Posted on 07/18/2025 9:54:55 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Back in June 2022, I joined the ranks of the many conservatives who looked at late-night network television, with its tired “clap-ter” and heavy-handed cheerleading for Democratic politicians, and asked just how many people actually enjoyed watching it. Never mind the now-regular softball interviews with Democratic elected officials or the exhausted “aren’t Republicans so dumb and evil” monologue jokes, the whole thing felt stale, rote, and joyless. Viewership has plummeted across the board for network television in the streaming era, and you figure the market for the likes of Stephen Colbert offering variations of the same jokes night after night ...
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Goodbye and good riddance to the unfunny propaganda show of Stephen Colbert !
whos left?
the two jimmys?
American golfer, Justin Thomas was a guest on Colbert’s show, prior to the election. Didn’t talk politics but if one goes on Colberts show, it’s a given.
It was just a matter of time before he said something that would get CBS sued.
Quit watching late night when Jay retired. Still dabble with Gutfeld though.
I remember Stephen Colbert and The Late Show.
(Both were the typical humorous lines we all see and hear at election time... Mackey Tweeted "Democrats can text their Hillary vote"... and seen by about 60k people. Kimmel said "Democrats vote on TUE, Republicans vote on WED"... and was seen by many millions of people. Mackey's was seen as election interference. Kimmel's was just ignored.)
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Or should I say, I’ll believe it when I don’t see Colbert on the air anymore.
There’s plenty of time for Colbert and CBS to reach an agreement. Plus, I’m sure the CBS bosses are getting calls from Democrat leaders asking that Colbert be retained.
It's been a long time since late night TV was entertaining, worth watching-think Johnny Carson, and Jay Leno.
It went downhill after Leno IMO.
(Slightly) Off Topic/ Inconsequential too.
What’s the story about Stephen Colbert’s right ear?
It’s either missing certain parts or just far smaller than one would expect for an adult male.
Nobody talks about it.
Whenever I have seen him, Steve has always been angry—and he has never once made me laugh. Some “comedian”!
Nope. CBS is being sold. New owners don’t want the show.
The lying front page of the WSJ (the part of WSJ controlled by the Murdochs, in an editorial pretending to be a news report, gave out a lying half truth about Colbert’s show, remarking how it tops “broadcast TV” ratings in its time slot. The half of the truth they did not report? They did not report that Colbert’s show is bested in its time frame by Gutfield on cable on Fox.
It's a simple question, how do these propaganda outlets survive when they basically alienate/besmirch 1/2 of the population(your customers)?
Answer...those with an agenda are loaded with piles of crooked cash to feed them.
Find them, steal the stolen money from them, cook them.
“Still dabble with Gutfeld though.”
I’ve tried but can’t warm up to Gutfeld.
IMHO, I think he tries to hard to be funny. It just doesn’t have a real feel to it.
"He was a gerbil of a man, an establishment shill, a toadie to big government, a follower instead of a trailblazer, a self-involved statist, a moral coward in the face of Woke McCarthyism, and a divisive, self-regarding loser who killed an entire late-night franchise because he sought applause from those who agreed with him instead of laughs from the rest of us.
"Most unforgivably, he sought only the approval of elites because he saw himself as too superior to entertain the rest of us.
"In short, Stephen Colbert will be remembered as a dick".
...and nothing of value was lost.
There was a time, when Colbert was (briefly) edgy and funny. That time ended well over twenty years ago.
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