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raise your hand if you are going to sign up for cable so you can watch Conan......... *keeps his hands in his pants*
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There are people who watch TV but don't have cable?
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@2 people live in cities and have social lives that don't revolve around flatscreens and really bad television content at exceptionally high prices?
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@2 Yup. Digital tuner FTW. The intertubes, Netflix and Hulu fill the gaps.
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@2: Why do I need cable?

TBS obviously has big plans in the works, not just for Conan but for their entire branding. I'm not sure they'll pan out, but I'm sure they'll include a heavy web element so those without cable will be able to watch (although perhaps not live). This is similar to Sirius signing on Howard Stern in 2005 or so.
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TBS did just set up a late night show with George Lopez called "Lopez Tonight." The format is much like any other late night show, but it's "edgier" and attracts minority audiences.

Getting Conan seems to be building on that.
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paul..it's tcm ( turner classic movies ) that shows the old ones..tbs just shows some shit.
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true, @7. Conan will be up against Chelsea on the E network.
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Median ages of viewers:

Leno = 56
Letterman = 54
Kimmel = 52
Stewart = 49
Colbert = 37
Lopez = 33
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NPR's commentary on this news is a little more thoughtful than Paul's (so far):

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/…
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@ 9, source? Cuz I'll eat my hat if Jon Stewart or Jimmy Kimmel's median viewer age is outside of 30-40.
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@ 12, thanks. I really have to wonder if that's accurate, but that's definitely what they're reporting.
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@2 - I've never had cable in my life. I have the internet and 5 at a time movies from Netflix, so I'm all set.
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I guess we don't have to worry so much about Conan splitting the "wacky antic fans" viewer numbers with Letterman, thereby giving Leno's "fell asleep watching the 10 o'clock news" demographic an even bigger lead in the 11 Eastern time slot.
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@3-Hmm...not an uptight elitist hipster liberal are we? No one could ever be educated and cultured plus have cable,a flat screen, and watch TV regularly. Never.

Fucking hipsters.........
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good for coco! i'll be seeing him sunday at seattle center (on his 47 b-day no less).

and i'll be watching him on tbs.
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@3: Is this you?
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Conan will have a free hand to go nuts on cable. The more interesting fight will be Conan vs Jon Stewart & Colbert.
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@2 I got cable for the first time when I was 31 or 32. I gave it up about a year later, because it wasn't worth paying $50 a month (seven years ago) for the 10 or so channels I actually watched.

If I want to watch a game on ESPN, I go to a bar or a friend's place (or the laundromat if I am desperate). For new shows on USA or TBS, there is always the internet, and for things that either aren't available free or that I'll watch more than once, iTunes. Buying season passes to the two or three shows I actually watch from iTunes is a lot cheaper than cable, which would now cost me a minimum of $80 a month because my building is all digital now.
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If you pay attention to recent non-landline polls of teens, you'll see that a lot of people ages 11-24 don't use TV much, or if they watch it, watch it online (Hulu, etc).

To them, TBS is just as easy to use as ABC or NBC. They don't get why the "network channels" are supposed to be more important than any other channel, because they don't grab signals off-air with rabbit ears.
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@16 did you realize every one of your posts complains about hipsters and liberals? its kind of hilarious
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@18 its almost like onion readers don't even need to talk on the internet, they have onion articles linked for every opinion. cute
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AMC used to be just an old movie channel and now they have Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Get with the times.
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@9...not that anyone will see this, but the NYT has now corrected the median age for Stewart to 40 (instead of 49).

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