Spinoff: Conan is the best late night host on TV

That's not saying much these days.

I was bitching about him in the other thread, but yeah, I think he's my favorite at least.

It has been this way for the last 15 years IMO. Hrs always been my favorite by far.

Graham Norton is the best, has been for years.

After Ferguson called it quits way too early, Conan assumed the role of my favorite late night host. I like Colbert more than most people on this board too though.

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He loves everyone and is a horrible interviewer because he just gushes over his guests.

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Yeah, I think the only interesting thing he's ever gotten out of an interview was the fact that Nicole Kidman would have banged him at one time. He's by far the worst interviewer on late night tv.

Fallon has all but abandoned the interview. He clearly doesn't like it. He uses it as a vehicle to tease out funny anecdotes from his guests (all prepared beforehand I'm sure) and to allow them to plug whatever it is they are plugging in exchange for their participation in some silly game. It's actually brilliant. Most people don't want to see the host grill or even perturb the guest celebrity. They want to see them be chummy and excited about talking and to maybe give a glimpse of the celebrity's "life" through some fun anecdote. The games are brilliant because they lend themselves to spontaneous hilarity and bite-size comedy morsels for YouTube and such. The same is true of Corden's show, though there are a couple more sketches and such involved with him. That said, every once in a while Fallon has a pretty great sketch, too. You may not like his humor, but he's doing well for a reason.

Colbert and Myers are terrible. Colbert needs to either drop the politics or go back to "Colbert Report" Colbert. Myers just needs to latch on to something other than bagging on Trump.

Conan is consistently ok to good. His whimsy from his early career which made him such a darling of the 20 somethings is all but gone. I'm just glad he got Andy back.

Ferguson was brilliant.

Kimmel is still great and probably consistently the best of the bunch, able to marry games, street talking, audience videos,sketches and interviews into a usually pretty funny set of segments. While I smile at Fallon's antics, I laugh at Kimmel's jokes.

My current rankings:

Fallon
Conan
Kimmel
Corden

Those are the four I watch. Fallon is still tGOAT and destroying everyone in the ratings. Conan is still great. Corden has gotten a little stale. Kimmel is Kimmel and always brings the laughs.

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He's a very smart, opinionated guy but he doesn't put any personal agendas ahead of entertainment.

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this....he's also at his best when he's out among people, one of my favorite bits of his is when he went out and played old time baseball

I rarely get to watch though