USA TV: CBS Cancels :The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to end in 2026
 

[Cancellation comes a few days after
Colbert criticised network’s parent company
for settlement with Trump,
which he called a ‘bribe’

‘I am extremely sad’: celebrities react
to the end of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show

Stephen Colbert on Trump’s Epstein
controversy: ‘Desperately looking for a scapegoat’]


It is a shame it is not
on UK TV



[The settlement coincided with
Paramount seeking approval from
the US Federal Communications Commission
for an $8.4bn merger with Skydance Media.
Colbert called the settlement “a big fat bribe”.

Colbert, who has hosted the talkshow since 2015,
announced the news during
Thursday night’s recording,
telling the audience he had been told
of the decision the previous night.

As the audience booed, he said,
“Yeah, I share your feelings.

“It’s not just the end of the show,
it is the end of the Late Show on CBS.
I’m not being replaced,
this is all just going away,” Colbert said.]


https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...s-cancels-show

Traditional TV and a lot of it's tropes are going away.

Some of it is for the better, some of it is a sad loss to Entertainment Programmes on Streamers as they can sometimes lack the charms of a Network or Cable Show.

Flaws and all.

Tbh I never watched Stdphen Colbert's Chat Show, but it is an end of yet another long lasting TV Show from America's bygone era that they'll never get back in that type of way ever again.

It's sad to see imo.

His bosses sacked him because Trump wasn’t happy with someone telling the truth about him, typical dictator nonsense, shame on any media companies that bend the knee to authoritarianism

Tragic Ending


I assume next year Netflix
may give him a New Show

[The CBS network insisted that it had
made “a purely financial decision”
to wind up The Late Show next year.
But others are not so sure. Adam Schiff,
a Democratic senator who was a guest
on Thursday’s show, tweeted:
“If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for
political reasons, the public deserves to know.
And deserves better.”]


https://www.theguardian.com/culture/...ount-cbs-trump

Tbh, it wouldn't shock me if you're correct here.

Well you will be doubly shocked to know his information is rubbish

:joker:

He was losing £40,000,000 a year

Advertising revenue for Colbert's show has dropped 40% since 2018 - the
financial reality that CBS said prompted the decision to end “The Late Show” in
May 2026. One former TV network executive said the program was a casualty
of the fading economics of broadcast television.

His type of show is yesterday's news

Fair enough.

The timing does feel a bit odd, but admittedly the loss financial loss does look extreme.

vomit inducing

Trump: “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings.”

:joker:

It can be the only way to survive
in some cases.

[Coincided with
Paramount seeking approval from
the US Federal Communications Commission
for an $8.4bn merger with Skydance Media.
Colbert called the settlement “a big fat bribe”.]



[By July 2, 2024, Skydance renegotiated
the deal and reached a preliminary agreement to
acquire National Amusements and merge with Paramount.
The deal was referred by National Amusements
to Paramount's special committee.
Also, Paramount reportedly entered talks for a sale of the
BET Media Group to buyers led
by BET CEO Scott Mills for $1.6–$1.7 billion]


[NY attorney general Letitia James
to look into wrongdoing at Paramount as a result,
specifically investigating whether
"The Late Show’s cancelation is a bribe,
sacrificing free speech to curry favor with
the Trump Administration as the company
looks for merger approval".]



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Global

Finally, a dignified death. It hasn't been right since Letterman left. I liked Letterman at his peak. Colbert was cool and funny when he was playing a character on Comedy Central. Not so much playing himself on Late Night, unless you like snobbish characters whose only bodily function is snark.

Did we not have 4K TVs during COVID?

4K had Covid during those times.

That's true, my old 4K did used to sneeze from static from time to time and go black for a few seconds... but it always came back up :laugh: ... Have a new one now...

:laugh:

Yes, he has until next year to finish his show.

E4HD should import it



I have sent a message to the Ch4 Team
to import it for their E4HD late-night show.


They replied to me

[Thank you for your email to Channel 4's Viewer Enquiries.]

[Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries.

We appreciate your suggestion relating to
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,
which has been noted and logged for the attention
of those responsible at Channel 4.

Thank you again for taking the time to
contact us here at Channel 4 and for your interest
in our programming.

Regards,

Jimmy Black
Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries]


Nice to get a proper Reply
Good on Ch4

Jay Leno
used to have a great show.

He said on USA TV
"why do a show for one audience" only?

He used to do it,
for all political sides
Why his show went on for so long

That model can't work now, especially for Network TV. If you're aren't playing for one of the teams in that industry, you're a secret agent and get accused of playing either side...

Still, it's mostly a Hollywood problem. People can work in most other creative industries and find like energies without having to directly be confronted with this issue... There are sizable portions in even smaller niche industries deal with people who that think that all creative talent must be used at all times to promote their propaganda... and if it celebrates ideas than what it deems to be a noble deed, it's not Avante-garde enough (ie uncultured) or it has other purposes... basically elitists who use the popularity of politics to control the gates to that industry, because creative industries generally are highly competitive, but they're also shrinking due to the increasing accessibility to tools that allow anyone to become a creator...

In the graphics space, companies like Canva have tried to get in front of that shift and capitalize. They even use words like they are "democratizing" the creation of works but at least still attempt to appeal to the same set of ideals...

I'd say Youtube is technically the earliest example of a platform putting individual creators first, but with it obviously not being intentional as we didn't know what Youtube would end up looking like.

Network TV won't even admit they're in direct competition with this, so not surprising their content has gone off the rails to try to appeal to a supposed standard. They also struggle to keep up with producing proper entertainment now. Hollywood even struggles with this. Bigger productions simply can't keep up with trends now, they're too slow and it takes too way too long to produce something. That's why there is so much rehash. It's also why all their content has moved towards cultural commentary on the loud side because 1), mainly, it's cheap as hell to produce. 2) It keeps up a facade of relevance. 3) It's an attempt to hold back the floodgates for as long as possible before they are forced to acknowledge the newer trends that have risen as online media has revealed them.

Traditional doesn't seem to fully understand yet how quickly things will continue to change, so that's why I think they're having a harder time finding talent that suits a proper trajectory and doesn't naturally repel viewers, because it's harder to do that without it feeling creating content that feels forced... That's also another reason they rely too heavily on politics for their content, I think, because they assume because the online audience is so rabid for it, they think that's the trend that's going to keep them in relevance... they forget there's the rest of the masses that doesn't give two sh**s about X-style politics.

[Still, it's mostly a Hollywood problem. People can work in most other creative industries and find like energies without having to directly be confronted with this issue... There are sizable portions in even smaller niche industries deal with people who that think that all creative talent must be used at all times to promote their propaganda... and if it celebrates ideas than what it deems to be a noble deed, it's not Avante-garde enough (ie uncultured) or it has other purposes... basically elitists who use the popularity of politics to control the gates to that industry, because creative industries generally are highly competitive, but they're also shrinking due to the increasing accessibility to tools that allow anyone to become a creator... ]


Yes, it was good of Bill Maher
to go on Fox News Comedy full hour
Greg Gutfeld.

He is one
that is better than others