Colbert has a staff of 200 people??!

[1984X2024]

TikTokers are producing better content on a cell phone, alone.

 

[ll74]

Wtf are you talking about?

 

[Rotadom]

TikTokers are producing better content on a cell phone, alone.

I'm sure all of the tweenage girls on TikTok appreciate your subscription. Don't worry, in just a few short years, they will have an OnlyFans.

 

[73Seahawks]

TikTokers are producing better content on a cell phone, alone.

Instagram, Facebook and YouTube are much better options.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Surprised Colbert’s show wasn’t cancelled long ago. It was losing $40 million a year and had terrible ratings.

 

[dmallord]

Surprised Colbert’s show wasn’t cancelled long ago. It was losing $40 million a year and had terrible ratings.

I generally watch the openings, most of them about the felon. Funny stuff. Then I switch to other news. Yeah, guess he has bad ratings that caused his show to be shut down, or maybe it had to do with his network selling him out to seal a deal on a merger. One that needed FCC approval?

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

I generally watch the openings, most of them about the felon. Funny stuff. Then I switch to other news. Yeah, guess he has bad ratings that caused his show to be shut down, or maybe it had to do with his network selling him out to seal a deal on a merger. One that needed FCC approval?

The federal approval of the sale might have been a factor but I doubt it. Larry Ellison’s son is on the acquisition side and Trump likes Larry.

From everything I’ve read, the late night tv model is running out of steam. What worked for the likes of Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson doesn’t work in the age of streaming media and social media. And those pioneers preceded the era of political division we have today.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Surprised Colbert’s show wasn’t cancelled long ago. It was losing $40 million a year and had terrible ratings.

Colbert’s show had the highest ratings in its time slot.


Was canceling Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ really about money? The numbers don’t entirely back it up.

The sudden end for the show, which will air its last episode in May, came as a surprise to most media-industry watchers and raised suspicions among some that it is the result of political pressure, following Paramount’s recent agreement to pay President Donald Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit in which he accused CBS of deceptively editing an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris last year.

Most legal experts considered the lawsuit baseless and that the settlement came under pressure.

After Paramount reached the agreement, Colbert expressed his displeasure with the deal, calling it a “big fat bribe.” Two days later, Colbert’s show was canceled.

 

[YDB95]

It takes a lot of people to run a TV show. Nothing implausible about the numbers.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Colbert’s show had the highest ratings in its time slot.


Was canceling Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ really about money? The numbers don’t entirely back it up.

It’s about money. Late night TV ad revenue has declined by an estimated 50% between 2018 and 2024. Colbert’s show was losing $40 million a year. Kimmel and Fallon are struggling too.

 

[dmallord]

Bring back Sesame Street. It will ramp up revenue and provide late-night kids something worthwhile to watch.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Who the hell still watches late night talk shows?

 

[Bray123]

President Lawfare has struck a deal and the program was the sacrifice.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Lol

https://twitter.com/x/status/1759407349515616294

 

[wallstreetguy]

TikTokers are producing better content on a cell phone, alone.

Sounds about right. I remember that Indian girl whose show was so "ground breaking" complain that she only had 7 writers compared to the white male stars who had dozens.

 

[wallstreetguy]

Lol

https://twitter.com/x/status/1759407349515616294

It is also not normal that a show losing $40 million/year stayed on air for so long.

 

[RoryN]

Colbert always triggers Deplorable scum.

Even in a forum he doesn't post on.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Trump took a $16 million bribe from CBS/Paramount, and the MAGA sheep love it. They think a president who is openly for sale is cool.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

“Mr. Colbert has 2.4 million viewers most nights—less than 1% of the country. It’s a tiny fraction of Carson’s viewership at a time when the nation was smaller. The Late Show’s audience has fallen more than 30% in the past five years, and even more among the critical 18- to 49-year-old demographic. Mr. Colbert’s operation reportedly costs north of $100 million annually, and hemorrhaged $40 million last year, nearly half being the host’s salary.

“Political content with a splash of comedy isn’t exiting the stage; it retains a narrow but deep audience. That’s why “Gutfeld!,” the Fox evening show that also doesn’t attempt to persuade or entertain beyond its core audience, has a significantly larger viewership than the Late Show. But it does so on cable, not pretending to be a part of a broadcast common culture.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/colbert...5ae1c?st=rhoc2U&reflink=article_copyURL_share

 

[MajorRewrite]

“Mr. Colbert has 2.4 million viewers most nights—less than 1% of the country. It’s a tiny fraction of Carson’s viewership at a time when the nation was smaller. The Late Show’s audience has fallen more than 30% in the past five years, and even more among the critical 18- to 49-year-old demographic. Mr. Colbert’s operation reportedly costs north of $100 million annually, and hemorrhaged $40 million last year, nearly half being the host’s salary.

“Political content with a splash of comedy isn’t exiting the stage; it retains a narrow but deep audience. That’s why “Gutfeld!,” the Fox evening show that also doesn’t attempt to persuade or entertain beyond its core audience, has a significantly larger viewership than the Late Show. But it does so on cable, not pretending to be a part of a broadcast common culture.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/colbert...5ae1c?st=rhoc2U&reflink=article_copyURL_share

Colbert’s show had the highest ratings in its time slot.

Donnie took a $16 million bribe from CBS/Paramount, and you think it’s great that he’s so easy to buy, because you’re a sheep.

 

[Greytruck]

Never watched his show.. just didn’t intrest me
Since Johnny Carson quit late night tv has suffered

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Colbert’s show had the highest ratings in its time slot.

Donnie took a $16 million bribe from CBS/Paramount, and you think it’s great that he’s so easy to buy, because you’re a sheep.

You’ll get over your misery eventually.

 

[ll74]

Funny enough, when a show is cancelled that I never watch, I don't notice nor care.
Apparently I should've created multiple threads on political forums.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Funny enough, when a show is cancelled that I never watch, I don't notice nor care.
Apparently I should've created multiple threads on political forums.

It was a political TV program. This is a politics board.

 

[ll74]

It was a political TV program. This is a politics board.

It is a talk show and the host had a political monologue.

Also, if you didn't like it, you should create multiple threads about it.

As an example - I have obviously made multiple threads about Gutfred's Fox show.