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.
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.
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.
@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.
@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.
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.
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.
Getting Conan seems to be building on that.
Leno = 56
Letterman = 54
Kimmel = 52
Stewart = 49
Colbert = 37
Lopez = 33
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/…
Fucking hipsters.........
and i'll be watching him on tbs.
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.
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.