Shouldn’t be surprising, every late night show is going to end soon. They’re all too expensive
How expensive can they be? One set, minimal editing?
CBS Canceling 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' After Next Season
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#12Shouldn’t be surprising, every late night show is going to end soon. They’re all too expensive
It’s currently the number one late night show. It’s not about money. It’s because the president pressured them after Colbert called the network out Tuesday for taking a bribe.
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#13Shouldn’t be surprising, every late night show is going to end soon. They’re all too expensive
How can they be so expensive? Unless you mean in relation to ad revenue.
It's one host, maybe a band, they don't pay the guests cause their there to pitch their show/music/book/film. Maybe all the extra staff they need to write jokes and whatnot. Maybe all the drug advertisements really don't pay all that much anymore.
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#16I hope now that he’s done selling out, he can return to the Colbert Report
In what way do you think Colbert sold out?
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#17Extremely disturbing to see the US Press go the same way as the Indian Press did under Modi.
I'd worry more about defunding public broadcasting or the Washington Post editorial stance. There's a good faith argument here that the cause was market conditions:
> The genre has been struggling as the majority of the country migrates in droves to streaming entertainment and away from traditional broadcast and cable television...
> The number of late-night shows has dwindled in recent years...
> The genre has also experienced a sharp decline in advertising revenue in recent years...
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#18Their beefing over South Park as well: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sou... At the heart of the dispute: a new 10-year, $3 billion overall deal for Parker and Stone that would more than triple the valuation of the current deal that expires in 2027 Yeah. So that's not going to happen lol.
"One possible factor in the negotiations: an $800 million loan that Park County took in 2023 from private equity firm the Carlyle Group. Parker and Stone could be squeezed for cash to repay roughly $80 million in interest per year, according to one person knowledgeable of the arrangement, who noted that Paramount may be open to paying more than $150 million annually in a new deal but not for 10 years."
That's quite the loan.
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#19> "[it's] purely a financial decision"
> "It is not related in any way to the show’s performance"
Naively, these seem like contradictory statements.
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#20Shouldn’t be surprising, every late night show is going to end soon. They’re all too expensive
How can they be so expensive? Unless you mean in relation to ad revenue. It's one host, maybe a band, they don't pay the guests cause their there to pitch their show/music/book/film. Maybe all the extra staff they need to write jokes and whatnot. Maybe all the drug advertisements really don't pay all that much anymore.
Late night talk shows are extremely cheap, compared to regular scripted television. It's one of the reasons why NBC was so excited about moving Jay Leno to 10pm when Conan took over The Tonight Show:
> The Jay Leno Show WILL be significantly cheaper than any primetime scripted show NBC could program. Primetime scripted programming usually costs about $3 million per hour; so the five hours NBC is revamping would total about $15 million per week. This new Leno show will cost NBC less than $2 million per week. ... So, not only does NBC get to KEEP its primetime hours, it gets to program them with a more cost-effective show.
https://www.writersdigest.com/industry-updates/jay-leno-nbc-...