Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 19:27     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:He might have been funny when he first started. He’s only been annoying and preachy for the past few years.


I still find him hilarious. Different strokes for different folks. I guess CBS was too afraid of Trump to keep him on.


Same! Love him.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 19:22     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Let’s face reality:

CBS will cancel Colbert and Trump will have the FCC approve the sale.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 18:47     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:He might have been funny when he first started. He’s only been annoying and preachy for the past few years.


Most all celebrities and tv personalities are now. Everything went politically slanted around the late 2000s and went to crap.

Most people tuned out. That's why even Hollywood is struggling now, too much politics. Bleh!


Colbert went to crap. He cost the network $40 million a year and failed to developed new material for anyone under age 65.

That’s what really happened here.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 18:25     Subject: Re:Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:His show was losing $40 million per year.


Why cancel it now? Timing is very suspicious.

Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 18:24     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:He might have been funny when he first started. He’s only been annoying and preachy for the past few years.


Most all celebrities and tv personalities are now. Everything went politically slanted around the late 2000s and went to crap.

Most people tuned out. That's why even Hollywood is struggling now, too much politics. Bleh!

It’s was widely reported that Colbert’s Late Show struggled in ratings early on, but once he leaned into political commentary, his ratings took off and he’s done well compared to his competitors ever since then.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 18:19     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it cost too much (I been to it live and that studio and set was way over the top) AND he was too mouthy. Sad to see it go, though.


If he had actually been mouthy, he would have gained viewers. He was completely uninteresting to Gen Z precisely because he wasn’t mouthy.

You cannot succeed on late night if the average age of your viewership starts at 60 or so and keeps going up as you stay on.


Psst...

Gen Z is not watching network TV.


Exactly the point. Gen Z doesn’t find network TV appealing. Therefore if you are an extremely expensive show, you need to work extra hard to draw in that audience. You cannot succeed if the average age of your audience is 65 and aging.

Colbert stopped being funny years ago, and made no effort to stay relevant to new audiences. He catered almost exclusively to an aging audience of older white people. That is simply not survivable in the current media market.

If you’re a tv network, what are you supposed to do if your audience is mostly 55 and up? Should they just dissolve the business? Try to stay on the air, but tailor their shows toward younger people who don’t watch tv? Air programming that appeals to their actual audience? Colbert appeals to their actual viewers. We’ll see how many more viewers, especially young ones, they get with whatever replaces the Late Show.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 18:11     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
His humor went down the drain like it was money lost making a late night show.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 17:53     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:He might have been funny when he first started. He’s only been annoying and preachy for the past few years.


Most all celebrities and tv personalities are now. Everything went politically slanted around the late 2000s and went to crap.

Most people tuned out. That's why even Hollywood is struggling now, too much politics. Bleh!
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 17:32     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it cost too much (I been to it live and that studio and set was way over the top) AND he was too mouthy. Sad to see it go, though.


If he had actually been mouthy, he would have gained viewers. He was completely uninteresting to Gen Z precisely because he wasn’t mouthy.

You cannot succeed on late night if the average age of your viewership starts at 60 or so and keeps going up as you stay on.


Psst...

Gen Z is not watching network TV.


Exactly the point. Gen Z doesn’t find network TV appealing. Therefore if you are an extremely expensive show, you need to work extra hard to draw in that audience. You cannot succeed if the average age of your audience is 65 and aging.

Colbert stopped being funny years ago, and made no effort to stay relevant to new audiences. He catered almost exclusively to an aging audience of older white people. That is simply not survivable in the current media market.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 17:20     Subject: Re:Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
His show was losing $40 million per year.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 15:42     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:MAGA has no idea what they have done the “my freedoms “ dummies are good with losing the first amendment.

State media maga morons

Republicans need someone to tell them
How to breathe they are that stupid



Watching how Maga is playing out and how even Trump is insulting them now, makes it more clear to me how the whole Nazi propaganda went down. My entire life I’ve wondered how anybody could just let that happen but it’s playing out right in front of us.


Six months and destruction of our key institutions.



Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 15:33     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:MAGA has no idea what they have done the “my freedoms “ dummies are good with losing the first amendment.

State media maga morons

Republicans need someone to tell them
How to breathe they are that stupid



Watching how Maga is playing out and how even Trump is insulting them now, makes it more clear to me how the whole Nazi propaganda went down. My entire life I’ve wondered how anybody could just let that happen but it’s playing out right in front of us.


Six months and destruction of our key institutions.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 15:29     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow I’m sure all 20,000 people who watched are really sad.


Donald, is that you?

(How awesome would it be if he scrolled dcum and posted here? If anyone knows him, please turn him onto dcum.)


OMG that would be fantastic. You know he would Not be able to Resist Posting and Would give Himself away with his Unique writing style.


Bump!
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 14:56     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
Anonymous wrote:He might have been funny when he first started. He’s only been annoying and preachy for the past few years.


I still find him hilarious. Different strokes for different folks. I guess CBS was too afraid of Trump to keep him on.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2025 13:46     Subject: Stephen Colbert’s show cancelled?
He might have been funny when he first started. He’s only been annoying and preachy for the past few years.