On social media is the DNA, woven into the show as organically as it is into our daily lives. Sure, other hosts like Fallon or Conan have incorporated digital-driven segments into their shows, but often as superficial structures for standard topical jokes or host schtick.
I’ve heard it described as part Web Soup and part NPR’s Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! with a dash of You Don’t Know Jack! For us, it also harkens back to MTV’s Remote Control, swapping in social media for TV trivia as a vehicle for making comedy. It’s ostensibly a game show, but much like the Internet itself, is a blend of types of content that can’t easily be categorized under a single banner. In the glut of guys in suits interviewing guests with pre-determined talking points, offers something truly newsworthy: a new format. Well, maybe we’re all ready for a little reinvention. In his Time magazine cover story last month, Seth Meyers said he has no plans to reinvent the late night talk show format. Here are 10 reasons why has earned our Likes, our Favorites and our +1’s.
The interactive Chris Hardwick-led half-hour has blown up the traditional talk show format, bringing in a rotating cast of the most respected comedians in the game and incorporating the Internet in a way that doesn’t feel contrived to create a show that isn’t trying to be anything other than what all late night comedy shows should be: fun. This month TV media’s attention has been focused on Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers shuffling into their new chairs at NBC, but Comedy Central’s sleeper hit has quietly continued to be the funniest and most innovative show in late night.
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