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10 Ideas For Better Shows To Replace 'The Late Show' With Stephen Colbert
The Bee ^ | Jul 19, 2025 | The Bee

Posted on 07/21/2025 8:47:16 AM PDT by dayglored

After announcing the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS is hard at work searching for a better program to replace their old flagship. Here are ten great ideas that would be way better than The Late Show:

  1. Larry The Dying Leper: This show is just watching a man slowly die of leprosy. Way funnier!

  2. Kidney Stone Watch: 90 straight minutes of a dude trying to pass a kidney stone.

  3. That old "KaBoom" infomercial with Billy Mays on loop: Such a classic.

  4. Cemetery Cam: Nothing but a livestream from a camera at a cemetery. Big upgrade, CBS.

  5. The Ingrown Toenail Experience: Way less painful than the "Vax-Scene."

  6. Dora The Explorer: Eh, pretty close call.

  7. Mold: Watch bread slowly grow mold in some family's closet. What an improvement.

  8. Moist Madness: People saying the word "moist" repeatedly for an hour and a half. Much less cringey.

  9. Who Wants To Be An Orphan?: Sad, yes, but still better.

  10. A commie screeching and crying but at the end someone comes out and whacks him with a stick: Sweet.

So many great options. You're welcome for the help, CBS.




TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: aftermidnight; babylonbee; colbert; greggutfeld; humor; jimmyfallon; jimmykimmel; lateshow; nightline; satire; sethmeyers; stephencolbert; thedailyshow

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I for one would certainly prefer to watch these options.

That is, if I had a TV. Haven't had one since 1975.

1 posted on 07/21/2025 8:47:16 AM PDT by dayglored
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To: dayglored

0. Eye closure (both)


2 posted on 07/21/2025 8:51:29 AM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: dayglored

1. Test pattern followed by the playing of the national anthem.


3 posted on 07/21/2025 8:51:31 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: dayglored

Cash Cab...


4 posted on 07/21/2025 8:51:59 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: dayglored

I wish that would re-run all of the old Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.


5 posted on 07/21/2025 8:52:26 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Caution: When you bring them here you also bring there here.)
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To: dayglored

It all depends on how you define tv. To me a computer screen is a type of television with much more interactive programming.


6 posted on 07/21/2025 8:53:33 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Jim W N

I like Cash Cab most of the time, some episodes get me frustrated, even mad, with how damn stupid some people are nowadays.


7 posted on 07/21/2025 8:54:02 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Caution: When you bring them here you also bring there here.)
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To: dayglored

Tennis matches from the 1970’s.


8 posted on 07/21/2025 8:55:36 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! I’m a fraud, hypocrite & liar. I'm a member of Congress!! )
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> It all depends on how you define tv. To me a computer screen is a type of television with much more interactive programming.

For many people that's true; they watch entertainment on their computers. I don't; I use them for work and household tasks like documentation and paying bills. There's no incoming entertainment feed like there is with a true television.

But there is a lot of crossover, so I grant you the point as it applies generally.

9 posted on 07/21/2025 8:59:17 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: dayglored

Reruns of Red Dwarf.


10 posted on 07/21/2025 8:59:32 AM PDT by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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11. Reality show of Newsome putting on his hair grease.

12. Stacey Abrams workout videos.

13. Engineering tips on how to reinforce the floor that Stacey Abrams works out on.

14. Reading of Mein Kamph by Candace Owens.

15. Dancing lessons from Bill and Hillary.

11 posted on 07/21/2025 9:00:19 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: dayglored
I would be happy with a test pattern


12 posted on 07/21/2025 9:02:20 AM PDT by fso301
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They should bring back Craig Ferguson. Failing that perhaps rent Saturday Night Live episodes from NBC. Out of 50 years I’m sure they can squeak a few seasons of actually funny stuff out of it.


13 posted on 07/21/2025 9:03:35 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (We can be heroes... just for one day. Whatcha' say?)
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To: dayglored

No ‘Barney’ reruns?


14 posted on 07/21/2025 9:04:02 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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Bring back the old Rush Limbaugh TV Show from the 90s! Guarantee you the ratings would be better. Let Bo Snerdley (Rush’s right hand radio guy) produce the show.


15 posted on 07/21/2025 9:06:22 AM PDT by princess leah ( )
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The test pattern would be more entertaining


16 posted on 07/21/2025 9:06:42 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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The format is tired.

The network is better off showing Seinfeld/Friends reruns.

17 posted on 07/21/2025 9:06:54 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dayglored

Idea 11 from the 1950s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian-head_test_pattern


18 posted on 07/21/2025 9:07:06 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: dayglored

Paint Drying: The Sequel.

Dems uttering truths: The Sound of Silence .


19 posted on 07/21/2025 9:10:16 AM PDT by cuz1961 ( )
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To: dayglored

It’s Babylon Bee not The Bee.


20 posted on 07/21/2025 9:11:09 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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