It was so noticeable on The Colbert Report when he was the one getting all the attention and hamming it up as he went over to his already seated guest because his character was an egomaniac. I had never thought about how strong the convention to have guests seated to the host’s right was before
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HubertManne@piefed.social 2 days ago
colbert and I think I have seen it with stewart to have had like a little intimate round table talk area.
Archer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Jack parr, Tom Snyder, even Craig Ferguson for one experiment, lots of others tried different formats. They’re talking about by far the most common though.