Late Show with Stephen Colbert canceled...Possible Political Reasons

igotid88
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edited July 18 in A Moving Train
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026 because of "financial reasons". But as we all know he has been critical of the orange man. And Paramount is trying to do a merger with SkyDance who's guy in charge is orange man's fan. 
The Daily Show is in danger as well.
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  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,683
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    shecky said:
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

    #1 late night show. 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    igotid88 said:

    #1 late night show. 
    One of the best ever!

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,367
    Maria Shriver adbook post


    CBS announced tonight that they are cancelling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” after the next season, stating that it was “purely a financial decision.” Colbert said at the show’s taping Thursday that he found out about the show’s cancellation a day earlier. In response to the studio audience booing, Colbert said, “Ya, I share your feelings.”

    CBS is owned by Paramount, which is in the midst of an $8 billion merger with Skydance. That deal has been delayed for months, as President Trump filed suit with CBS owned 60 minutes. On July 2, Paramount agreed to settle that suit and pay Trump $16 million. But on his show, airing on CBS, as well as streaming on Paramount Plus, Colbert criticized the settlement between Paramount and Trump, calling it “a big fat bribe.” 

    While we may never know if this cancellation was politically motivated, we should be asking these questions. News organizations, journalists, and everyday people should be able to speak the truth, to report facts, and, as Stephen Colbert so often does, make sense of the news through humor. Do we want to live in a country that silences people? Is that the America you want to live in? I have appreciated and loved the work @stephenathome has done, and regardless of the reason, his work will be missed when his show goes off the air. In the meantime, I’ll be tuning in! #abovethenoise
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    shecky said:
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

    Funny that, not knowing facts, ratings, etc. MAGAMAHALO!

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    edited July 18
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    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    edited July 18
    I hope he does like Conan towards the end of his Tonight Show run and not give a fuck
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    I would love it if Colbert and Stewart (another guy MAGAs hate... at their loss), and start up their own independent network and tell the corporate pigs to take a flying fuck at the moon. 
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  • Jason P
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  • tempo_n_groove
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    brianlux said:
    igotid88 said:

    #1 late night show. 
    One of the best ever!

    Definitely not.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    shecky said:
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

    I don't find him entertaining all the time but if he has a #1 show then why in D hell would you cancel it?

    They must want a Fallon type that pleases everyone.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    tempo_n_groove said:
    shecky said:
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

    I don't find him entertaining all the time but if he has a #1 show then why in D hell would you cancel it?

    They must want a Fallon type that pleases everyone.
    They are ending the show
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    Jason P said:


    He will carry the legacy of destroying David Letterman’s legacy, which is tough look.



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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,574
    Who ever thinks this is about ratings or affordability you are tripping! This is retribution because fuckface doesn’t want anyone berating him on late night tv, he watches all the shows he put the squeeze on CBS 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    shecky said:
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

    I don't find him entertaining all the time but if he has a #1 show then why in D hell would you cancel it?

    They must want a Fallon type that pleases everyone.
    They are ending the show
    The statement was they are cancelling it, Colbert isn't ending it.  It was a financial decision.  How does a #1 show lose money?

    Put this in perspective.  Lenno was approached and told they were halving the budget for the Tonight show. There wasn't enough money to go around for lenno and keep the crew.   Lenno was making like 25 mil a year at this point.  So he says if I take half my salary can I keep the crew?  The network says yes.  Lenno says DONE.

    He said he already had enough money, he wanted his crew to keep working so he agreed to that.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    shecky said:
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

    I don't find him entertaining all the time but if he has a #1 show then why in D hell would you cancel it?

    They must want a Fallon type that pleases everyone.
    They are ending the show
    The statement was they are cancelling it, Colbert isn't ending it.  It was a financial decision.  How does a #1 show lose money?

    Put this in perspective.  Lenno was approached and told they were halving the budget for the Tonight show. There wasn't enough money to go around for lenno and keep the crew.   Lenno was making like 25 mil a year at this point.  So he says if I take half my salary can I keep the crew?  The network says yes.  Lenno says DONE.

    He said he already had enough money, he wanted his crew to keep working so he agreed to that.
    They're taking that route because it makes it easier to sell the decision to the public as being about finances even though there currently is nothing circulating that indicates CBS even tried to work something out to keep the show going if it was truly only about the finances. It all reeks of more capitulation to appease Trump so the merger goes through.

    Television, and especially late night, have definitely taken a hit the last 10 years and don't generate near as much revenue, but I can't imagine a show like Colbert's loses CBS money.

    The optics are terrible.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Johnny Abruzzo
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    Paramount just paid Trump a multi-million dollar bribe last month. And they always bury the Colbert Show on the app - it's basically the only  thing I watch on there and I literally have to search for it. I cancelled Paramount+ this month - fascist enablers. Fuck them.
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  • tempo_n_groove
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    tbergs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    shecky said:
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

    I don't find him entertaining all the time but if he has a #1 show then why in D hell would you cancel it?

    They must want a Fallon type that pleases everyone.
    They are ending the show
    The statement was they are cancelling it, Colbert isn't ending it.  It was a financial decision.  How does a #1 show lose money?

    Put this in perspective.  Lenno was approached and told they were halving the budget for the Tonight show. There wasn't enough money to go around for lenno and keep the crew.   Lenno was making like 25 mil a year at this point.  So he says if I take half my salary can I keep the crew?  The network says yes.  Lenno says DONE.

    He said he already had enough money, he wanted his crew to keep working so he agreed to that.
    They're taking that route because it makes it easier to sell the decision to the public as being about finances even though there currently is nothing circulating that indicates CBS even tried to work something out to keep the show going if it was truly only about the finances. It all reeks of more capitulation to appease Trump so the merger goes through.

    Television, and especially late night, have definitely taken a hit the last 10 years and don't generate near as much revenue, but I can't imagine a show like Colbert's loses CBS money.

    The optics are terrible.
    Totally agree.  I posted that tidbit about Lenno showing that if it indeed was about money that they can make it work.
  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,683
    tempo_n_groove said:
    shecky said:
    Or maybe just because Colbert sucks and his show isn't funny.

    I don't find him entertaining all the time but if he has a #1 show then why in D hell would you cancel it?

    They must want a Fallon type that pleases everyone.
    In the words of the great Bob Dylan: "The times they are a-changin'."
    I think America is sick and tired of the constant negativity and hatred by the Dems and "comedians" like Colbert, Kimmel and their ilk.
    Remember the "king of late night comedy" - Johnny Carson?
    That man was so funny, every single night, and yet no one ever knew where Carson stood politically.
    He'd bust everybody's chops, and so the entire audience - and all of America watching at home - were entertained. 
    Late night comedy TV was originally developed to help America wind down at the end of a tough day, put all the politics and hatred and bullshit we are subjected to behind us, so we could get a good night's sleep, wake up the next morning and begin a fresh new day.
    Maybe CBS is starting to realize this...



  • mickeyrat
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    Jason P said:

    He is number 1 in the ratings, so he should not have a problem finding another network to hire him based off that metric.  This would be like the LA Dodgers announcing they plan to release Shohei Ohtani at the end of the year.  Teams would be lining up at his door. 

    Plus, he has the advantage of having a full year to negotiate. 

    He will carry the legacy of destroying David Letterman’s legacy, which is tough look.




    no he wont. paramount did this. guarantee dave comes out in support
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