CBS is ending ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ next year

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

Although late night shows are increasingly a thing of the past, and even though they have cited financial reasons, cannot help think it is political.
Not a good sign if so.
Colbert should just go the route Conan O Brien has and most likely will.

CBS Cancels 'Late Show,' Ending Stephen Colbert's Run After Decades On Air

The network claimed that the move was a "purely a financial decision" as it set the end date for the late-night program.

ca.news.yahoo.com

 

[tml]

Paramount really wants that merger to go through without a hitch.

 

[seanzo]

Wow, nobody likes a late night show hosted by an NPC.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Never bite the hand that feeds you, you dumb Libtard

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946003619821580369

 

[Lenny59]

Do Colbert and Kimmel have any schtick beyond 24/7 bashing of Trump? What a useless pair.

 

[Ponderling]

To some extent I think it might be that the younger set does not watch tv like boomers do, and as time marches on there are fewer boomers left. So who bys ads when no one who buys stuff is watching.

 

[Valcazar]

Paramount really wants that merger to go through without a hitch.

That seems to be the prevailing theory.

 

[wigglee]

Do Colbert and Kimmel have any schtick beyond 24/7 bashing of Trump? What a useless pair.

They are the voice of reason and sanity in a sea of lies and corruption, as America embraces fascism . Seth Myers is very good too. I gotta believe this is just Trump threatening to prevent the proposed merger unless his critic is silenced.

 

[versitile1]

Do Colbert and Kimmel have any schtick beyond 24/7 bashing of Trump? What a useless pair.

Yet they have made millions of dollars with their “useless schtick”, all while you’re making useless comments about them on an anonymous pooner board.

 

[Frankfooter]

They are the voice of reason and sanity in a sea of lies and corruption, as America embraces fascism . Seth Myers is very good too. I gotta believe this is just Trump threatening to prevent the proposed merger unless his critic is silenced.

Well, Colbert now has license to say what he wants for the next year without fear of being cancelled.
Its a good year for that.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946015819982364796

 

[Robert Mugabe]

First reaction is Thank Fuck! Unfunniest cunt on TV. Embarrassing and painful to watch. Which is why I don't watch him. Good riddance. Although I agree with him on Trump. Which is his only schtick.

 

[Bucktee]

Well, Colbert now has license to say what he wants for the next year without fear of being cancelled.
Its a good year for that.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946015819982364796

Highest rated show on a medium that nobody uses anymore?

Everything about the guy is fake beginning with the pronunciation of his last name.

 

[WyattEarp]

Yet they have made millions of dollars with their “useless schtick”, all while you’re making useless comments about them on an anonymous pooner board.

If it's true that Colbert's show was widely profitable, he will reappear on another venue very shortly.

The economics of the three legacy networks is different than other networks.

 

[WyattEarp]

Highest rated show on a medium that nobody uses anymore?

Everything about the guy is fake beginning with the pronunciation of his last name.

Surprisingly, Gutfeld on Fox News outdraws all the late night hosts. I suspect viewers were tired of a steady diet of liberal politics on the three legacy networks. They decided to watch a show that openly espouses conservative politics but also makes them laugh.

I have caught "Gutfeld" a couple times. He and his panelists are pretty funny. He doesn't adhere to the standard format of a celebrity telling some silly, tired anecdote and then proceeding to promote their new project. I do kind of like the silly stuff Jimmy Fallon does with guests though.

 

[Valcazar]

Surprisingly, Gutfeld on Fox News outdraws all the late night hosts. I suspect viewers were tired of a steady diet of liberal politics on the three legacy networks. They decided to watch a show that openly espouses conservative politics but also makes them laugh.

It's also on at 10, isn't it?
That's probably a fairly important factor as well.

 

[tml]

Surprisingly, Gutfeld on Fox News outdraws all the late night hosts. I suspect viewers were tired of a steady diet of liberal politics on the three legacy networks. They decided to watch a show that openly espouses conservative politics but also makes them laugh.

I have caught "Gutfeld" a couple times. He and his panelists are pretty funny. He doesn't adhere to the standard format of a celebrity telling some silly, tired anecdote and then proceeding to promote their new project. I do kind of like the silly stuff Jimmy Fallon does with guests though.

Part of the reason may be that Gutfeld has the conservative audience all to himself while the late night hosts split the non-conservative market.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Kimmel is pissed

Jimmy Kimmel Rages at CBS After Execs Ax Stephen Colbert: ‘F*ck You!’

Kimmel took direct aim at CBS following its unexpected decision to cancel Stephen Colbert's show days after he mocked Paramount's Trump settlement.

www.mediaite.com

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

That seems to be the prevailing theory.

It is also possible that this cancellation was part of Trump's settlement.
He wants to go after media that criticizes him anyway.

 

[Valcazar]

Part of the reason may be that Gutfeld has the conservative audience all to himself while the late night hosts split the non-conservative market.

Also a decent point, but I think what Wyatt was saying is aligned with that.

 

[WyattEarp]

Part of the reason may be that Gutfeld has the conservative audience all to himself while the late night hosts split the non-conservative market.

I totally agree but you are noting the phenomenon of the politicization of late night talk shows.

Many of us remember the late, great Johnny Carson was apolitical. Jay Leno was apolitical. Even Letterman was mostly apolitical. Letterman taking jabs at NBC owner and corporate behemoth GE didn't really ruffle the audience.

Politicization contributed somewhat to the fragmentation of the late night audience. The fact that there were three (four counting Gutfeld) talk shows on at 11:00 pm EST is probably a bigger factor. Perhaps that's why CBS wants to try something different.