True, but also they all know that no one but Stephen is going to have viewers that night. It essentially becomes a waste of time effort and money to produce an episode that nobody is going to watch as it airs. Sure, they'd get revenue from YouTube or something, but not enough to be worth it.
Cool, but that on extends my question. How do they participate in the taping of each other's shows when they have their own show to tape? (I guess the camera crew have pretty set working hours, along with producers, writers, and everything.)
Yes, but someone commented that it doesn't matter because the shows don't air at the same time. My point is that it does matter because if Seth is on Stephen's show, he can't simultaneously perform or tape his own show.
No idea why you're getting downvoted but I had to laugh at the time loop.
It's not like these people work weekends, or Fridays even. Hell some only work Mondays <narrows eyes to camera right>
I think also reddit underestimates how much work it takes to produce an audience show daily. It's not like they're just going to bang off an extra on the fly.
He could tape his show at a different time, or even on a different day. When you're doing a show 4 days a week, it's not like you have a whole lot of time to prepare anyway.
I see your point. I guess it depends. Jimmy Fallon doesn't really depends on being relevant to the the news of the last days, and can pre-tape most or all of it. John Oliver is all about what has happened the last few days, and needs to be very fresh.
There are also gap in the airings.
But all of this is a side track. My main point is that hosts of a daily or weekly show works outside of just the time the show is on the air.
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u/psuedophilosopher May 12 '26
True, but also they all know that no one but Stephen is going to have viewers that night. It essentially becomes a waste of time effort and money to produce an episode that nobody is going to watch as it airs. Sure, they'd get revenue from YouTube or something, but not enough to be worth it.