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Problems at Comedy Central? - The Safehouse Forums
According to a friend who reads all the entertainment news and is generally pretty sharp when it comes to TV and movies, Comedy Central is considering pulling the plug on most of its new programming because of bad ratings.
The DL Hughley Show has already been cut back from 3 nights to 2 nights a week.
The David Spade entertainment show and the Adam Corolla talk show are apparently in major trouble.
Stella has not been renewed, and Mind of Mencia is in limbo.
The Daily Show, Reno 911 and South Park reruns are the only shows that get good ratings right now on Comedy Central.
So what are the opinions on Comedy Central programming?
I think those shows are all pretty funny, especially David Spade, DL Hughley and Stella.
Am I just one of the few people that find those shows funny?
Are constant reruns of South Park, Mad TV and Dave Chappelle really going to be better?
I think Comedy Central doesn't give these shows enough of a chance.
They seem to be under the delusion that they are a network, not cable TV.
After seeing their impatient treatment of the Hollow Men, Graham Norton, Norm MacDonald, Wanda Does It, Disruption, Con, Tough Crowd, etc., I'm beginning to wonder if they aren't becoming the FOX of cable TV.
One thing that I think will help out the new shows is if their seasons were longer than 10-12 episodes.
Comedy Central runs so many reruns its ridiculous.
The Daily Show only seems to make new shows every other week, and they only seem to show reruns for everything those weeks.
If people knew they could turn on Comedy Central and have a reasonably decent chance of seeing something new, they might find their ratings go up.
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They replay the **** out of everything in their lineup.
They play it 400 times and wonder why the ratings suck after the first couple times.
As far as those shows go I really can't stand Stella, Michael Ian Black is someone I have sudden urges to punch in the face everytime I see him.
Spade and Corolla's shows are good there just aren't many episodes out yet and watching the same thing 20 times isn't that great of an idea.
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Well, while I do want them to keep trying new shows, those ones they are thinking of cutting are all pretty bad.
Adam's show in particular is just awful.
Even his studio audience never laughs.
Spade's show is allright, but not great.
After seeing their impatient treatment of the Hollow Men, Graham Norton, Norm MacDonald, Wanda Does It, Disruption, Con, Tough Crowd Almost all completely awful.
The only good one there was Tough Crowd, and to be fair that was on almost every night for a year, right after Daily Show, so you can't say it wasn't given it's shot.
That said, I'm glad Drawn Together made it another season, its pretty much the only "new" show that was any good.
So yeah, pretty much South Park, Daily Show, Reno 911 and in my opinion, Drawn Together, are the only things worth watching on the channel at the moment(I really detest Mad TV).
It's really too bad they had that falling out with Dave Schappell.
It's the main problem we have with TV now, they are giving every commedian they can a sketch comedy show in the hopes of finding another Schappell's Show, but its just not working.
Mind of Mencia is okay, but it's like a 2 joke show.
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I've never really found David Spade to be all that funny.
He was lousy on SNL, but alright on Just Shoot Me (though I suspect that was because someone else did the writing).
The Showbiz Show looks like a bigger, fancier version of his old Hollywood Minute routine, which frankly was DOA the first time around.
Wanda Sykes is, at best, okay in small doses.
She certainly can't carry a half-hour show on her own though.
I'm not sure what the appeal of Graham Norton was, if ever there was any.
As far as reruns doing better than new shows, this is nothing new.
Adult Swim thrives on this.
What they need to do is produce new episodes of Insomniac.
That one was my favorite.
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Yes, I could watch Dave Attell all night long.
I wouldnt' say CC is having problems..
They have had a almost completely new line up every few years for as long as I can remember.
They need to rerun SCTV or Python, Kids, something that's been off the air for awhile.
I also Agree with urges to punch Stella.
His career should have ended after VH1's remember the 80-90's
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I like Dave Atell pretty well.
I thought Stella was pretty funny too.
Reno 9/11, TDS, and the late Chapelle Show are my faves though.
Southpark is pretty funny too.
Adama Corolla is horrid.
DL Hughly...just don't find him funny.
Hated Crank Yankers.
Carlos Mencia is unfunny, but he does have a following and sells out live shows all over the place.
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I'm kind of indifferent on Stella.
I've seen it a few times and just thought it was eh.
I really don't care for David Spade, but I watched his show and thought it was pretty good.
His correspondents smack of Daily Show though, so I think they need to figure out something different for that.
Speaking of Daily Show, let's not forget that the Colbert Report starts soon.
I'm really looking forward to it.
Mind of Mencia.
This show really upsets me, because I love Carlos Mencia's standup.
This show is NOT Carlos Mencia, it's like the network told him to ramp up his stereotype meter about 500%.
He DOES use stereotypes in his act, just not to this degree of stupidness.
Go listen to "Take a Joke America" if you want to hear some decent Carlos Mencia comedy.
Also, that DUR DA DUR thing makes me want to punch somebody.
They REALLY need to get new half hour standup routines on the network.
I can only watch a comedian so many times before I want to stab myself in the ear.
"Hey, Pablo Francisco's on...
Maybe it's a new routine...
CRAP, it's the same one they've shown for the past 2 years." :(
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Why all the hate towards Michael Ian Black?
I can understand not liking the humor, since its all just kind of silly nonsensical skits, but I can't see wanting to do violence on him over it.
Tough Crowd did get a fair chance, and it got decent ratings.
Comedy Central just felt that it didn't carry enough of the Daily Show audience, which was crap.
The Daily Show is lightning in a bottle, they can't possibly expect to replicate that.
I guess their success with the Chappelle Show raised their expectations to unrealistic levels for their other shows.
Drawn Together is ok, but nothing great.
The basis of the show was ok, but most of the jokes were repeated every episode.
Yes, we get it: she's fat, he's gay, she's a racist, etc.
Dave Chappelle didn't have a falling out with Comedy Central as much as he succumbed to the pressure of following up "I'm Rick James, bitch!" My understanding is that he can come back and film new episodes if he ever wants to again.
Plus, he did have half of a third season filmed already, so I imagine that will end up being released in some form or another.
Mind of Mencia is kind of funny, but he thinks that saying "dee duh dee" is way funnier than it really is.
It was hilarious the first time.
The 35th time, not so much.
David Spade is a nasty, snarky kind of comedian.
If you don't like the Don Rickles/Shecky Green kind of character assassination, but about celebrities, then you won't like Spade.
Dave Attell stopped doing Insomniac because he said there were no more worthwhile cities to film it in.
I have two things to say about that.
First of all, he never did it in Louisville, KY.
While we don't have a real exciting night life, we have enough to fill a 30 minute show.
Secondly, I really don't watch that show for tourism info.
He could do a show in downtown Baghdad, and it would be funny.
The Colbert Report is walking into a difficult situation.
Its going to be in that 11:30 timeslot following the Daily Show that's been destroyed with about a dozen other shows in it, like Tough Crowd, Blue Collar Comedy reruns, and Adam Corolla.
It has to compete against Letterman and Leno, plus Futurama/Family Guy on the Cartoon Network.
They've done so much advertising that they are probably expecting a lot ratings-wise.
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Dorla said: Mind of Mencia.
This show really upsets me, because I love Carlos Mencia's standup.
This show is NOT Carlos Mencia, it's like the network told him to ramp up his stereotype meter about 500%.
He DOES use stereotypes in his act, just not to this degree of stupidness.
Go listen to "Take a Joke America" if you want to hear some decent Carlos Mencia comedy.
Also, that DUR DA DUR thing makes me want to punch somebody.
I would have to disagree!
But I have seen him live in the last 6 months and his routine was definitely just as racist as his tv show.
He is a regular at Comedy Works and quite a few of the others on the show are getting their start at comedy works too.
The show with the Dee Dee Dee awards the guy that got up with cerebral palsy (sp) his name is John and he is one of the not yet famous but super funny regulars down there.
I have seen three or four guest on his show, that are from the club and that is kind of cool.
Back on topic though, His last few routines have been rapidly picking up racistness...
I look at it this way he may be a racist but he is an equal opportunity racist he picks on everyone!
This is definitely one show that I will be ticked if it gets canceled.
I go down to Comedy Works with a buddy who is doing the Amateur thingy and he pointed this show out.
Since then my wife and I have been regulars.
We just started watching but our DVR is set to get any showing of MoM and thanks to Comedy Centrals mind numbing replays we are almost caught up on this season ;)
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Adam Corolla is NOT funny, never was, and never will be.
Cancel that crap.
David Spade's show is basically a big Hollywood Minute.
It's ok but not worth sitting through a whole 30 minutes.
Mencia could have potential if he would do something besides RACIAL jokes.
Hey, we get it. Do you have any other material?
I've never seen his standup so I don't know what he can deliver.
Stella.
Pass, random silliness is not that funny.
I mainly watch CC for the Daily Show, sometimes Southpark, and watching standups.
CC should show more new standups.
Those who do the long routines and not the 10 minute gig.
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The adam corolla show is terrible.
I watched it for about 7 minutes to give the guy a chance to make some laughs.
Through 7-10 straight minutes of talking, neither my friend and I watching, nor anyone in the audience even cracked a chuckle once.
It was sad.
Mencia is actually a very funny comedian, when I do catch the show, I think he may be trying too hard sometimes.
Stella wasn't that great, from what I watched.
One or two skits were fairly good, then the others were just blah.
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Http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/en...909593700.html
Comedy Central is compiling its biggest development slate yet in anticipation of adding three or four new primetime series next year.
The Viacom-owned network unveiled at least a dozen series pilots in a wide range of genres, including projects featuring Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, Jason "Wee-Man" Acuna of "Jackass" fame and comedian Nick DiPaolo.
The slate also is packed with genre satires, including "Not Another High School Show," a parody of teen soaps like "The O.C.," and "Case Closed," which will riff on true-crime documentaries.
Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Prods.
Company is working on "Gay Robot," an adaptation of a character from the actor's "Shhh .
. . Don't Tell" comedy album,
Other pilots in development include "Half Way Home," about misfits living in a halfway house;
A variety show based on the Los Angeles-based stage show "Naked Trucker";
And "Legends," a series of specials examining sensations in the comedy business.
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The adam corolla show is terrible.
I watched it for about 7 minutes to give the guy a chance to make some laughs.
Through 7-10 straight minutes of talking, neither my friend and I watching, nor anyone in the audience even cracked a chuckle once.
It was sad. Adam Corolla can be funny on Loveline, but that's because he's more or less the sidekick.
His job is to make fun of the callers and Dr.
Drew and the guests.
On his show, he has to play the straight man as well as the comic relief, and he seems unable to do both.
I got uncomfortable just watching his show because of how robotic he becomes when interviwing guests.
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The DL Hughley Show has already been cut back from 3 nights to 2 nights a week.
The David Spade entertainment show and the Adam Corolla talk show are apparently in major trouble.
Stella has not been renewed, and Mind of Mencia is in limbo All duds, all of them.
CC has over played the comedian/talk show angle in the last year.
I think because of the success of the Daily Show, personally.
They should have never, ever, given Adam Corrola his own show.
The ONLY reason he was funny on love line was because he was in contrast to the Doc, who was completely straight laced.
Mind of Mencia gives me a headache for the most part.
I don't find listening to Carlos scream about race and hit on every racial stereotype to be very funny.
Stella....I watch that show and have a desire to huck a live hand grenade into the middle of the room when they are together.
His job is to make fun of the callers and Dr.
Drew and the guests.
Yeah, I think that's where his strength lies honestly.
He needs people to interact with so they can give him ammo to ridicule them (or make a joke about beating off).
When he's on the spot and just putting up his own material, he chokes, badly.
Maybe it's that CC greenlighted a few bad shows all at the same time...or maybe they truly have lost their edge for good programing.
Can't really say.
All I know is, I don't tune into CC anymore with any regularity.
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Comedy Central hs a couple problems.
First, they have FAR TOO MANY Commercials.
Second, they allow Commercials which have sound that seems to be up to 50% louder than the normal programming.
Third, the content they do have tends to be poor, at best.
The Daily Show is literally the only thing they have that I would go out of my way to watch.
I know that DVR or TiVO can deal with the Commercials, but I have neither service.
They can do nothing about the generally poor show quality, however.
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I watch southpark and the daily show and ferris buehler when its on like twice a week.
Other than that, comedy central doesn't do it for me.
They do all these quirky shows, when I don't think they need to.
Sitcom is short for situation comedy afterall.
It wouldn't kill them to delve into the genre if they did it right.
Not everything on comedy central has to be slapstick humor.
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Oh yeah, that's the other thing that CC has going for it, it plays Kevin Smith films and Office Space constantly.
Kick-ass!
I really do miss Tough Crowd.
The regulars on that were just hysterical.
Sad was exactly the word I'd use to describe Corolla's show.
I actually feel bad for him watching it.
The best the Adam does is cartoon voicework for Drawn Together and Family Guy.
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Adam carolla is one of my very favorite comedians.
His voice and trashy attitude toward life due to his youth is wildly hilarious.
But yeah, his TV show blows.
I feel sorry for him, I really thought this show would get his name out more but it surely hasnt helped.
He does have a show coming to TLC, I think a home improvement show, it should be pretty good.
Adam Carollas best humor is on the loveline radio show, if you can, tune in to it, great material.
too bad attell stopped doing insominac, i loved it.
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Comedian Nick DiPaolo This is a lie!
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It looks like DL Hughley was cancelled.
His show wasn't on Friday or Saturday, running South Park reruns instead.
Its bad when reruns from 6 years ago get better ratings than your new programming.
Its really a shame.
I like DL Hughley.
I guess he's just too abrasive for most people.
I've seen ads for a new Showbiz Show this week, so it appears safe for now.
The Adam Corolla show, however, hasn't been running any ads that I've seen.
Usually they run ads for all their shows during every show on there.
I also haven't been seeing ads for Carlos Mencia, and I thought he had a show or two left before the end of his season.
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Mencia show ended already.
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Adam Carolla NEEDS someone else to bounce off of to be funny.
Loveline has been going on forever and continues to be funny because A) its a radio show which means you get away with so much more things, and B) Dr.
Drew is the ultimate straight man (comedically, not sexually)
but adam just blows on his own.
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Adam's new show looks like its going to be an aching riot.
TLC
They should have hired Norm from This Old House as his sidekick.
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I watched The Adam Carolla Project this weekend, since my in-laws have either TLC or DIY on 24/7.
It was really good, both funny and interesting.
But again, he's working with people that he can bounce off of.
He's just not funny on his own.
Just a reminder, The Colbert Report starts tonight, so set yer Tivo.
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Nocte said: Adam's new show looks like its going to be an aching riot.
TLC
They should have hired Norm from This Old House as his sidekick.
Nah, Norm would be telling Adam Corolla how to do things correctly - it's funnier that Corolla is working with a bunch of incompetants like 95% of the population is.
If nothing else, it shows the truth to the majority of "weekend warriors" who think this renovation **** is easy.
(which, after a year of doing minor repairs and renovations on my house, I can honestly tell you is NOT true) ;)
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Jeters said: Adam Carolla NEEDS someone else to bounce off of to be funny.
Loveline has been going on forever and continues to be funny because A) its a radio show which means you get away with so much more things, and B) Dr.
Drew is the ultimate straight man (comedically, not sexually)
but adam just blows on his own.
Yeah, and unfortunately, he's leaving Loveline to take over the vacancy Howard Stern left.
I guess if he follows the same format, he'll still have people to bounce things off of, but he likely won't have the "straight man."
I'll be interested to see who Dr.
Drew gets to replace Adam.
I suppose the forunate thing is that the shows, even when Adam isn't on, are still fairly interesting, plus he can have some really funny guests.
(John Mayer was great.)
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DarthEnder said: Adam's show in particular is just awful.
Even his studio audience never laughs.
they removed the studio audience because they werent laughing...how sad is that?
most of cc's line up blows ass, Daily Show, SouthPark, Dave Attel...anything else worth watching?
Oh yeah Chapel Show.
but I give them credit for giving other shows a chance, they seem to be talking the "just put it on the air and let the veiwers decide if its worth crap" method to heart.
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Daily Show, SouthPark, Dave Attel...anything else worth watching?
Oh yeah Chapel Show I TOLD you, Drawn Together!
So Colbert Report has aired now, what did you guys think?
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The Colbert Report was pretty funny.
It looks a lot like a O'Reilly Factor or Scarborough Country, where the host is a pompous ass and makes grand proclaimations from his desk.
It certainly has potential.
I just hope Comedy Central gives it a chance before they start moving its timeslot around and meddling with the content.
On another topic, what's the deal with Steve-O on Adam Corolla?
I tried to find some info on what happened before, but just found a couple short blurbs about him being drunk, and the same footage they showed at the beginning.
Was that staged, or did they really get him drunk, and he freaked out?
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The Colbert Report was good.
Not as good as the Daily Show, but it still has potential.
It's sort of hard to judge based on this episode though.
It seemed like a lot of the beginning was revolved around introducing the show (as well as a couple later segments.) Those were the parts that were weaker, but he should be able to get past them after the first week.
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I think here in hlies the problem.
Comedy Central is trying to be like a real station like ABC or NBC.
Honestly, the entire channel seems thrown together in a back room somewhere.
They gave Chapelle a huge salary (like 50 million or something) an he basically went crazy from the pressure and the show is off the air.
The Daily Show is more or less on every day, which means their writers MUST be good 5 times a week.
Its not like they can just come in monday and create 5 episodes on the spot.
The world changes Daily and they need to react fast.
So far the do a good job.
I dont see The Colbert Report succeeding.
HE is funny for 5 minutes, but for an entire show...I doubt it.
ITs like a SNL skit to movie format...just doesnt work.
Reno 911 is pretty funny, but the show is re-run constantly.
I have yet to see one episode that I would WANT to sit through another time...so its funny, but not THAT funny.
Spade is funny for 5 minutes...but that schtick gets old real fast.
The Original Man Show was pretty funny...then they got two big for their britches and cousin coy and vance came in (anyone?).
Anything TV Adam Corolla does without Jimmy Kimmel is not funny.
Adam is at his best on Radio...but he just isnt very TV friendly.
Then you have all those crappy movies they put on.
Then they pick one (like Dogma) and decide to re run it for 500 times.
The real problem is that they have TOO much air time to fill.
If they want to get better rating I really think they need to pull a Cartoon Network and just go EXTREME grass roots.
Comedy is tough, and creating an entire network 24/7 that is FUNNY 24/7 without having major re-runs is pretty much unpossible.
ABF
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I loved Colbert Report.
He's got such a great pompous ass character going, and it comes off really well in this show.
He is SO good with witty comebacks as well.
The only thing that put question marks over my head last night was the lighting while he was talking to Stone Phillips at the smaller desk.
It was SO bad, you couldn't see Stone at all (wearing black didn't help that either).
Not sure if that was intended or a mistake.
"Open wide baby bird, Mama Bird's got a big juicy nightcrawler of Truth for you!"
Is Colbert going to be on Daily Show at all anymore?
I'm assuming not, but I hope he's taking This Week in God with him.
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I heard he used Scarborough Country as a template for his show, so maybe Joe Scarborough uses lighting tricks on guests?
The set did seem like it had a lot of dark woods, so I bet it's hard to light.
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I noticed a couple of changes.
First, DL Hughley is back, it seems.
We'll have to see what changes they've made to the show.
Also, I notice that the last two times I've seen Adam Corolla's show (I usually watch ATHF, so I only see it on Thursday), he's had the guest for the entire show, instead of for 10 minutes, and trying to fill the rest of the show with monologues and skits.
Adam Cordry looks like he's going to be doing "This Week in God" on the Daily Show now.
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After watching it I can say that I think Colbert Report is good.
I think Adam's show is actually better without the audience.
They do that thing that AotS on G4 does where the crew laughs instead and I think it actually works better that way.
Same with having the guest on the whole show, it just works better.
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