What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[DGuller]

If Colbert got canceled for attacking Trump they would not have kept him on until next May. Get over it.

Nobody, absolutely nobody, asked you about your opinion. You're like that waiter that doesn't come with a menu or serve you, but just stands around uselessly telling people that it is a really busy night.

How many requests for opinion are required here before we are to offer one here?

[Gups]

If Colbert got canceled for attacking Trump they would not have kept him on until next May. Get over it.

Nobody, absolutely nobody, asked you about your opinion. You're like that waiter that doesn't come with a menu or serve you, but just stands around uselessly telling people that it is a really busy night.

How many requests for opinion are required here before we are to offer one here?

What do you think?

[DGuller]

If Colbert got canceled for attacking Trump they would not have kept him on until next May. Get over it.

Nobody, absolutely nobody, asked you about your opinion. You're like that waiter that doesn't come with a menu or serve you, but just stands around uselessly telling people that it is a really busy night.

How many requests for opinion are required here before we are to offer one here?

What do you think?

I used to think it was zero, but now I'm unsure.

[crazy canuck]

If Colbert got canceled for attacking Trump they would not have kept him on until next May. Get over it.

Nobody, absolutely nobody, asked you about your opinion. You're like that waiter that doesn't come with a menu or serve you, but just stands around uselessly telling people that it is a really busy night.

How many requests for opinion are required here before we are to offer one here?

What do you think?

I used to think it was zero, but now I'm unsure.

Whoosh

[chipwich]

If Colbert got canceled for attacking Trump they would not have kept him on until next May. Get over it.

Nobody, absolutely nobody, asked you about your opinion. You're like that waiter that doesn't come with a menu or serve you, but just stands around uselessly telling people that it is a really busy night.

Fuck off stalker.

[celedhring]

To me this falls under "they were considering it and Trump just made it an easier choice to pull the trigger".

The fact they keep him until May it's pretty irrelevant, these contracts usually have to be paid in full so might as well keep him in the air until then. He still leads the night and the controversy will give him a boost.

[Neil]

One of the key roles of the late night shows is promoting Hollywood releases.  CBS just merged with a big studio and the first move is to axe one your biggest cross-promotional platforms?

The problem with that is that viewership is so low that you're spending an enormous amount of money to reach a small pool of potential consumers.  Moreover, because of the demographics of late night viewership (trending quite old), you're also not engaging with your main demographic.  YouTube is probably the better choice all around.

[Admiral Yi]

It's ironic that talk shows started out as cheap entertainment.  All the guests were working for guild minimums.  Don't know if they still do.

[The Minsky Moment]

If Colbert got canceled for attacking Trump they would not have kept him on until next May.

Read the contract. 

[garbon]

If Colbert got canceled for attacking Trump they would not have kept him on until next May. Get over it.

Nobody, absolutely nobody, asked you about your opinion. You're like that waiter that doesn't come with a menu or serve you, but just stands around uselessly telling people that it is a really busy night.

Our ignore function is great and despite what has been said I think judicious use of it in a limited fashion has helped to save Languish not kill it.

[The Minsky Moment]

I looked at the CBS lineup yesterday.  Daytime consists of soap operas that were on when I was small child, plus Judge Judy, plus some Judge Judy type spinoffs.  Prime time is mostly 20+ year old warhorses like NCIS and Big Brother.  A couple of newer shows scattered around I've never heard of.

Basically, without The Late Show, there is no CBS anymore.  Especially since according to the Adweek piece garbon linked, almost half of the alleged $40 million "loss" [beware Hollywood accounting] consists of foregone ad revenue to run network promos - i.e. CBS has been using The Late Show to put some spring into the dead cat bounce of the rest of their lineup.

So does cancelling the show make any business sense? Perhaps, but only if Paramount is completely throwing in the towel and running down the business as a diminishing cash cow.

[The Minsky Moment]

To be clear, Colbert didn't get fired for attacking Trump.  He got fired for correctly pointing out that the Trump-CBS settlement was a sham transaction to cover up the solicitation and payment of a bribe for regulatory forbearance.

[garbon]

Elsbeth is great. Though oddly enough I can't watch that on what that conglomerate also has, Paramount+, but have to watch on Now TV.

[Sheilbh]

Elsbeth is great. Though oddly enough I can't watch that on what that conglomerate also has, Paramount+, but have to watch on Now TV.

I think in the UK Paramount had a deal with Sky (like HBO does) for most of their content - which includes streaming on Now. So I think there's limited value in Paramount Plus (which I think you can get via Prime), same with Peacock which is generally on Sky here.

[garbon]

Elsbeth is great. Though oddly enough I can't watch that on what that conglomerate also has, Paramount+, but have to watch on Now TV.

I think in the UK Paramount had a deal with Sky (like HBO does) for most of their content - which includes streaming on Now. So I think there's limited value in Paramount Plus (which I think you can get via Prime), same with Peacock which is generally on Sky here.

No if you click on it on Prime, it wants you to get Paramount+

Trek is also on Plus and not Sky.