Would you still watch The Daily Show if it moved to network TV on FOX?

[zaj]

Poll question: Would you still watch The Daily Show if it moved to network TV on FOX?

I would love to see the Daily Show move to network TV and go opposite the other nighttime shows.

The only network with a free nighttime slot right now is FOX.

If The Daily Show were to begin airing on your local Fox affiliate, would you still watch?

[porphyrian]

1. Viewership=advertising money=support for station I hate, so no. - n/t

[Not Me]

2. It wouldn't be the Daily Show anymore if it moved to broadcast

Ask Howard Stern what it's like to have to watch every word out of your mouth.

[MsTryska]

10. Agreed. it would be like Bill Maher taking over the late Show. nt

nt

[Gabi Hayes]

3. depends on whether the content changed

if the show stayed the same, of course I'd watch it

[Artemis Bunyon]

17. WHOA! where are those H.Bosch figures from?!

Can I buy some?

[Bleacher Creature]

4. FOX News or FOX TV??

I know it's the same company, but I try and convince myself that they are separate. I know it's lame, but I'm not ready to give up the Simpsons, 24 or Arrested Development.

[zaj]

9. Fox TV (not Fox News)

Yeah, the same channel we are watching the Simpsons on...

[Bleacher Creature]

5. FOX News or FOX TV??

I know it's the same company, but I try and convince myself that they are separate. I know it's lame, but I'm not ready to give up the Simpsons, 24 or Arrested Development.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

6. Look what happened to Politically Incorrect

I thought it was much better when it was still on cable. Once they moved it to network, it just didn't seem as edgy, and we all know what happened after Bill's all-too-truthful comment.

[fugue]

7. Don't have TV anymore . . .

But if I did, I'd watch it for a while to see if it stayed as good as it is. If it did, I'd go on watching it, but odds are it would get "networkized" and I'd stop.

I would be very upset if it moved to network TV.

[SoCalDem]

8. Cable is where it belongs.

Networks would HAVE to change it.. Politically Correct ring a bell??

[Swamp Rat]

11. I'd watch the mushroom cloud

This would be like combining matter with anti-matter. :nuke:

[Selwynn]

12. Not voting because it wouldn't be the same show. If it was....

IF hypothetically somehow the Daily Show could stay the same show with the same edge and without interference from FOX then sure - I don't care what station it comes on.

But we know that would never happen, so no.

Jon said recently that part of him really doesn't want to leave comedy central even for a better network slot because of the freedom and respect he enjoys at CC.

[indepat]

13. Neither would Fox have Jon nor would Jon do a show on FAUX IMHO

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

14. I would START watching

no cable!

[Artemis Bunyon]

15. Why not? The Simpsons are on Fox.

x

[951]

16. If it moved to FOX News No if it moved to FOX TV Yes

[Bandit]

18. Fox News is cable not Network

The Fox Network has some very good programming. It would not phase me if the Daily Show were to move there. In fact if it meant higher circulation I would be for it. The Daily Show is one of our very best weapons against this creeping fascism. I wish more would/could see it.

[0007]

19. I don't care where Jon goes or who carries Jon, I'll always be there

I just hope he doesn't ever sell out.

Great Show!!

[Kenneth ken]

20. No, I just couldn't do it

I'd have to buy a tv, and I reall can't see myself doing that.

[Capn Sunshine]

21. JON is doing fine. More viewers than Fox cable already

More people watch the Daily Show than all of Fox News's shows combined. I like being part of the cognoscenti. If you're hip, you watch it. Religiously. If not you watch whatever's on network.

[philosophie_en_rose]

22. Don't fix what isn't broken!

The Daily Show is doing just fine on Comedy Central - a network that will actually let it be what it is. Can you imagine the Daily Show with network notes and changes? Especially on a network as crass as Fox? It does have a few good shows, but, in the words of Homer Simpson, "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww, Fox! :puke:"

Notice the subtle and not-so-subtle changes in Politically Incorrect, when it moved to ABC. Comedy Central would have never cancelled that show. Plus, it takes out its garbage. (Good riddance to Colin Quinn!)

If the Daily Show moved to a network, it has to be NBC - replacing Conan. However, it's still a bad move.

Two Words: Craig Kilborn.