And the Next Cancelled Show is...

[auntiehill]

Lester Holt is stepping down as NBC News nightly anchor.
No replacement has been named.

That's too bad. He has an awesome voice; it made hearing the news a bit less horrible.

 

[Jayson1]

Here is a chance for NBC to get with the times. His replacement needs to be Bert Kreischer. Time to chase that podcast gold!

 

[Nerys Myk]

Here is a chance for NBC to get with the times. His replacement needs to be Bert Kreischer. Time to chase that podcast gold!

I'll pretend to know who that is.

 

[Jayson1]

I'll pretend to know who that is.

Your right! They need to aim higher. Andrew Schulz it is!

 

[Nerys Myk]

Your right! They need to aim higher. Andrew Schulz it is!

Once again, I'll pretend to know who that is.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Google tells me they are comedians and podcasters.

 

[Jayson1]

Theo Von it is, then!

 

[Nerys Myk]

Theo Von it is, then!

I got nothin.

 

[Jayson1]

Okay then it's Tim Dillion but I don't think most of America can handle him. But they will learn to!

 

[cardinal biggles]

@Nerys Myk this is why TV isn't made for us anymore.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Is doughy white guy the default for comedian/podcaster?

If so, why not Gaffigan? The whitest of doughy guys!

 

[Jayson1]

They aren't all doughy! Just 75% of them. Of course you can also go with Charlamagne Tha God,Whitney Cummings,Nikki Glasser and even though he might be hard to get, you can go for Chris Rock.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Rock: In our next story, actress Jada Pinkett has...damn!

 

[Jayson1]

Can't believe I didn't think of it until now but just elevate Colin Jost and Michael Che to the real news!

 

[Bekk Ishy Z]

Adapting a 3 book trilogy into a series of blockbuster films is hard enough. If you look into it, there are a ton of changes PJ and his team had to make just to get LOTR made.

WOT getting any adaptation at all is going to be monumental. 8 1 hour episodes of - hopefully - 8 seasons is going to mandate changes in order to make a compelling series.

Personally, I think they've done rather well all things considered.

I don't know your age. You're talking to someone who's used to 20+ episodes per season. This 6-8 episodes per "season" is just wimpy. If they took the ballsy route and did 20 episodes, they could easily do one book per season. They'd then have a ready-made show along with dialog.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Can't believe I didn't think of it until now but just elevate Colin Jost and Michael Che to the real news!

Ugh, fuck no. I'd rather have Generic White Guy Podcaster I've Never Heard Of over those two.

 

[oktay]

I don't know your age. You're talking to someone who's used to 20+ episodes per season. This 6-8 episodes per "season" is just wimpy. If they took the ballsy route and did 20 episodes, they could easily do one book per season. They'd then have a ready-made show along with dialog.

Except for TV shows on TV channels, series with 20 episodes per season are not produced. In the streaming era, high-budget TV shows with 8-10 episodes are fashionable. If you want a 20-episode series, TV channels had to make it in the 2010s. Well, it is still applicable, a TV show with 15 seasons consisting of 10 episodes every year can be produced. But they do not prefer it.

 

[The Wormhole]

Even the networks are starting to move away from twenty episodes a season, with many shows that have begun in the 2020s only doing 18 episodes, with that being considered the order for a "full season."

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

After all, why settle for summer replacements when you can air several shows during the year?

 

[Jayson1]

Ugh, fuck no. I'd rather have Generic White Guy Podcaster I've Never Heard Of over those two.

I know who could do it. Conan O'Brien. He was smart to dump his tv show and get into the podcast game. He saw the future. I would love to see the Masturbating Bear as his co-anchor.