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   Jim Ellwanger wrote:   
   > I was just in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, for five days.  "The   
   > Tonight Show" airs at 10:30 P.M. on a cable channel called The Comedy   
   > Channel -- basically the equivalent to Comedy Central.  Because of the   
   > time zone issue, it's "last night's" episode, but it's airing only a few   
   > hours after it aired in the U.S.  (The Comedy Channel also runs "last   
   > night's" Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert at 6:30 and 7:00, which is an   
   > even quicker turnaround from their U.S. broadcasts.)   
   >   
   > It's in a 45-minute slot -- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" airs at 11:15   
   > -- which is accomplished by having short (1-minute or 30-second)   
   > commercial breaks.   
      
      
   I never even noticed the change from a 1 hour to a 45 minute slot.   
   Probably because I always record first and watch later.  Since it is   
   last night's episode,  we have to wait until Monday night to see the   
   Friday episode.   
      
   They used to play each episode of Jay/Conan 3 times.  First airing at   
   10:30pm/11:30pm,  then a second repeat in the early hours I think 3am or   
   4am and finally the third repeat at mid-morning/lunchtime.  Now it's   
   just the one airing in the late night slot.   
      
   Dave also gets a showing here.  Latest episodes are shown first on free   
   tv.  Then a week late on paytv.  Dave's been somewhat of a bastard child   
   on paytv,  being moved from channel to channel.  First briefly on the   
   comedy channel,  then back and forth between W (womens channel),   
   Biography channel,  and Arena (fashion, chic) where he is now.   
      
   Since Dave has been on free tv here "for ever" he is the most   
   recognizable of the hosts.  Unless you had paytv with the comedy   
   channel,  which is not in the basic package,  most Australians would not   
   have even heard of Jay/Conan.   
      
      
   >   
   > The NBC bug and the American "TV-14" rating graphics coming out of every   
   > commercial break are present.  (Its Australian rating is "M," announced   
   > with a full-screen graphic and voiceover before the show.)   
   >   
   > The Comedy Channel's promos for "The Tonight Show" are using the same   
   > Conan-running-down-the-beach shots as NBC's promos -- a little surreal   
   > hearing an Australian announcer over that footage.   
   >   
      
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