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Melon

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34. Lost $50MM with a salary of $16MM

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #27)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:42 PM

Jul 19

The show lost a ton of money with only 250,000 people in the chosen demographic watching. It is what it is. Getting in the air slamming your boss probably just sped up the cancellation.

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I will admit, I lost interest in Colbert long ago [View all] BWdem4life Jul 18 OP

I cut the cable years ago, so I wouldn't know that I've missed anything Seeking Serenity Jul 18 #1

His show isn't on cable. BannonsLiver Jul 18 #2

A person would have to be customerserviceguy Jul 18 #4

It's also on Paramount + SocialDemocrat61 Jul 18 #5

I'm pretty sure the majority of people in this country are within range of a CBS station. BannonsLiver Jul 18 #6

Sadly not an option for many. In my area, FemDemERA Jul 18 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jul 18 #7

I'm pretty sure NBC and CBS had pretty close to full VHF nationwide clearance all the way back in the '50s - ABC had 30 Midwestern Democrat Jul 18 #18

I have no specific knowledge of the situation customerserviceguy Jul 19 #24

Can confirm you can OTA broadcasts in rural areas. BannonsLiver Sunday #36

Which i also don't have. No one in my neighborhood does. Seeking Serenity Jul 18 #16

Depends on the antenna Oeditpus Rex Jul 19 #32

Cool story. BannonsLiver Sunday #35

Meaning? (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex Sunday #41

CBS is network TV. You can watch it with an antenna. CentralMass Jul 18 #10

Same here. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 19 #26

I too, lost interest, but he and his show always got me interested in what he has to say, just not enough to either SWBTATTReg Jul 18 #3

Colbert clips are on YouTube SocialDemocrat61 Jul 18 #9

Good! I figured as much, since I've seen a few of them (the recordings). A good thing is hard to keep down. SWBTATTReg Jul 18 #11

To be honest, YouTube hurt the late night shows. People realized that if something extraordinary happened on one of Midwestern Democrat Jul 18 #21

What the hell snowybirdie Jul 18 #8

An Eye for an Aye LetMyPeopleVote Jul 18 #12

Kimmel A, Seth Meyers B+, Colbert C+, Fallon F jimmy the one Jul 18 #13

We record his show every night. I love the monolog. Emile Jul 18 #14

Me too actually.....but damn it...the orange piece of shit just tanked Colbert. a kennedy Jul 18 #17

Yeah GladysKravitz Jul 18 #19

I basically stopped watching late night talk shows when I totally lost interest in current cinema - Hollywood stopped Midwestern Democrat Jul 18 #20

Maybe HBO or another outlet will pick him up. iemanja Jul 18 #22

Could be good like when his predecessor was cx. carpetbagger Jul 19 #23

I go in the other direction. pwb Jul 19 #25

I also lost interest in this show but will be watching more often LetMyPeopleVote Jul 19 #27

Lost $50MM with a salary of $16MM Melon Jul 19 #34

I haven't watched anything on TV, air or streaming, in years. nt ImNotGod Jul 19 #28

Zelenskyy was/is a comedian. murielm99 Jul 19 #29

He had the highest rated late night talk show. Emile Jul 19 #30

What are these "channels" you speak of? hunter Sunday #38

My preference lately JPK Jul 19 #31

The problem with late-night talk TV: Oeditpus Rex Jul 19 #33

Since debuting in September 2015, there have been 1671 new episodes onenote Sunday #37

When the host's entire monolgue Oeditpus Rex Sunday #39

Interesting. I like both Colbert and Kimmel onenote Sunday #40