Current Events > The children don't remember how bad TV got during the 2007 writers strike

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Noumas
05/02/23 4:17:37 PM
#101:


voldothegr8 posted...
Leno retired, Conan took over. Ratings dipped as expected for a new host, Leno regretted retiring and used that to worm his way back in. NBC also severely neutered Conan's brand of comedy for the 11pm show, so by the end he was probably sick of it all anyway.
Damn, Conan deserved better. And NBC is supposed to be the good channel, I can't imagine what CBS and ABC are like.
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CedarPointcp
05/02/23 4:21:37 PM
#102:


SupermanLost posted...
https://twitter.com/theashleyray/status/1653167329482788865

This was fun though: https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1653188776267595783
yeah, superman, smallville even got shortened from 22 episodes to 20 episodes
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Null_Gain
05/02/23 4:21:50 PM
#103:


I remember getting into Ugly Betty the season leading up to the strike. It never came back from it

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B18Champ
05/02/23 4:28:30 PM
#104:


The only things I remember was a shorter season of Lost and Quantum of Solace was a total disaster

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apocalyptic_4
05/02/23 4:28:43 PM
#105:


Tyranthraxus posted...
The problem wasn't the quality as much as it was the show & seasons got cut short and didn't get enough time.

Ah I agree I didn't notice that re watching it but I remember now the seasons were cut in half after season 3 which was disappointing.

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Ivynn
05/02/23 9:12:40 PM
#106:


Noumas posted...
Damn, Conan deserved better. And NBC is supposed to be the good channel, I can't imagine what CBS and ABC are like.

Conan had a very niche audience then. His late show was almost like a parody of late night shows (like his infamous lack of chemistry with Max Weinberg which was a source of comedy). I remember back in high school and college, it was mostly the nerds and other outsider type groups that watched him. The popular/mainstream normies were all watching Leno and old people were watching Letterman.

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lightwarrior78
05/02/23 9:19:27 PM
#107:


People overesitimate how much American TV I watch.

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I4NRulez
05/02/23 9:29:08 PM
#108:


voldothegr8 posted...
Leno retired, Conan took over. Ratings dipped as expected for a new host, Leno regretted retiring and used that to worm his way back in. NBC also severely neutered Conan's brand of comedy for the 11pm show, so by the end he was probably sick of it all anyway.

His ratings were actually strong until the new Leno show debuted. Then Lenos ratings stunk which meant no one stayed around for the news and then no one watching the Tonight Show.

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RyoRaofin
05/02/23 9:33:39 PM
#109:


I remember the 2nd season of Heroes being impacted by the strike. That show never recovered after that.

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hockeybub89
05/02/23 9:36:01 PM
#110:


Pretty fucking pathetic that people would rather tank everything than pay their fucking employees

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wanderingshade
05/02/23 10:07:55 PM
#111:


voldothegr8 posted...
Leno retired, Conan took over. Ratings dipped as expected for a new host, Leno regretted retiring and used that to worm his way back in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-8LGTVF3_I

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Noumas
05/06/23 5:27:00 AM
#112:


wanderingshade posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-8LGTVF3_I
Wow. Now I understand why people say letterman and Leno were for the older audience, they have history.
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_____Cait
05/06/23 5:30:17 AM
#113:


Thats when Cartoon Network started doing live action gameshow and reality show garbage

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