View Full Version : Why the prospects of a woman hosting a late-night TV prospects are so depressing


TMC
09-15-2015, 12:46 AM
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/30/the-trevor-noah-conundrum-why-there-may-never-be-another-woman-in-late-night.html

The infamous Vanity Fair (http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/vanity-fair-tweeted-a-photo-of-late-night-titans-and-folks-n) late-night photo (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/09/late-night-tv-colbert-fallon-kimmel) featured 10 men, six of whom who started in their current jobs in the past two years. That’s six men hired "amid a resounding demand for a female host (https://twitter.com/VanityFair/status/643475764420198400),” as Kevin Fallon points out. "Each time a woman is passed over, the disappointment cuts deeper. The outrage is louder,” says Fallon. "At an age when representation, visibility, and access in entertainment have become not just a goal, but a veritable cultural mandate, it’s starting to seem to those people that there may never be a woman in a prominent position in late-night. And they may be right.” PLUS: Trevor Noah reacts to Vanity Fair (http://jezebel.com/women-are-more-powerful-in-comedy-argues-male-comedian-1730664408) cover by saying women are currently more powerful than men in comedy.

Babalu
09-15-2015, 02:42 PM
If there's that big of a demand for it then let women start their own network and produce their own shows. I'm tired of this entitlement crap that demands they have a "right" to whatever they want whether or not they are qualified, just like Hillary Clinton.

mets82
09-15-2015, 03:42 PM
I do think that if a woman can do it, then she should do it. I do seem to remember Chelsea Handler being a big name in late night tv a few years back. I could have sworn that she was rumored to maybe take Leno's or Letterman's place although I'm not sure.