what the *beep* happened to late night talk shows

To be fair, and whether you like it or not, Corden makes headlines every time he does Carpool Karaoke...he's racked up hundreds of millions of YouTube views.

Yeah, thats what happening, i mean the PC its a bitch, but the Letterman and Fergunson "rock n roll" aproach, was kinda over already, its like most stand-ups, predictable, more of the same, so its nice to try other places. But i agree that Corden lacks some edge, but i love the format, they take what i like best on The Graham Norton Show, all the guests together, i love it, all talk shows should be like that, and Reggie its good too, he got some cool witers, with fresh ideias, willing to try and experiment, and thats important in tv. Maybe i do't know, im from Brazil, so im just watching from the outside, but i watch all the talk shows everyday, and Corden its the one that i don't fast forward that much, but as i said, the show its really lame some times.

Nope, the saccharine, bland late night era is the last gasp of a dying genre.

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I don't really watch Late Night tv shows anymore. I miss Jay Leno i used to watch his show every night. I love Jay Monologues and his comedy bits.

I miss the days of a good monologue and good comedy bits and good interviews. I don't care for the music bits and Jimmy Fallon game show segments.

Jimmy Fallon happened. Before Fallon, late night talk shows were about first and foremost being funny and yes, having an edge, which you could only see on tv every night a late night show. But then Fallon came along with his lip-sync battles and other *beep* and made late night tv more about entertaining teenage girls (which some have cleverly called "Prom King Comedy"). Fallon also brought along his safe, politically correct jokes which don't offend anybody (except people who want to watch something funny). And because Fallon became such a success, CBS looked to get themselves their own Fallon who was also safe, PC, and entertaining to teenage girls, and that's where Corden came in. And yes, their ass-kissing is so unbearable and phony.

I think Fallon and Corden are partially a by-product of an over-sensitive, PC world and also just a trend, and hopefully people will soon get sick of this trend and will be inspired to again watch someone who has an edge and is more focused on being funny than sparring a celebrity's feelings. But don't expect to see that person on late night network tv anytime soon.

There are no more late night talk shows. Just talk shows that try to engineer viral videos to trend on social media, that also happen to air at night on network television.

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agree completely