Today I'll touch on Stephen Colbert.
When I heard CBS had cancelled his show, it was without knowledge he had criticized his own network for pandering to, and caving to, some business deal that would please BLOTUS.
However, I did assume that since he makes fun of BLOTUS five times per week, that CBS pulled the plug due to the daily mockery of the asshole president.
Think Norm MacDonald being fired from SNL for making fun of OJ Simpson, who was a close friend of the head of the show at the time.
Better yet, think of the executive producer of 60 Minutes who got canned* earlier this year by, tah-dah, CBS corporate leaders were no longer allowing him to make independent decisions. This resignation came after a period of increased pressure on the show, including a lawsuit from BLOTUS.
Yes, CBS kowtowed to BLOTUS in hopes of avoiding a lawsuit about unflattering stories about him on 60 Minutes. And they most likely did it again with Colbert.
It goes back to my oft stated view that no network will truly press BLOTUS or this administration on just about any and every thing in hopes of still being considered to head what will become State Media.
CBS aren't just cowards, they are blatant about it.
The cancellation news came three days after Colbert called CBS out on their dealings while on the air. Yes, CBS said they're cancelling it, but in another year, due to cost.
I have zero idea how much this production takes. But Colbert brings in almost as many viewers and Kimmel and Fallon combined. So..........I'm not sure $$$ holds water.
And IF it is monetary, why wait a year to incur costs? Even if you have to payout Colbert's contract, if you cut the production costs and sell the Ed Sullivan Theater, I'm guessing your money woes are no more, no?
The on-line support for Colbert is massive. Even Kimmel came out with a big "fuck you" to CBS. Fallon, ever the pussy, has said nothing.
Maybe it's all a tactic to get more viewers. But I'm thinking - and I could be wrong - this show isn't going on another year. Not if people keep bashing CBS this way. There is too much ill will with and for the network.
Colbert can probably go and do whatever he wants, after what I'm sure is a healthy and iron clad non-compete clause in his contract. Cable is probably safer for him than network. Conan thrived that way.
I'd say he'd be a shoe-in for full time host of the Daily Show. But Comedy Central is owned by Paramount who owns CBS.
Actually, Paramount's main properties include the namesake Paramount Pictures Corporation, the CBS Entertainment Group (consisting of the CBS and partially owned The CW television networks and television stations, BET Media Group (which oversees BET and its sister channels), and other CBS-branded assets), Paramount Media Networks (consisting of American-based cable television networks including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, CMT, Paramount Network, and Showtime) and Paramount Streaming (including Paramount+ and Pluto TV).
If you wonder how easy it is for BLOTUS to gain and retain propaganda, it's really not that hard.
Now do the same search for Warner Brothers, Universal, Disney and Fox and that is just about every news, entertainment, movie, sports, and a lot of radio and streaming services too.
I don't stay up for any late talk show, but Colbert was (is) one of the best and most natural. I think, and hope, CBS has bit off more than it can chew with this transition.
*he actually resigned citing loss of journalistic independence.
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