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  • Verdict with Ted Cruz: Null and Void

    07/21/2025 9:28:16 AM PDT · by Redmen4ever · 4 replies
    youtube ^ | 7/19/25 | Ted Cruz
    first segment - the legality of autopen pardons; second (beginning at the seven minute mark) - one family's harrowing story of the flood; third segment (beginning at the twenty minute mark) - Cruz not being tired of winning when it comes to Stephen Colbert getting canceled
  • 10 Ideas For Better Shows To Replace 'The Late Show' With Stephen Colbert

    07/21/2025 8:47:16 AM PDT · by dayglored · 68 replies
    The Bee ^ | Jul 19, 2025 | The Bee
    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:Larry The Dying Leper: This show is just watching a man slowly die of leprosy. Way funnier!Kidney Stone Watch: 90 straight minutes of a dude trying to pass a kidney stone.That old "KaBoom" infomercial with Billy Mays on loop: Such a classic.Cemetery Cam: Nothing but a livestream from a camera at a cemetery. Big upgrade, CBS.The Ingrown Toenail Experience: Way less...
  • Who is next after Stephen Colbert? The death of late-night TV... and the unlikely conservative star

    07/20/2025 8:55:11 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 76 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 20 Jul 2025 | LAURA PARNABY
    The axing of Stephen Colbert's Late Show has been received as a death knell for late-night television - but there's still time for one more rising star before the world of cable TV is eclipsed by TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram reels. CBS and its parent company, Paramount, announced that Colbert's show would 'end its historic run' in May 2026, just over a decade after it first launched, as it hemorrhaged $40 million per year. 'We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire the Late Show franchise at that time,' the broadcast executives said. 'We are proud that Stephen called CBS...
  • Johnny Carson on Why Colbert Was Canned

    07/20/2025 7:27:42 AM PDT · by Morgana · 58 replies
    Moonbattery ^ | July 19, 2025 | Dave Blount
    A real comedian is not a barking moonbat on a soapbox. He knows his job is to entertain us, not to install our political opinions. The great Johnny Carson reminds us of better times for late night television: **VIDEO ON LINK**
  • Old Media Dying: Waning CBS Cancels Colbert. Is Kimmel Next?

    07/19/2025 6:38:35 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 38 replies
    The New American ^ | July 19, 2025 | Selwyn Duke
    “So, for the first time in history, Americans have stopped watching NBC, CBS TV, and ABC,” reported commentator Bill O’Reilly Thursday. “Their viewing level has fallen below 20 percent — unheard of.”“And it’s because they’re boring and they’re far left,” O’Reilly elaborated. “That’s the two reasons.”The latest casualty of this legacy-media collapse is notable, too.CBS is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, effective after the 2025-’26 season.The move will end what will have been a 33-year run that began with host David Letterman in 1993. Colbert took the show’s helm in 2015, shortly after Letterman’s retirement.The news-making announcement has...
  • Late Night Ratings Revealed: Who’s Top (Gutfeld) & Who’s Lagging Behind? (everyone else)

    07/19/2025 7:35:22 AM PDT · by DoodleBob · 39 replies
    TV Insider ^ | July 15, 2025 | Martin Holmes
    The ratings are in for the second quarter of 2025, and things remain competitive across late-night, with Stephen Colbert holding onto the top spot in his hour and Greg Gutfeld dominating his slot, and having huge gains year-on-year. According to LateNighter.com, citing Nielsen ratings, CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert topped the 11:35 pm hour in total viewers with an average of 2.417 million across 41 first-run episodes. The Late Show was also the only program to show an increase over the first quarter, with the show up 1%. In the coveted 18–49 demo, Colbert brought in 219,000 viewers....
  • State-Run Propaganda Program Shut Down

    07/19/2025 11:26:54 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 7 replies
    The Bee ^ | July 18, 2025 | Staff
    NEW YORK, NY — Along with NPR and PBS, a state-run propaganda program hosted by Stephen Colbert announced it would be shutting down due to a loss of funding. The Late Show, filmed at the historic Ed Sullivan Theater, transitioned from late-night comedy to officially sanctioned state-run propaganda in 2015 with the hiring of Colbert. Though known for his comedic work at the time, Colbert was reportedly eager to promote government-generated information initiatives in exchange for money. "I thought maybe our ratings were down, but CBS informs me that's not why they fired me," Colbert said, addressing the cancellation on...
  • CBS canned ‘The Late Show’ over tens of millions in financial losses annually — not Stephen Colbert’s politics: sources

    07/19/2025 7:43:25 AM PDT · by lasereye · 47 replies
    NY Post ^ | July 18, 2025 | Charles Gasparino
    CBS brass say they pulled the plug on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” because of its punishing losses — pegged between $40 million and $50 million a year — and claim politics had nothing to do with it. The 61-year-old host got canned just days after he took a dig at the Tiffany Network over its $16 million settlement with Donald Trump over a controversial “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris as the network’s parent Paramount negotiates with the Trump administration regulatory approval for its $8 billion sale to independent studio Skydance. “I am offended, and I don’t know...
  • Stephen Colbert gets solidarity from fellow late-night hosts after cancellation news

    07/19/2025 11:40:29 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 35 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 4:04 PM CDT, July 18, 2025 | The Associated Press
    Stephen Colbert was receiving messages of support and affection from his fellow late-night hosts after announcing that CBS was canceling his show, “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” next May. Jimmy Fallon said he was “just as shocked as everyone,” and Seth Meyers called him a great host and comedian but an even better person. Jimmy Kimmel directed an expletive at CBS, and Andy Cohen said it was a sad day for the network. As for President Donald Trump — a frequent target of Colbert’s comedy — he said on Truth Social that “I absolutely love” that Colbert was “fired.”...
  • It’s not just Colbert - network late-night TV is dead

    07/19/2025 4:25:20 PM PDT · by Libloather · 80 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/19/25 | Johnny Oleksinski
    Everybody was shocked — shocked! — when Stephen Colbert announced this week that CBS canceled “The Late Show.” The despondent media reacted like a meteor was about to smash into Earth. But how surprising was Colbert’s kibosh really? Did peoples’ jaws also hit the floor when Blockbuster Video called it quits in 2014? Were they muffling their screams when blimps were phased out for air travel in 1937? “What do you mean ‘no more silent films’?!” The end of “The Late Show” was every bit as writ-in-stone as any of those predictable downfalls. And it’s not only Colbert. The Grim...
  • Pittsburgh Mass Shooting: 11 shot, 2 juveniles dead at party in Airbnb with 200 people attending

    04/17/2022 4:04:39 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 48 replies
    WPXI ^ | April 17, 2022
    PITTSBURGH, Pa. — At least 11 people were shot and two juveniles were killed in a mass shooting early Easter Sunday in the East Allegheny neighborhood of the North Side. Pittsburgh Police say they received multiple ShotSpotter alerts just after 12:30 a.m. in the 800 block of Suismon Street. When police arrived in the area, more shots were being fired and several young people were running on foot and leaving in cars from an Airbnb property at Suismon Street and Madison Avenue. Police say a large party was happening at the Airbnb with as many as 200 people in attendance....
  • Mass shooting in Sacramento leaves six dead, at least 10 wounded

    04/03/2022 8:52:58 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 41 replies
    Just the News ^ | April 3, 2022 - 9:52am | John Solomon
    Ashooting in downtown Sacramento early Sunday left six people dead and at least 10 wounded, police said. Authorities did not offer many details, except to say shooting occurred in the vicinity of a nightclub. Video posted on social media showed people running through the street as the sound of gunfire could be heard. Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said the shooting occurred around 2 a.m. and police don’t know whether one or more suspects were involved. This is “a very complex and complicated scene,” she told The Associated Press as she asked for the public’s help. Numerous ambulances were sent...
  • Man Attacked & In Critical Condition After Los Angeles Dodgers Fan Beating

    03/31/2019 11:54:43 AM PDT · by CaliforniaCraftBeer · 53 replies
    KTLA 5 ^ | March 31, 2019 | Kristina Bravo & Lauren Lyster
    Christel Reyna...identified the man as her husband, 47-year-old Rafael Reyna. He's been placed on life support...The incident happened in [parking] Lot 3 just after midnight, Christel said she heard a cracking noise before her husband began moaning, the Associated Press reported. The two men were just leaving the stadium when the fight broke out, Los Angeles Dodgers spokesman Joe Jareck said.
  • (Musician) J.J. Cale Dies From Heart Attack At Age 74

    07/27/2013 5:44:29 AM PDT · by lwd · 49 replies
    Noise 11 ^ | 7-27-2013 | Noise11
    J.J. Cale has died from a heart attack at the age of 74. The death of the legendary Grammy Award winning singer songwriter was announced on his Facebook page today. “We’ve lost a great artist and a great person tonight. JJ Cale passed away at 8:00 pm on Friday July 26 at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, CA. He had suffered a heart attack. There are no immediate plans for services. His history is well documented at JJCale.com , http://www.rosebudus.com/cale/ and in the documentary, To Tulsa And Back. Donations are not needed but he was a great lover of animals...