NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" began broadcasting in high-def Tuesday night, joining "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" as the only late-night programs offered in HD. NBC's mainstay comedy program "Saturday Night Live" will be shown in high-def beginning this October, giving NBC a formidable lineup of variety-type programming in HD. The New York Post reports that "The Late Show With David Letterman" will be in high-def "sooner rather than later," although an exact timetable has not been released.
I have to say that personally, the main reason I watch Leno over Letterman is because Leno is in HD and has been for a number of years now. Letterman is oftentimes funnier, but Leno's show looks great in high-def and really contrasts well when compared to Dave's. I'm usually not up late enough often enough to watch Conan, but would be much more inclined to DVR it now that it's in high-def. (I generally find Conan to be more amusing than either Leno or Letterman, anyway.)
Likewise, "SNL," which is a lot less funny today than it was when I was growing up, should benefit from the upgrade to HDTV. I've said it before: HD can make otherwise average programming seem much better than it otherwise would (or really is), just because the picture and sound are of such higher quality than standard TV.
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