Posted on 04/13/2014 7:28:49 AM PDT by dynachrome
The choice of comedian Stephen Colbert as the replacement for David Letterman ignited a battle of words online Thursday: While little doubt exists that Mr. Colbert is as funny, clever, charming, and goofy as Mr. Letterman, some media voices loudly complained that the decision by CBS now means that network late-night television will largely remain the domain of white male hosts.
When Letterman announced last week that he will step down from the “Late Show” in 2015, television critics immediately started pooling names of possible replacements: comedians W. Kamau Bell, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, Tig Notaro, Amy Poehler, Retta, Chris Rock, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Aisha Tyler, among others – all of whom are either female or black or both.
“Looking at the hilarious women across the rest of the TV dial – in sitcoms, Comedy Central shows, and Saturday Night Live – the idea that there are no women funny and likable enough to helm a TV show past 11:30 p.m. is increasingly absurd,” Esther Breger wrote
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I agree. These goobers are not worth losing any sleep over; they’re totally predictable. They might as well have laugh tracks so people will know there was a joke.
There are a lot of people that don’t know Stephen Colbert was playing a character. Jon Stewart is the funny, engaging liberal, and Colbert was playing the part of a racist, homophobic, war-mongering conservative so that clueless college students can clearly see that their left-wing professors are telling the truth.
Because of Colbert’s work for the left, he was able to emerge from the recent racial controversy involving Suey Park unscathed, and even get a promotion.
It is funny how when the left needs someone, they have no problem pushing diversity to the side, and picking who they want. It just proves that even they know diversity is nonsense. It’s just a hammer they use to bash conservatives with.
Heh, heh. The hell you say.
Okay. Katie Couric then.
There’s only one thing to do: Boycott Late Night (after all, what’s good for Libs, is good everywhere !!)
Is that damning with faint praise, sarcasm, or straight writing?
Saw the headline ands thought “diversity” late night would be about having hosts who weren’t all pinkos.
But...nope.
How about Victoria Jackson!?
That would be a hoot.
Which is a choice between death by hanging or death by the electric chair. CBS already had a replacement named Craig Ferguson who is twice as funny as Colbert and Letterman combined.
They already tried it: Arsenio stunk. Plus, Richards Simmons is too old now.
There are plenty of talented comics that should have been obvious choices for this gig. I would have loved to have seen Aziz Ansari have his own show. He definitely has the persona that would be entertaining, and he could actually hold an interview that wont be boring. He also is more likable in a way that wont become annoying.
Instead they drag this walking shtick over in hopes that he will bring his deranged army of hipster fans that these days sees every hack “ironic” stunt done by people like him and Fallon as genius.
It will become nothing but a war to see whose made for YouTube skit can be passed around the most.
And in between you will get tons of leftist advocacy.
Late night isn’t for diversity.
It’s to kick around conservatives
Way ahead of you. Haven't watched late night talk shows in years.
Hmmm... Should have pick Dennis Miller if they wanted ratings.
Not many people want to watch a black guy except other black guys.
Comedic actresses are funny...Tina Fey, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus and a few others, but the vast majority of female stand-up comics (the type of comic best suited to the late night talk format) are just annoying, not funny...Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silverman, Joan Rivers, the Asian woman (can't even remember her name), etc.
Network executives care about one thing: ratings. Ratings drive revenues. If Les Moonves thought a black or a woman would draw the biggest ratings he would have hired one.
And then there's the audience: Predominately young white males.
So there ya have it. The explanation to the phony "lack of diversity" among late night talk show hosts.
What about diversity on the basketball court??? We need more 5’6” Latinos! Latinos dream about coming here to play basketball and make millions and millions... It’s not FAIRRRRR!
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