Maviyakuku
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Do you also see the joke that brought Mr. Stephen down and for a moment wonder?
>> https://youtube.com/shorts/Gf1G2rAzbxI
https://youtu.be/zzvx3L3DQb8 - whole shebang
https://www.newsweek.com/stephen-colbert-reacts-late-show-ending-cbs-2100506
p7zjnq9gei9000
CBS…the network that caved to a bogus lawsuit and bribed Trump? That CBS? At least the last two letters in their acronym are accurate 😑
NightlyReaper
When/if this ever ends, we will remember who the cowards were.
jackal12345
CBS has been wanting a merger with with Skydance for awhile, problem is with trump appointing a lackey in the FCC that merger can get delayed indefinitely unless they kowtow to the administration. I'm not saying CBS in in the right for cancelling Colbert I'm just saying this is a symptom of something much worse.
OhIfIMust
qcernie
HBO
HashMaster9k
ZzPluralZa
The rest of his shows could cause a proper ruckus...
Guisso14
Hopefully someone else picks him up
unfortunatelynotdeadyet
Nothing to lose. Time for Colbert to go nuclear.
Metlahaed
Good, we need The Colbert Report more than ever!
MassiveKy
It's not because he made fun of the station, it's cause he commented about our pedo in chief
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Of course they did. Cowards.
PineappleLoopsBrOether
This is some bullshit.
buttfacemcgahee
Fucking bull shit
MyLastAccountWasShadowbanned
Well, the most popular late night show is in the market for a new broadcaster, I guess.
FelonyRaptor
Fascism 101
eion85
Late Night is dying. It'll be replaced with syndicated content.
Einbrecher
As much as I'm inclined to feel like that's the case, this announcement has had me poking around various ratings for the different late night shows, and while they're not necessarily growing in viewership, it's not like they're tanking, either. Doesn't fit the corporate grow/consume model, I suppose, but it's also not "dying." At least, not to a degree that would override the sense that this was politically motivated.
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eion85
Then the conspiracy will come out soon enough.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Naive if you honestly believe this.
4bRigger
Oh no, he's got a vein disease, we can't be mad at him now..
jonalexassblast
Perhaps he can get back with his buddy Mr. Stewart?
dagagirl
bad news... Comedy Central is also part of a Paramount...
NeoAcario
I'm wonder if the Daily Show's days aren't also numbered.
Hammerwell
No late show anymore, only a standard test image after nine.
silentjay01
If they thought Colbert was being hard on Paramount & Trump before, well, now he has nothing to lose. Release the dogs of war!
kobalchuk
Cobert Report after the Daily Show again?
lozeldatkm
I fucking hope so
zFUBARz
I've got bad news about who owns Comedy Central pal...
SOLARvsFACISM
And Jon Stewart already left Apple TV because they wouldn't let him criticize Apple. Where does satire go in an Oligarchy?
zFUBARz
Out of the country unfortunately.
NibblonianNibbler
I wondered how they'll silence him or what they would have done to make him bend the knee. I never thought firing him would happen :( I hope Stewart isn't next
zFUBARz
He/daily show absolutely will be on the block in the coming months or years.
TheMoonBnuuy
who's Mr Stephen?
HashMaster9k
TheMoonBnuuy
I'd think he's Mr Colbert?
al3xinw0nderland0000
A purveyor of rosé and scented oils with a voyeurism fetish, didnt you see Monday's episode?
NibblonianNibbler
At least he has that business to fall back on
al3xinw0nderland0000
🤣 Sadly, not anymore... no mustache. He'd need to grow the Colbeard and fly to Türkiye again if he wants to revive Mister Stephen's salt'n'pepper cookie pusher. That's the only way he could be recognizable, beside his characteristic bergamot & pistachio liqueur based cocktail.
TheMoonBnuuy
i don't watch TV
Alozar
Reference to the videos linked in the post that you didn't look at.
TheMoonBnuuy
the question was "didn't you see Monday's episode?" and my response was "I don't watch TV"
I was answering the question, friend.
lackinglife
He literally made a joke/talked about this happening in the last few days when the parent company settled/bribed trump over a frivolous lawsuit
OhIfIMust
JCDenton10
You know things are going well when media organizations are paying the president protection money
MatrixDragon
That won't even protect them in the end.
lackinglife
It's not even protection money, they have a merger coming up that they need government approval for, and we live in the time that finding a way to give the president millions is all but getting the green light.
They could've fought it( as several media companies did, it was a completely frivolous lawsuit with no teeth) but instead they used it as a weird donation method.
HeHeHebieJeebies
Well if he has extra time on his hands he should run for president now.
UristImiknorris
I Am America and So Can You!
AgamemnonsMemes
I wouldn't wish that on anyone
cogregg
FoxPesdassi
With Jon Stewart as VP, & John Oliver as Press Secretary.
NinjaBauer
Make John Oliver the Secretary of the Treasury, just to fuck with Steve Mnuchin.
sleix
I'd flip that around, myself. Have Jon Stewart as president, Colbert as Veep...
iamspaghetto
Stewart would make an amazing prez
thundercactus
I look forward to John Oliver answering questions from Faux News with absolutely no filter and unlimited time to berate them.
NeoAcario
It would be his literal job to sit there and explain reality on an EILI5 level for them. Danm, that would be peak television on the regular.
Elonth
You guys remember that movie where robin williams a comedian ran for president and won? I remember. I think i might need to rewatch it.
MechKelly
Man of the Year. Pretty good movie actually. Aside from Robin Williams, it also had Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, and Lewis Black.
FoamingToad
Man of the Year (2006 film) in case anyone else is as baffled as I was. Completely passed me by. Will take a look.
bippityboppitybuttsex
What was the joke?
Maviyakuku
https://youtube.com/shorts/Gf1G2rAzbxI
DonkeyGoat
https://youtu.be/zzvx3L3DQb8?si=_w1rvHG8keTNlT31 He critized them for settling that lawsuit from Trump
shepahrdjhon
CBS has no spine. John Oliver CONSTANTLY attacks his parent company and none of them dare to do anything beyond making his show difficult to find. (If you look at HBO Max he is not on the front page and they keep pushing Bill Mahr after you watch him.)
bippityboppitybuttsex
He should have... it was extortion.
DonkeyGoat
Just so they could get bought by Rain Dance
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
IIRC it's Skydance and their owner is a huge MAGAt.
DonkeyGoat
I think you're right.