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TV News: Roy Wood Jr. Quits ‘Daily Show’ After Losing Out on Host Gig (Comedy Central do him wrong?) UPDATE: NEW CNN SHOW - Have I Got News for You

largebillsonlyplease said:
It should be.
I'm still determined
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You think that would work even with the pg rated porn angle?

It's not outlandish or unrealistic

I like that you (or whoever would play you) being the perfect connection to the viewing audience. EVERYONE could relate and the first season writes itself. Who you are your goals your genius being hidden in plain slight a whirlwind and then the deal. Follow up is easy. Pressure. Haters. Vultures. Loyalty tested. Accusations. Lies. Industry bullsh*t. Being a strait black male. Comparisons. Jealously.

I would kill for a scene with you Glover and Barris talking being black and talented in Hollywood
 
playahaitian said:
You think that would work even with the pg rated porn angle?

It's not outlandish or unrealistic

I like that you (or whoever would play you) being the perfect connection to the viewing audience. EVERYONE could relate and the first season writes itself. Who you are your goals your genius being hidden in plain slight a whirlwind and then the deal. Follow up is easy. Pressure. Haters. Vultures. Loyalty tested. Accusations. Lies. Industry bullsh*t. Being a strait black male. Comparisons. Jealously.

I would kill for a scene with you Glover and Barris talking being black and talented in Hollywood
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It would be Hollywood shuffle
 
largebillsonlyplease said:
If you're hiring in house you don't put up a job posting
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Should be etched in stone.
I work in brand management there’s too much to go into over this, but I’ll simply say, from my perspective, Roy isn’t the cookie-cutter, whitewashed “black” that Trevor was. Trevor was safe and light enough to keep it a neutral show. Trust me; they looked at ratings, read reviews and used other metrics to decide against making him permanent. It’s going to be either a bugged-eyed, loud, mammy type or someone like Jordan Klepper who is awkward, stale and safe. I know you’re think, well, why not a blue-eyed blonde chick? Because mooooooost women aren’t funny and if she’s too attractive, you lose female viewers. Roy has been selling out decent size theaters so this gives him more time to do that and stack.
 
bgbtylvr said:
Should be etched in stone.
I work in brand management there’s too much to go into over this, but I’ll simply say, from my perspective, Roy isn’t the cookie-cutter, whitewashed “black” that Trevor was. Trevor was safe and light enough to keep it a neutral show. Trust me; they looked at ratings, read reviews and used other metrics to decide against making him permanent. It’s going to be either a bugged-eyed, loud, mammy type or someone like Jordan Klepper who is awkward, stale and safe. I know you’re think, well, why not a blue-eyed blonde chick? Because mooooooost women aren’t funny and if she’s too attractive, you lose female viewers. Roy has been selling out decent size theaters so this gives him more time to do that and stack.
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Bookmarked
 
bgbtylvr said:
Should be etched in stone.
I work in brand management there’s too much to go into over this, but I’ll simply say, from my perspective, Roy isn’t the cookie-cutter, whitewashed “black” that Trevor was. Trevor was safe and light enough to keep it a neutral show. Trust me; they looked at ratings, read reviews and used other metrics to decide against making him permanent. It’s going to be either a bugged-eyed, loud, mammy type or someone like Jordan Klepper who is awkward, stale and safe. I know you’re think, well, why not a blue-eyed blonde chick? Because mooooooost women aren’t funny and if she’s too attractive, you lose female viewers. Roy has been selling out decent size theaters so this gives him more time to do that and stack.
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Exactly.
While losing what made them popular
Taking major swings
 
They weren’t going to pick him, and he knew they weren’t going to pick him. While he had a great set by trashing a fellow black person, he knew he could leverage the attention that the white media would get by having 2 black men go at it, towards scheduling more venues. One thing we love to do is support black men who feel prosecuted. It’s why folks spend $500 to see Chappelle because the transsexuals are out to get him.
 
This isn't surprising, and I'd almost isn't really a sad moment for Roy, either.

I look back to Larry Wilmore, who had a moderately successful show that was abruptly canceled. It wasn't perfect, and I had my issues with it, but I'm a sucker for a solid panel discussion segment, especially if Bill Maher isn't the one leading it.

The reality is that they absolutely could have built off of that show if they wanted to, but they did not want to. They wanted the spiritual successor to Stephen Colbert without realizing that you don't get that overnight. But on top of that, they definitely weren't going to chase it with a black host. Yes, Trevor Noah was black, but he was also "safe", and we know this.

Moving to Roy, IMO he absolutely deserved a shot at hosting the Daily Show. But due to a lot of factors (race being a huge one), he was never going to get a fair shake when they could go casting for a different demo or a bigger name pull. Roy is absolutely right to leave, and probably leaving at an incredibly advantageous time. So many other talents from that show have moved on the bigger and better things, and there's no real issue with him taking his shot at that, too. On top of that, he was civil as hell about it, and no one can really blame him moving on to something else when the big chair isn't going to be you.
 
Non-StopJFK2TAB said:
I watched the daily show as a kid. I didn’t know anyone that did. Are black people watching The Daily Show?
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It used to be my only daily watch years ago. But over the past decade, it started to feel less like a show that covered funny/quirky stories and parodied the news, and felt more like a news program that just cracked some jokes along the way. It was still entertaining on a level, but I deliberately stopped watching the evening news because it was stressing me out. I didn't need a different dose of the same mental poison.
 
largebillsonlyplease said:
If you're hiring in house you don't put up a job posting
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Very untrue. Many have complained about show interviews when companies knew they would hire an internal candidate.

I’ve personally seen people hired in-house after outside candidates were interviewed— in the cases I saw it was not rigged but it was predictable and pro forma.
 
I mean Comedy Central has been doing comedian DIRTY since the channel came online!!! Lets be serious the show hasn't been the same since Jon left. Roy would have been that dude to make you say: 'Jon who???...' Once they gave the spot to Trevor a person that hadn't been on the show, relatively a no name here in the States, EVERY commentator that was on that show should have bounced and did a John Oliver or a Jon Stewart. Jump to a different channel and do the same damn show except better.
 
The Catcher In The Rye said:
Very untrue. Many have complained about show interviews when companies knew they would hire an internal candidate.

I’ve personally seen people hired in-house after outside candidates were interviewed— in the cases I saw it was not rigged but it was predictable and pro forma.
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I think ppl took this completely literally when it's not

It is what I'm saying though.
The point is they know who they're hiring and he knows it's not him
This same show hired Noah immediately
They could hire him immediately
I'm not talking about manager level 2 at the company
I am talking about the entertainment business.
 
godofwine said:
They do it at my job all the time. And, if the person who they want to get the job doesn't make the search then they'll cancel the job and repost it later. Whenever that happens you know the fix is in
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I'll clarify since some assumptions on it not being literal isn't being given

You don't put out a REAL SEARCH
That one better?
They'll sham it for appearances
This one is a real search
 
playahaitian said:
You think that would work even with the pg rated porn angle?

It's not outlandish or unrealistic

I like that you (or whoever would play you) being the perfect connection to the viewing audience. EVERYONE could relate and the first season writes itself. Who you are your goals your genius being hidden in plain slight a whirlwind and then the deal. Follow up is easy. Pressure. Haters. Vultures. Loyalty tested. Accusations. Lies. Industry bullsh*t. Being a strait black male. Comparisons. Jealously.

I would kill for a scene with you Glover and Barris talking being black and talented in Hollywood
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tubi gon be the springboard ..... lol
 
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All these quotes never made sense to me, from my first day working my first summer job I understood that the job was a place of business and just like I had just got hired to replace somebody that somebody would replace me when I was no longer there. The first comment talking about the office didn't even shut down the next day after a co-worker died..lol
 
pookie said:
All these quotes never made sense to me, from my first day working my first summer job I understood that the job was a place of business and just like I had just got hired to replace somebody that somebody would replace me when I was no longer there. The first comment talking about the office didn't even shut down the next day after a co-worker died..lol
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Bro MOST people do fall for that "work family" stuff until they learn the hard way.
 

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