{"id":1292121,"date":"2022-02-11T11:37:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T16:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1292121"},"modified":"2022-02-11T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T21:52:52","slug":"don-lemon-vows-to-be-this-generations-version-of-johnny-carson-oprah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-vows-to-be-this-generations-version-of-johnny-carson-oprah\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Vows To Be \u2018This Generation\u2019s Version Of\u2019 Johnny Carson, Oprah"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-lemon-vows-to-be-this-generations-version-of-johnny-carson-oprah%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1292121&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Don-Lemon-Laughing-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Don Lemon, whose CNN show has lost 46% of its audience since April, promises that his forthcoming show on the network\u2019s streaming platform will be \u201cthis generation\u2019s version\u201d of talk show royalty such as Johnny Carson, Oprah Winfrey, and Phil Donahue.<\/p>\n<p>The network <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/don-lemon-cnn-weekly-talk-show-streaming-1235168601\/\">announced<\/a> that there will be \u201cno limits to the conversation\u201d when \u201cThe Don Lemon Show\u201d begins to air CNN+ when the service goes live later this year. The weekly show will feature Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/01\/don-lemon-to-host-oprah-style-cnn-plus-show-with-audience\/\">discussing<\/a> \u201cthe most talkable news stories each week\u201d in front of a live studio audience. This comes in addition to his hosting \u201cDon Lemon Tonight\u201d on CNN\u2019s cable feed from 10 p.m. to midnight Eastern time.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement accompanying the announcement, Lemon said he plans for the new show to follow in the footsteps of the highest-rated talk and variety programs in television history. \u201cI\u2019ve been enamored by talk shows since I was a child. I\u2019d hide the remote and made my siblings watch Johnny Carson. I wanted to be him,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/finance\/news\/don-lemon-host-weekly-talk-180000570.html\">said<\/a> Lemon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I discovered Phil Donahue and it all clicked. \u2018Caller, you\u2019re on the air.\u2019 A talk show centered around news, current events and everyday provocative topics \u2013 I watched every single day! Same with Oprah,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime now for this generation\u2019s version of that great tradition,\u201d Lemon continued. \u201cThis is my opportunity to dig deeply into the topics I\u2019m passionate about and not limited to the news of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Few details of Lemon\u2019s second eponymous series have been released, but it is unlikely to enter the same ratings pantheon as those which he name-checked. While the entertainment landscape has changed dramatically since his retirement in 1992, Johnny Carson was a beloved figure in American culture for the entirety of his 30-year run as host of NBC\u2019s \u201cTonight Show.\u201d Carson\u2019s highest-rated episode during his regular run drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1992-05-17-ca-170-story.html\">45 million viewers<\/a>; some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1992\/05\/23\/Record-audience-tunes-in-to-Carsons-final-Tonight-Show\/6045706593600\/\">55 million<\/a> viewers tuned in his final turn as host. At the peak of his tenure behind the desk, Carson\u2019s program produced <a href=\"https:\/\/fredericksburg.com\/opinion\/great-lives-johnny-carson-used-gentle-humor-to-address-the-tough-issues-of-his-day\/article_f7b5ca6e-9a87-5264-b05c-0bd54aff1b90.html\">17%<\/a> of NBC\u2019s total profits \u2014 and he was rated most popular late-night talk show host in a Quinnipiac <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/johnny-carson-reigns-as-americas-799225\/\">poll<\/a> taken in 2015, 10 years after his death.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Donahue\u2019s syndicated daytime talk show drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/1980\/01\/27\/donahues-dilemma\/a1fcdddc-ba6d-476a-ac40-ca92f57fdc56\/\">8.5 million viewers<\/a> in 1980. The Chicago-based Oprah Winfrey eclipsed him when her own show debuted in 1986 and hit a peak audience of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/11\/business\/media\/end-of-oprahs-show-tightens-races-for-tv-ratings.html\">12 to 13 million viewers<\/a> in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, \u201cDon Lemon Tonight\u201d drew an average audience of <a href=\"https:\/\/ctv.kwayisi.org\/networks\/cnn\/don-lemon-tonight\/\">486,000 viewers<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon does not appear to have the highly developed sense of humor evident from those legends, particularly Carson and Winfrey. Don Lemon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sorry-mr-president-10-reasons-don-lemon-is-not-one-of-the-most-informed-journalists-in-the-country\">biggest on-screen laugh<\/a> came when former Republican strategist Rick Wilson mocked Trump voters in January 2020. As Wilson said the GOP party base knows little about \u201cyer geography, and yer spellin, and yer math, and yer readin,\u201d Lemon laughed until he cried.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The arrogance, the dismissiveness, the smug cackling, the accents.<\/p>\n<p>If Donald Trump wins re-election this year, I\u2019ll remember this brief CNN segment late one Saturday night in January as the perfect encapsulation for why it happened. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8kQ6zN9AZV\">pic.twitter.com\/8kQ6zN9AZV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveKrak\/status\/1221988232528826369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN, which is presently facing a sale from AT&amp;T to Discovery, has previously announced it would join Fox News by launching its own paid streaming platform. The subscription service, whose debut had been planned for this spring, will also host the full library of other shows, such as W. Kamau Bell\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-host-praises-antifa-violence-yes-people-get-hurt\">United Shades of America<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe-shutin?utm_campaign=shutin&amp;utm_medium=editorial&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_content=subscribe_shutin&amp;utm_talent=dailywire\">becoming a Daily Wire member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Lemon, whose CNN show has lost 46% of its audience since April, promises that his forthcoming show on the network\u2019s streaming platform will be \u201cthis generation\u2019s version\u201d of talk &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1292121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1292121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1292121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1292121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1292121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}