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

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 7/18/25 at 8:28pm

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.

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 7/18/25 at 8:55pm

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."

Right, it's not that Paramount is above canceling a TV show to appease Trump, but CBS had to change the status quo no matter what. The main options were either canceling Late Show or figure out how to cut like $50M from the production budget, so the show could be profitable again.

[Blow Gabriel]

Posted: 7/18/25 at 9:34pm

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

[TheatreMonkey]

Posted: 7/18/25 at 11:01pm

Blow Gabriel said: "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"

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/18/25 at 11:06pm

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

[darquegk]

Posted: 7/18/25 at 11:26pm

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.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 7/19/25 at 5:52am

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