged in recent months as a veritable pro-science powerhouse. Stephen Colbert has interviewed Neil deGrasse Tyson at least 10 times!
John Oliver
Because of this, another late-night host, John Oliver, tried an innovative strategy when hiring writers for his HBO show Last Week Tonight, according to IndieWire. On top of hiring former David Letterman writer Nell Scovell to actively seek out women and encourage them to apply, Oliver and his staff used blind submissions in both rounds of hiring. “Oliver chose to hide the writers’ names from himself, he says, to fight against his own prejudices,” Ingoo Kang of IndieWire writes. The result was a staff with two women out of nine writers.
The significance of the show’s surging popularity goes beyond its various laudable, and widely lauded, elements (the more diverse writer’s room, the commercial-free format, and so on). What the success of “Last Week Tonight” suggests, on a deeper level, is that American television viewers may finally be tired of the frantic bombast generated by the Stimulation Media.
John’s new show on HBO is reminiscent of another spinoff of The Daily Show that we all know and love. (Begins with a C and ends in a silent T? Anyone?) The fans are doing what he says, like crashing the FCC website.
This is the magic of John Oliver. It’s been only 14 episodes so far (the show is slated for 19 this season) but the Last Week Tonight team has found a way to take a seemingly complicated issue, remove the talking points and cultural baggage surrounding it, break it into understandable parts—and then slowly rebuild it. It’s an ingenious formula that’s making a difference in the real world.
Late Night TV
It didn’t take long for Craig to figure out his next gig and somewhat surprisingly, it’s a talk show. (because didn’t he say that he didn’t want to do that format anymore?) It’s also a game show. The talk show will not be on in late night, rather in late evening, at 7:30. The game show will debut before his Late Late Show gig is done. The big burning question is whether Geoff will come with him. Hopefully yes.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Ferguson is finalizing a deal to host a new talker for Tribune-owned stations. Somewhat surprisingly, the new show will not be part of late night, likely airing at 7:30 p.m. That will alleviate a lot of similar competition for Ferguson, though the earlier start time is relatively untested waters for the format.
Six Degrees
The newly created post will serve to replace both founding executive director Raphaela Neihausen and founding artistic director Thom Powers, who are both stepping down from their positions…”When Raphaela and I started at Montclair, it was meant to be a part-time job, but in three years the festival has seen tremendous growth and needs a year round leader,” Powers said. “We’ve long admired Tom Hall’s work from afar and look forward to experiencing his talents in Montclair.”