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  • 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...
  • 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.”...
  • 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...
  • CBS Canceling Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Is an End of an Era for Television — and a Chilling Sign of What’s to Come (delusion alert)

    07/18/2025 6:08:11 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 87 replies
    Variety ^ | July 18, 2025 | Daniel D'Addario
    The news of “The Late Show’s” cancellation by CBS doesn’t just end a franchise that had, to this point, lasted more than 30 years. It looks like the beginning of the end of an entire category of television. With one network now opting out of late-night talk entirely, how long will it be before the genre just goes away? CBS announced the cancellation nearly a full year before it is to take effect, making current host Stephen Colbert a lame duck of sorts; he will continue hosting the show through May 2026, at which point it will simply disappear. Observers...
  • Embarrassing REAL reason Stephen Colbert's show was canceled after bosses hatched plot while star vacationed

    07/18/2025 4:43:06 PM PDT · by Dahoser · 58 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | July 18, 2025 | Alex Hammer
    CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert because it was losing $40 million a year, it was claimed. Puck journalist Matthew Belloni revealed Colbert's astonishing lack of profitability Friday, hours after CNN first broke the news that the show was canceled because it was in the red. Belloni outlined how The Late Show - whose cancelation was announced Thursday - costs $100m a year to produce, with Colbert, 61, getting paid between $15 million and $20 million a year to host.
  • Lawmakers Question Whether CBS Canceled Colbert’s Show for Political Reasons

    07/18/2025 1:33:41 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 27 replies
    The New York Times ^ | July 18, 2025, 2:12 p.m. ET | Ashley Ahn
    Paramount, the network’s parent, recently agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”Democratic lawmakers are questioning the timing of CBS’s announcement to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” which came days after Mr. Colbert criticized the network’s parent company for paying President Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit.Hours after CBS executives characterized the move as “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night,” lawmakers began suggesting that the cancellation was linked to Paramount’s recent settlement with Mr. Trump. Senator...
  • Time’s Up for Stephen Colbert and The Late Show

    07/18/2025 9:54:55 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 32 replies
    NRO ^ | 18 July 2025 | Jim Geraghty
    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...
  • Schiff, Warren demand to know if CBS is ending Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' for 'political reasons'

    07/18/2025 7:26:57 AM PDT · by The_Media_never_lie · 89 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 17, 2025 | Lindsay Kornick
    Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the public "deserves to know" whether CBS’s decision to cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Thursday was politically motivated. "Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled. If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better," Schiff wrote.
  • Celebrities voice dismay over 'bulls** t' axing of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    07/18/2025 4:54:35 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 50 replies
    The Standard ^ | 7/18/25 | Ekin Karasin
    A slew of famous faces shared their outrage at the show’s cancellation. Actor Adam Scott wrote on Instagram: “Love you Stephen. This is absolute bulls**t, and I for one am looking forward to the next 10 months of shows.” Actress Rachel Zegler added: “I am extremely sad. i adore you, stephen,” and broadcaster Katie Couric penned: “I am so upset about this. I need more information. We love you ” Director Judd Apatow posted: “My admiration and appreciation for you is bottomless. Excited to see what other brilliance you put into the world.”
  • CBS to cancel Late Show with Stephen Colbert just days after host blasted company's settlement with Trump as 'big fat bribe'

    07/17/2025 7:51:13 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 60 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 19:46 EDT, 17 July 2025 | Updated: 20:45 EDT, 17 July 2025 | MELISSA KOENIG
    CBS announced the cancellation of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert - just days after the host blasted the network's $16 million settlement with President Trump as a 'big fat bribe.' Colbert's show, which began in 2015, will now come to an end in May 2026, executives with the network and Paramount, its new parent company, announced on Thursday. 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season,' they said in a statement. 'We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire the Late Show franchise at that time,'...
  • CBS Cancels The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — Show to End in May 2026

    07/17/2025 5:27:31 PM PDT · by StAnDeliver · 39 replies
    LateNighter.com ^ | July 17, 2025 | Jed Rosenzweig
    "CBS has announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, bringing the show’s historic run—and the Late Show franchise itself—to a close."Colbert addressed the show’s cancellation himself while taping tonight’s show."
  • CBS cancels 'The Late Show,' Stephen Colbert to end program in May 2026

    07/17/2025 5:25:09 PM PDT · by The_Media_never_lie · 49 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 17, 2025 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn
    CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will be ending in 2026, the network announced Thursday. "'THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT' will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season," CBS said in a statement. "We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire 'THE LATE SHOW' franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television." CBS said it was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night," adding, "It is...
  • CBS is ending ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ next year

    07/17/2025 5:07:37 PM PDT · by pissant · 25 replies
    cnn ^ | 7/17/25 | Brian 'the spud' Stelter
    In a shocking move, CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year, potentially exiting the late-night television business altogether. The cancellation will take effect in May 2026, the normal end of the broadcast TV season, the network said Thursday evening.
  • Stephen Colbert: ‘Trump Wasn’t Nazi Friendly Until 2017’

    06/19/2025 8:57:00 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 28 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 06/19/2025 | Jerome Hudson
    CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert used Tucker Carlson’s spat with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over the Israel-Iran conflict and the United States’ role in it to smear President Donald Trump as “Nazi-friendly,” during his Late Show monologue on Wednesday. Stephen Colbert: ‘Trump Wasn’t Nazi Friendly Until 2017’ NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 17: Stephen Colbert speaks with Alex Edelman at 92NY on July 17,Noam Galai/Getty Images Jerome Hudson19 Jun 202513 1:42 CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert used Tucker Carlson’s spat with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over the Israel-Iran conflict and the United States’ role in it to smear President...
  • Video may have killed the radio star, but TDS killed late night talk shows…

    05/12/2025 4:57:09 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 48 replies
    Revolver News ^ | May 12, 2025 | Staff
    Here’s a question for ya: is anyone under 40 still watching late-night talk shows? And even more to the point: is anyone under 40 who isn’t a flaming liberal still tuning in to Kimmel, Colbert, or Fallon? We’d bet the answer is probably “NO.” Sure, media is changing. Podcasts are exploding. Legacy formats are fading; just look at how X has exploded. But the real reason late-night is dying is multifaceted, and one big reason is Stage 5 Trump Derangement Syndrome. These shows aren’t just outdated; they’ve become downright insufferable. It’s the same tired punchlines. The same smug sneering. The...
  • Colbert, Jon Stewart, Kimmel Ignore Democrats Controlling California; Attack Trump, GOP over L.A. Fires

    01/14/2025 9:40:05 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 26 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/14/2025 | David Ng
    Late-night comedians Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart used their shows on Monday to attack President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders over the raging fires in Los Angeles — even though neither Trump nor the GOP is in charge of the Democrat-controlled county or state. Jimmy Kimmel even accused Trump of being racist against firefighters — a laughably ridiculous claim that the comedian made by disingenuously conflating opposition to DEI with racism. During their respective broadcasts, the comedians made no mention of California’s Democrat leaders who are ultimately responsible for managing the unfolding catastrophe.
  • Liberal late-night show hosts Kimmel, Colbert and more dramatically melt down over Trump’s election victory: ‘A terrible night’

    11/07/2024 1:19:24 AM PST · by knighthawk · 29 replies
    NY Post ^ | November 6 2024 | Nicholas McEntyre
    The liberal late-night hosts put their post-election meltdowns on full display Wednesday evening less than 24 hours after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon greeted their shows with similar rehearsed acts — putting on a fake smile and lamenting about the terrible night they had because of Trump’s win. “I spent a lot of time over the past 17 hours thinking about what I would say tonight, or even if there is anything to say tonight, and there’s nothing, goodnight everybody,” Kimmel said walking off the stage.
  • Kamala's Interview With Stephen Colbert

    10/09/2024 12:49:47 AM PDT · by mbrfl · 10 replies
    Youtube ^ | October 9, 2024 | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
    Kamala's cringeworthy interview with Stephen Colbert, for anyone that can stomach it.
  • Kamala Harris Sets Hollywood Media Charm Offensive: ‘The View,’ Stephen Colbert, Howard Stern

    10/06/2024 1:44:39 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 59 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/06/2024 | David NG
    Hollywood-controlled media are rolling out the red carpet for Kamala Harris this week, welcoming the Democrat presidential candidate to a range of friendly media appearances as part of a planned offensive to enhance her likeability in the final stretch of the election cycle. Kamala Harris is set to appear on ABC’s The View, where hosts including Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg have regularly sung her praises; CBS’ late-night show with Stephen Colbert, another ally; and Howard Stern, who recently called Trump supporters “stupid.” The aforementioned shows are all known for their soft-ball questions when it comes to Democrat politicians, seldom...