Top 10 Better late night hosts than Jimmy Fallon (currently employed at NBC)
I found this article at another LJ comm, and (although I don't watch Late Night and have no real opinion either way regarding Jimmy Fallon) as soon as I read the opening I thought of James Roday, and guess what?
[The Top Ten] Better late night hosts than Jimmy Fallon (currently employed at NBC)
As the late night wars have settled down and everything seems pretty close still. One thing remains clear, however: Jimmy Fallon is not funny. I originally was going to make a top ten list of people who would be better late night hosts than Fallon, but that task was way too easy, so I limited it to people currently employed at NBC or its affiliates and subsidiaries. NBC tends to keep things in house, anyway.
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1. James Roday
James Roday does it all on “Psych”: he writes, he produces, he acts and even directs on the program, which is a hit for the cable network USA. Roday is also known to improvise on the set and his improvisations are one of the reasons-if not the reason-for the shows great success. His off-the-wall observations, pop culture references and nicknames show a mind always at work, and, if the outtakes are any indication, the man is almost always on. Sure, he needs a sidekick and someone to play off of to make his schtick really work, but he’s one of the most likeable men in television, and that’s one of the most important things to begin with. Jimmy Fallon may have gotten (most) of the cast of Saved by the Bell back together, but Roday would get the cast of something far greater-like Airwolf or Perfect Strangers-back together.
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[The Top Ten] Better late night hosts than Jimmy Fallon (currently employed at NBC)
As the late night wars have settled down and everything seems pretty close still. One thing remains clear, however: Jimmy Fallon is not funny. I originally was going to make a top ten list of people who would be better late night hosts than Fallon, but that task was way too easy, so I limited it to people currently employed at NBC or its affiliates and subsidiaries. NBC tends to keep things in house, anyway.
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1. James Roday
James Roday does it all on “Psych”: he writes, he produces, he acts and even directs on the program, which is a hit for the cable network USA. Roday is also known to improvise on the set and his improvisations are one of the reasons-if not the reason-for the shows great success. His off-the-wall observations, pop culture references and nicknames show a mind always at work, and, if the outtakes are any indication, the man is almost always on. Sure, he needs a sidekick and someone to play off of to make his schtick really work, but he’s one of the most likeable men in television, and that’s one of the most important things to begin with. Jimmy Fallon may have gotten (most) of the cast of Saved by the Bell back together, but Roday would get the cast of something far greater-like Airwolf or Perfect Strangers-back together.
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