Show Leoše Mareše

I want to believe that things will work out with time, but the first episode was quite bad. I don’t mind that it’s a copy of foreign formats (where else can you learn but from American late night shows?), but the worst is that, from the first to the last minute, it grinds terribly and all the conversations feel artificial and fake. I would get rid of the games and give more space to Hezucký… and I would also allow Mareš to improvise a bit more. More interesting guests wouldn’t hurt, either. It also needs an audience that would react more lively (either spontaneously or with the help of cheerleaders, but certainly not prompted by the host). I think Leoš Mareš is one of the few Czech hosts that can handle this format, and hopefully he will get there. In any case, better than Genzer and Suchánek. (16/09/2015)

I was naive enough to think this would be the first Czech late night talk show of the Conan/Fallon/Ferguson type. Each of them has their own style which suits a particular sort of people. According to the previews, Mareš’s show was supposed to be a mixture of these three styles, which it is but totally chaotic. Mareš himself would probably be able to pull it off, but he would need his team, especially the screenwriters, to actually assist him. The work they do is extremely lousy, and the show’s concept is really unfunny and borderline cringeworthy. Hezucký was probably supposed to be like Andy in Conan’s show, that is, a sidekick for Mareš during interviews, coming up with punchy one-liners. I’m sure they would hit it off eventually since they've been on the radio together for so many years, but instead he turned the talk show into something like Whose Line Is It Anyway?, totally ruining the whole thing and being completely useless. Seriously, during those "games" I felt sorry for both the audience and the performers, it was simply excruciating. The 2 stars may be too much for this but I’m giving it a chance because a show like this was missing in the Czech Republic (and if the time slot is moved to at least eleven o'clock, it might have a chance to survive). Beginnings are always hard. But if the concept of the show remains the same, then not only does it deserve a “Boo!” rating, but it’s a waste of perfectly good potential, which would be a shame. (16/09/2015)