CBS Canceling 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' After Next Season

Post by dawnerd » Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 8:20 AM UTC

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xnx wrote: post #30

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> I think Gutfeld is number 1 overall, and has been for a while. From what I saw, Gutfeld is top in that time slot, but not for late night overall. I agree that cable is crazy to pay so much money for and still have frequent and long commercial interruptions.

Assuming this table ( https://latenighter.com/news/ratings/late-night-tv-ratings-q... ) is accurate (and I am reading it correctly), Gutfeld has more average number of viewers than the other late night shows.

Post by bananapub » Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 8:41 AM UTC

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Why are these very interesting and topical threads being flagged? I'd love for someone pressing that button to explain the rationale.

Post by spwa4 » Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 9:39 AM UTC

bananapub wrote: post #42

dehrmann wrote: post #17

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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…

do you feel it's a good faith argument for management to make at the same time as they're trying to get personal approval from Trump to sell the company[0], and shortly after they just paid him a massive personal bribe[1], and one day after the person who is having their show cancelled, said this on said show [2]? I really did not expect that the credulity of Americans would be one of their downfalls. 0: https://en.w…

Post by tim333 » Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 9:55 AM UTC

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dawnerd wrote: post #12

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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.

I think Gutfeld is number 1 overall, and has been for a while. But TV ratings overall are down so low, I haven’t had cable since 2003, and at the time people thought I was a radical. Now it seems like the people that have cable are the rare ones, Especially if there is noone over 45 in the house. There is a reason they all format their shows in a way that is easy to break up into youtube videos. If they didn’t, most…

Post by throw0101d » Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 11:06 AM UTC

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abtinf wrote: post #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.

Among other things, Colbert said: “Now, I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles: It’s big fat bribe, because this all comes as Paramount owners are trying to get the Trump administration to approve the sale of our network to a new owner, Skydance.” maybe they are worried that Colbert will say things that are actionable and could…