CBS to cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ — Page 2

Blow Gabriel said: "This is very exciting, we could be getting the Ed Sullivan theater, liberty theater, and mark hellinger theater all restored to Broadway houses. How wonderful"

Only one of those is even remotely possible, and I can't emphasize the word "remote" enough. Calm yourself.

It really feels like theater going is becoming cool again. There are theaters being restored all across the land and I think we are going to start to see this on Broadway as well. I want all those theaters on 42nd street to rise once again

^ The laugh I just let out was SO LOUD it scared me

It was a good reminder to cancel my Paramount plus subscription which I signed up for to watch the Tony Awards.

darquegk said: "The only reason Jimmy Fallon is hanging on the way he does is because he’s barely running a late night talk show at all: he’s running a goofy sketch/variety show hybrid with guest chat. He’s generating material for socials and streams, not longform content.


The “Wicked Rap” went so viral it almost became part of the movie in public consciousness. There are hundreds of bootleg copies uploaded as podcasts on Spotify since it wasn’t an official release. As long as Lorne Michaels (or at least the Broadway Video empire) stands, I’m betting Fallon’s show will outlast all the others."

Well, it's not just about Fallon, who doesn't even get the ratings Colbert gets (though, like you said, he has a lot more engagement online). But it's the legacy brand of The Tonight Show, which has been running 30 years longer than The Late Show or any other late night show. I think Fallon stays awhile and maybe they even have someone after him because I think The Tonight Show will be the last to go. First in, last out.

Again, they're playing out his contract until May and then The Late Show itself is ending, not just Colbert leaving. It doesn't matter who you have on the show if nobody is watching and having the highest rating among the other late shows in your time slot is not a flex if it's still low ratings across the board. They've already axed their later Late Night Talk Show when James Corden left, why is this being treated like a shock?

Like others have said, he also doesn't generate viral content for social media which is their new windfall to make up for declining ratings of other shows.

Sutton Ross said: "Late night is dying (the Jimmys have never been funny) but this move was completely political given the weird timing. Colbert will find something else, he is a talented guy."

His contract is up in less than a year, these things are always announced with significant lead time. They did it 2 days after his comment or if they did a week, a month, 6 weeks, 3 months. People would still say that its political.

I've not been interested in Colbert since he dulled his commentary to be the host of this show instead of continuing in a place where he could actually leave a stamp of his brand on TV. He traded his voice for comfort of The Late Show and it made him boring.

Sutton Ross said: "Late night is dying (the Jimmys have never been funny) but this move was completely political given the weird timing. Colbert will find something else, he is a talented guy."

Considering how Comedy Central isn't doing well, you have to wonder if The Daily Show is next. Comedy Central doesn't produce any original shows outside of The Daily Show these days.

ACL2006 said: Considering how Comedy Central isn't doing well, you have to wonder if The Daily Show is next. Comedy Central doesn't produce any original shows outside of The Daily Show these days."

Yeah, I know Jon came back to cover the election and then extended his time there. But, Comedy Central has been in decline for what seems like forever (after The Chappelle Show basically), so who knows.

I’m pretty certain Paramount is intentionally sabotaging the premiere of the new season of South Park because they’d rather shut Comedy Central down.

Interesting take, the fact that Paramount would ever f*ck with Matt and Trey given how much money they've made for them, is wild. But, it does seem intentional, at this point.

Ensemble1671017357 said: "Colbert cost $100 million per season to produce andlost $40 million per year. Colbert was being paid $15 to $20 million, according to industry sources via Puck."

Those numbers make absolutely no sense.

If the show is costing $100M and losing $40M a year, that means they have a revenue of $60M. The show airs 4 nights a week, 40 weeks a year, so 160 episodes a year. It's an hour-long show, which means 15 minutes of commercials, so that's 2400 minutes of ad space, or 4800 30-second spots. If they made $60M, that means CBS sold ad space for $12,500 a spot. That is ridiculous. If a network were charging 20 times that much for an ad spot on any show, it'd be a bargain, let alone an ad spot on one of the most-watched television programs in America.