The original post: /r/television by /u/ImaginationDoctor on 2024-06-25 17:25:39.
So, I’m watching Live with Hoda and Jenna the other day. They have Jodie Comer on. Towards the end of the segment, they all seem to get a bit confused on what day the movie comes out. Jodie finally says “Tomorrow” in a whispery, we’re playing pretend voice. Hoda and Jenna burst out laughing “Yes, tomorrow!”
And I’m just here thinking… Let’s just be honest and say this segment is being pretaped and the movie will be out the day this is airing…
It’s weird because I know Hoda has mentioned a few segments being pretaped before. Not sure why this one wasn’t presented as such.
The late night shows, I can understand why they have to tape earlier but while I can’t recall a specific example I know I’ve seen a guest “say the day wrong” and the host be like “Oh it’s Friday today.” I just don’t get it.
Don’t get me started on Live with Kelly. They pretape episodes all the time and pretend it’s live. That isn’t as bad but they do it so freaking much. And what’s even more outrageous is when they do their “fluff news” segment truly live at the start but then the interview portions of the show is repeat interviews, often from like 6 months ago. Kelly will act as though the interviews coming up are brand new, despite her clothes magically changing. If you’re going to use prerecorded segments that much, drop Live from your show name.
Lastly, the Vice Presidents segment on Jimmy Kimmel was at least partially refilmed because protesters started shouting. I intend that’s uncomfortable but why pretend it never happened?
Anyway. I just find it a little annoying how fake “live” Tv is.