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

Lerxst1992 said:

mickeyrat said:

Since its première, in 1997, “South Park” has managed to offend nearly every political group, pop-culture fandom, and religious denomination. Now the show has pissed off Donald Trump like never before—to the point where the White House has issued a statement condemning the new season première. In the episode, Trump is portrayed as a deeply insecure leader (endowed with a micropenis) who literally gets into bed with Satan, his apparent lover. The ensuing gags often come back to his anatomy, or his penchant for memes. But the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have solved the conundrum that has plagued comedians since Trump’s first term: He’s an endless wellspring of material, but what he says and does is inevitably more absurd than any satire could be.

Although “South Park” has declined both in quality and in popularity over the years, it’s still valuable enough that Paramount recently paid $1.5 billion for exclusive streaming rights to the series, and for the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, to make another 50 episodes. The studio has long been in the process of merging with Skydance Media—a deal that was in a holding pattern for about a year, until Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit that Trump filed against its subsidiary, CBS’s “60 Minutes.” A few days before the F.C.C. finally approved the merger, Stephen Colbert, the host of “The Late Show,” on CBS, called the settlement a “big fat bribe”—and then his show was cancelled, ostensibly for financial reasons. All of these are crucial plot points in the latest “South Park” episode, “Sermon on the ’Mount,” which is now available on Paramount+.

Is the episode too much? “Probably,” Tyler Foggatt writes. “Yet there’s an age-old tradition of political vulgarity, of which Trump himself is a practitioner—it’s the crux of his appeal.” 
Read more: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/HiNS2u

$1.5 Billion you say? Billion with a B? You sure? Paramount did that???



but but but Colbert???

mace1229 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

mickeyrat said:

Since its première, in 1997, “South Park” has managed to offend nearly every political group, pop-culture fandom, and religious denomination. Now the show has pissed off Donald Trump like never before—to the point where the White House has issued a statement condemning the new season première. In the episode, Trump is portrayed as a deeply insecure leader (endowed with a micropenis) who literally gets into bed with Satan, his apparent lover. The ensuing gags often come back to his anatomy, or his penchant for memes. But the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have solved the conundrum that has plagued comedians since Trump’s first term: He’s an endless wellspring of material, but what he says and does is inevitably more absurd than any satire could be.

Although “South Park” has declined both in quality and in popularity over the years, it’s still valuable enough that Paramount recently paid $1.5 billion for exclusive streaming rights to the series, and for the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, to make another 50 episodes. The studio has long been in the process of merging with Skydance Media—a deal that was in a holding pattern for about a year, until Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit that Trump filed against its subsidiary, CBS’s “60 Minutes.” A few days before the F.C.C. finally approved the merger, Stephen Colbert, the host of “The Late Show,” on CBS, called the settlement a “big fat bribe”—and then his show was cancelled, ostensibly for financial reasons. All of these are crucial plot points in the latest “South Park” episode, “Sermon on the ’Mount,” which is now available on Paramount+.

Is the episode too much? “Probably,” Tyler Foggatt writes. “Yet there’s an age-old tradition of political vulgarity, of which Trump himself is a practitioner—it’s the crux of his appeal.” 
Read more: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/HiNS2u

$1.5 Billion you say? Billion with a B? You sure? Paramount did that???



but but but Colbert???

That sounds like a ton of money (and it is, more than I thought that show would be worth), but that’s for exclusive streaming for 5 years + 50 new episodes, about 5 seasons worth of new shows.
Thats 300 million a year for streaming and new material for 5 years.. They think SP is worth 3 times what Colbert is. That might be true. 

One thing not mentioned that I thought of the other day, ad value has got to be pretty low. When’s the last time you watched a commercial on a regularly scheduled show like that? I can’t remember when I have. I always DVR it and skip commercials. The only commercials I watch are live events like sports, and when streaming and you can’t skip the commercial. 2 million viewers now probably isn’t worth what 2 million viewers was 10 years ago. It’s not surprising they look at the future and realize there isn’t money in late night tv anymore.

Lerxst1992 said:

There’s absolutely zero wrong with what Leno is saying here. Only the liberals are scoffing at this

josevolution said:

Lerxst1992 said:

shecky said:

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jay-leno-criticizes-modern-late-night-comedy-alienating-half-audience-partisan-politics

 Yep.

a major American national network should expect its audience to be a representation of the country. 

Fun fact, about half the country voted for Trump. Willingly. And Vance is polling just as good or even better than Democrats.

There’s absolutely zero wrong with what Leno is saying here. Only the liberals are scoffing at this

Does Leno have a late night show? He’s about as relevant as Dave A commenting on the drumming situation! Leno should stick to burning his face off now that would make a great skit 

Lerxst1992 said:

shecky said:

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jay-leno-criticizes-modern-late-night-comedy-alienating-half-audience-partisan-politics

 Yep.

a major American national network should expect its audience to be a representation of the country. 

Fun fact, about half the country voted for Trump. Willingly. And Vance is polling just as good or even better than Democrats.

There’s absolutely zero wrong with what Leno is saying here. Only the liberals are scoffing at this