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It's a TV fad. Shows come and go. Time to move on.
1 posted on 07/19/2025 4:25:20 PM PDT by Libloather
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Regular tv has about 20 minutes of commercials per hour. Why bother with that when there are so many streaming services?
Plus, who wants to watch him babble about ORANGE MAN BAD constantly?


2 posted on 07/19/2025 4:30:13 PM PDT by shelterguy
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I was SHOCKED and my jaws also hit the floor when I saw that I did not water the rose flowers today.


3 posted on 07/19/2025 4:32:04 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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Fewer people are staying up that late to watch that ... stuff.


4 posted on 07/19/2025 4:33:57 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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Kimmel is next if Disney knows in two years they are looking at a Vance Presidential win Kimmel will be asked nicely to “retire”


5 posted on 07/19/2025 4:37:29 PM PDT by Lod881019
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meanwhile, Gutfeld is killing it


6 posted on 07/19/2025 4:38:21 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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The Post reported Friday that Colbert’s talk show was losing $40 to $50 million per year.

It costs less than $1 million to operate Joe Rogan's Podcast. So you're telling me that it costs $100 million just for Stephen Colbert to rant about Trump? 🤔

7 posted on 07/19/2025 4:41:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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It’s been over 50 years since the “rural purge” in television. What would a “late night purge” bring about?


8 posted on 07/19/2025 4:41:42 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Wait until they take a close look at how much money the news divisions are loosing. They’ve hidden those costs since forever.


9 posted on 07/19/2025 4:43:14 PM PDT by abb
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Put the Honeymooners and the Odd Couple back on.


10 posted on 07/19/2025 4:49:28 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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Lots of other choices out there.
Colbert was operating like it was 1990.
Sorry dude, people have moved on.


12 posted on 07/19/2025 4:54:27 PM PDT by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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Here’s the deal: If it were funny, people would watch.


13 posted on 07/19/2025 5:01:54 PM PDT by motor_racer ("We're gonna reward our friends and we're gonna punish our enemies" - Barack Hussein Obama)
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LOL- so the party that promoted and advocated for “cancel culture” is now upset because one of their own got- wait for it now- cancelled....

File this one under what comes around goes around....


16 posted on 07/19/2025 5:07:50 PM PDT by God luvs America
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In the old days, I’d fall asleep with the lasting image of Angie Dickenson in my mind.

Today lasting images of Princess Gray Beaver or Hitlery just don’t bring me sweet dreams.


17 posted on 07/19/2025 5:10:08 PM PDT by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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I watch METV late night Del Monroe was the man back then


19 posted on 07/19/2025 5:12:04 PM PDT by al baby (Whoopie Cushion Goldberg )
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9% of those eyeballs were in the 18-49 demo that advertisers covet.

For close to two decades of being in that age range, decades ago, my wife was a tv watcher and participated in surveys with some nice comps and ego boosts.

The week, she turned 50, she was dropped like a rock.


20 posted on 07/19/2025 5:12:33 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Drones haves changed fighting wars/with Navy/Army top water or below and anything that flies)
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Not really surprised it was cancelled. Times have changed.

I am surprised Saturday Night Live is still on. I expect it to disappear shortly after Lorne Michaels is gone.

The Tonight Show will be the very last one to be on the air.


21 posted on 07/19/2025 5:18:20 PM PDT by moviefan8
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Will we see conservative programming as a result of leftist media death?


22 posted on 07/19/2025 5:18:21 PM PDT by Z28.310 (does not comply well with others)
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“Late night” show was a formula that worked for decades but is no longer relevant.

Key components of the formula are now missing: engaging hosts, talented guests, and an audience that cares.

Carson defined the format. Nobody else comes close. FWIW, I have never watched Colbert, Kimble, or any of the other “late night” shows. They are not worth my time. Hilarious they were losing $50M on this guy.

24 posted on 07/19/2025 5:21:29 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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No. Late night has been on since jack paar. Sine my parents were teens

There is something primal about our want of late night. Now you have prime and can do old shoes but people want a bedtime story. A light look at the news of tge day

Johnny had it

Dave letterman had in. Conan

Then the competitive asses took over Leno started that

Gutfeld is okay. If he would stop with the disgusting jokes he’d be a king

There’s no talent. Whatever talent there is has been shut out by envy, sponsors/corporate/ pharmaceutical industry


27 posted on 07/19/2025 5:25:47 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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Not a thing worth watching at that hour
Old tv shows is it


37 posted on 07/19/2025 5:41:11 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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