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to try his hand at a Wednesday-to-Saturday program that would examine country-music notables. MTV tested “Middle of the Night Show,” a series that forced a celebrity to host a late-night program on the spot from his or her home.
Enter Fox News Channel. In 2015, the Fox Corp.-backed cable outlet added “Gutfeld!” to its lineup at 11 p.m. The program features commentator Greg Gutfeld and a panel of contributors who talk politics and culture. Fox has positioned the program as a competitor to Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel and “The Daily Show.” “We are not having celebrities to promote some movie,” says Tom O’Connor, the program’s executive producer. “We are just having interesting people that we think are funny.
with higher viewing than we did at this time last year, so there’s always room for growth.” McCarthy adds that the guest hosts will continue “until around the end of April, and then in spring, we will finalize our choice.” Even so, use of guest hosts may remain an option. “I think there are a lot of people who want the job,” says Flanz. “I would like to see a lot of people do it before we make any kind of decision.
NBCU has already made one big night shift. In a different era, says Lazarus, running a show at 1:30 a.m. made sense — and got ratings. After airing programs in the hour led by Bob Costas, Carson Daly, and, most recently, Lilly Singh, “we thought in partnership with our affiliates, we could drive more value by doing other things, and having them program that time slot,” he says. “There’s no magic to it. It’s really late at night and there’s a lower audience level.
The maneuver has helped stoke continuing interest in the program, which executive producer Lorne Michaels has pushed to morph with the times. “SNL” is a cultural behemoth. Even Axios, the newsletter publisher focused on politics and technology, has on occasion posted a re-cap of the program, joining dozens of other media outlets who summarize “SNL” highlights each week.
NBC expects to continue working with him. “This is not a man who is slowing down at any great rate,” says Lazarus. If there is a succession decision to be made, says Lazarus, “Lorne is going to have major input on all of that. It’s Lorne’s show. It’s Lorne’s legacy. Let me put it this way: Everybody who has sat in my chair, he has been here to say hello and goodbye to. He’s still here. He’s calling the shots.
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