Ratings for Joan Rivers roast take a hit

Frankly, it's Joan Rivers. I don't give a flying [expletive] about her, and thank goodness a lot of people don't. Overrated celebrity.

Who doesn't love Melissa though...that wonderful horse face...

I am no prude & I really loved the Flavor Flav & Pamela Anderson roast, but this one I watched for a while & then Gilbert got on and did this long winded speech about everyone butt screwing each other (throwing "names" into it) & I just turned it off. He & his squinty eyes are NOT FUNNY. And his "comedy" this night did not make any sense & was just horrible.

Joan River sucks the big one..She's a tasteless witch.

Not a far assessment. I mean, it's airing ad nauseam, so if I'm DVRing it, and a show that's only airing once was one the first airing, I'd just record it during the next airing.

Not to mention, I tend to record all Comedy central shows after midnight. They tend to be uncensored. That wasn't the case her, but, I'm just saying.

I thought it was great. Gilbert Gotfried's Bar/Cheese Sandwich joke was a hoot.

Roast ratings/ viewer interest are based on the targeted celebrity. Pitt/Jolie, Clooney, Roberts, Kidman, or Will Smith will produce Nielsen ratings gold, but chances are, they won't sign up to be roasted. Celebrities forced into reality shows will sign up 1 2 3! Any publicity than can get...:-)
The best part of the JR roast was JR. I found the roasting comedians to be unfunny, crude, and just mean and yes, the Dean Martin roasts set the standard, but remember: his roasts were broadcasted on Network TV so comedians had to be funny without being dirty---very few comics can play it clean and get belly laughs from the audience these days. Ironically, Joan used to be that type of comedian (someone say they remember her days on the Tonight Show?).
We all know Joan is crass so her carpetbomb attack on her roasters was to be expected and honestly, the funniest part of the show. Joan actually made jokes about herself and the panel not the barrage of Jr. High insults that were heaped on her by the likes of newbies like Cummings and Giraldo. Comedy Central should continue to roast B-C list comedians.

Joan Rivers has become more of a D-level celebrity. Who cares anymore? Her new show is bound to crash, too. Good riddance!

Bob Saget has a face like a flower... a cauliflower!

Ladies and gentlemen, this man is for the birds!

Watch the old Dean Martin Roasts. These ones just SUCK!!!!
They subscribe to the lowest common denominator with bottom of the barrel celebrities who most people hate or don't even care about!!!!!
I know from listening to various friends in many circles that the caliber of performers is just BAD (Lisa Lampanelli, Lady Bunny, Andy Dick, Patton Oswald, etc. WHO CARES!?!? They're NOT funny) and their comedy is just too ignorant. They are using the venue for crude comedy until their reality show comes along, gets cancelled because NOBODY wants to see them and they sail off into oblivion.

A big part of the problem is that most of the roasters are awful. Outside of Jeffrey Ross and Greg Giraldo, I can't think of a regular they have that isn't unfunny or painfully unfunny.

I like the roasts. I wish they wouldn't bring in so many people that don't or barely know the roastee.

But let's face it CC is aimed at a younger demo than Joan Rivers fans. That's probably why Larry the Cable Guy's roast did so much better.