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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

we don't necessarily have to dig to the bottom of whose fault is this or how do we fix this. That's not the MO of the show. And so, you know, The Daily Show, you know, it's not just that this is happening, but we need to delve into the causation or the solutions.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

we don't necessarily have to dig to the bottom of whose fault is this or how do we fix this. That's not the MO of the show. And so, you know, The Daily Show, you know, it's not just that this is happening, but we need to delve into the causation or the solutions.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

we don't necessarily have to dig to the bottom of whose fault is this or how do we fix this. That's not the MO of the show. And so, you know, The Daily Show, you know, it's not just that this is happening, but we need to delve into the causation or the solutions.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And if you look at John Oliver, John Oliver takes it even more focused than The Daily Show, where The Daily Show is going to cover multiple stories in an episode. Oliver is like, hey, we're only going to talk about this one thing and how we got here. We're going to talk about causation and solution. So, you know, we just get to be a little lighter.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And if you look at John Oliver, John Oliver takes it even more focused than The Daily Show, where The Daily Show is going to cover multiple stories in an episode. Oliver is like, hey, we're only going to talk about this one thing and how we got here. We're going to talk about causation and solution. So, you know, we just get to be a little lighter.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And if you look at John Oliver, John Oliver takes it even more focused than The Daily Show, where The Daily Show is going to cover multiple stories in an episode. Oliver is like, hey, we're only going to talk about this one thing and how we got here. We're going to talk about causation and solution. So, you know, we just get to be a little lighter.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

So with that in mind, going into season two in February, yes, we do not know what is going to be happening under President Trump. But we do know that it is going to be a lot to follow. So we just kind of want the show to be a catch all for all things relevant and news for the week.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

So with that in mind, going into season two in February, yes, we do not know what is going to be happening under President Trump. But we do know that it is going to be a lot to follow. So we just kind of want the show to be a catch all for all things relevant and news for the week.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

So with that in mind, going into season two in February, yes, we do not know what is going to be happening under President Trump. But we do know that it is going to be a lot to follow. So we just kind of want the show to be a catch all for all things relevant and news for the week.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

It's the same. I don't think I would have achieved what I've achieved up until this point if I was still there. You know, because also, let's be real, I'm a father and there still remains a pressure to provide. And so with that pressure, you leave the show and I go, OK, I don't know what's next, but I don't think it's here. So let me go and figure it out. OK, well, then I sold three TV scripts.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

It's the same. I don't think I would have achieved what I've achieved up until this point if I was still there. You know, because also, let's be real, I'm a father and there still remains a pressure to provide. And so with that pressure, you leave the show and I go, OK, I don't know what's next, but I don't think it's here. So let me go and figure it out. OK, well, then I sold three TV scripts.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

It's the same. I don't think I would have achieved what I've achieved up until this point if I was still there. You know, because also, let's be real, I'm a father and there still remains a pressure to provide. And so with that pressure, you leave the show and I go, OK, I don't know what's next, but I don't think it's here. So let me go and figure it out. OK, well, then I sold three TV scripts.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

I sold a book and our special. And then somewhere in the middle of all of that, CNN happened. You know, it's possible that the CNN thing does not happen. It probably does not because the show launched during a presidential election. I would have been under contract. Like, I wouldn't abandon the show in the middle of an election. So then you miss your window.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

I sold a book and our special. And then somewhere in the middle of all of that, CNN happened. You know, it's possible that the CNN thing does not happen. It probably does not because the show launched during a presidential election. I would have been under contract. Like, I wouldn't abandon the show in the middle of an election. So then you miss your window.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

I sold a book and our special. And then somewhere in the middle of all of that, CNN happened. You know, it's possible that the CNN thing does not happen. It probably does not because the show launched during a presidential election. I would have been under contract. Like, I wouldn't abandon the show in the middle of an election. So then you miss your window.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yeah. And that could have been the case, too. What if I stayed and then gotten fired and then missed the CNN window? Then what? There's not a lot of new shows that are being made right now. Now, I did not anticipate that when I left. Let me just add that. I thought that the market for new television would be much more lucrative now. They've cut Jimmy Fallon to four nights a week.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yeah. And that could have been the case, too. What if I stayed and then gotten fired and then missed the CNN window? Then what? There's not a lot of new shows that are being made right now. Now, I did not anticipate that when I left. Let me just add that. I thought that the market for new television would be much more lucrative now. They've cut Jimmy Fallon to four nights a week.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yeah. And that could have been the case, too. What if I stayed and then gotten fired and then missed the CNN window? Then what? There's not a lot of new shows that are being made right now. Now, I did not anticipate that when I left. Let me just add that. I thought that the market for new television would be much more lucrative now. They've cut Jimmy Fallon to four nights a week.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

They took the band away from Seth Meyers. They replaced James Corden with After Midnight, which is a great show. But fiscally, it is exponentially cheaper to make. So, you know, there's been a lot of corner cutting in this time, you know. And so it goes back to the Doug Herzog quote that I posted yesterday. the day I left where I said, you know, you don't own these jobs, you rent them.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

They took the band away from Seth Meyers. They replaced James Corden with After Midnight, which is a great show. But fiscally, it is exponentially cheaper to make. So, you know, there's been a lot of corner cutting in this time, you know. And so it goes back to the Doug Herzog quote that I posted yesterday. the day I left where I said, you know, you don't own these jobs, you rent them.