What do fa the crazy thing to me is how is it possible for them to lose THAT much money... I completely get he feeds into the TDS crowd but redundant is redundant and when you have nothing else and no other attributes, that's what happens..not even they can support him financially- too many outlets, too many options as well but to lose 40 million a year that's just insane and the fact they kept it going when they should've pulled the plug probably a couple years ago
I'm not sure Larry Elder can count to 41, so I'd consider the source until confirmation. As long as HBO leaves John Oliver alone I'll be cool
The last time I even regularly watched late night shows was in the early 2000s. Social media and streaming services dominate and it's not even close. If it wasn't for elderly family members that still watch broadcast television I wouldn't even bother with that service. Can you imagine the struggle of free broadcast television much less subscription television right now? Most cable providers are opting for just Internet services and wireless mobile and dropping the broadcast channels and land line completely.
Because the goal was not to make money or entertain. Colbert im sure didnt care his program lost money. Neither did his producers. Now all the low level staff is out of a job.
You say that, but it's easy to monetize things through the internet for these broadcast companies. The issue is their product sucks and has sucked for a while. They've run out of ideas, can't operate outside of TDS, and try to gaslight audiences for wanting closed borders. All from their $20 million homes $10 million a year salry. People have lives and are fed up. If a single one of them had any spine or originality, they'd get the ratings and it's always about money in the end. No one cares about a 5 minute joke criticizing parent company.
The reality of all network TV is that young people do not watch it, outside of streaming when they want to.
Some of the most highly rated streaming media comes from network/broadcast television. For instance "the Rookie" does better in viewership in streaming syndicates than it did broadcasting new shows. It's like the broad audience can't be reached until it's streaming available. I still would like both free and some subscription broadcast television but I feel costs might go up and free might not longer be an option. It's just pointless for anybody to want to advertise when they can go for streaming ads instead.
Wow, those were dark days when liberals furiously insisted on forcing shots on people -- and then shamed them with "anti-science" taunts and compared the vaccine to the polio vaccine. Then we learn that the COVID vaccine does prevent you from contracting COVID. And they STILL thought it was a vaccine. That shot was a therapeutic at BEST -- and not a very good one. We'll look back on those years as some of the worst examples of groupthink and media/political pressure in history. The most ignorant sheeple were running around calling the most intelligent dumb. Still happening today, but that may have been the peak. GOOD DAY
Young people don't watch TV, aren't on FB, consume their news in small clips on TikTok or Insta - the world has changed in outreach..... And old people have no clue how to navigate it, and find truth from propaganda and it is causing a major rift in our country..... Maybe we should fracture....and let the red states go be broke and starve on their own....while blue states thrive? DD
When Johnny Carson was doing his thing, there was only 3-4 channels and literally everyone was in bed with their spouse and watching television, his market share was insane at the time and he also had a tie in with the local news, which mean that he helped deliver local NBA news broadcast stations high numbers across the country. One of the issues IMO with the USA and modern world is a lack of shared experiences, back in the 1960's-1980's Americans watched and did a lot of the same things. Not so much now. As for Colbert - I thought his show became pretty good, and he will have zero problems finding new opportunities. I think that late night television is just so segmented now, the budgets are going to continue to get smaller and smaller - and that is hard with a show like Colbert.
That is an issue with modern culture and I'm not sure there is any cure. The fact his show cost so much to make is the real death knell. It should be cheaper than any reality show.
Huh? Johnny Carson was famous for being mean spirited, especially the last 20 years he had the job. What Carson did well was that he managed to seem down the middle or at least reasonable politically. So everyone could watch him. Now - guys like Kimmel and Colbert are encouraged to be political, to lock in market share. We see it with news sources as well. Americans used to be a lot better at keeping relationships regardless of politics. I saw a lot of liberals destroy relationships over politics, and now I see MAGA doing the same.
Agreed - when he got the show the network wanted a top notch show and they had a large budget. The show was ran the same way that Leno, Letterman and Carson ran their shows. However, it really should have been ran for less, and they should have been more lean. I don't blame Colbert or the staff, they were given the budget - times just really changed.
When you find out some people support pedophiles, they are not worth keeping a relationship with, there are people that are racist, don't need them, best to surround yourself with good people rather than the dregs of society like the GOP is courting. You either have integrity or you don't .....there is no middle with integrity and pedophiles. DD
It certainly didn't help that the political nature of his shows alienated at least half the country. That is not a recipe to have good ratings. An occasional political joke aimed at either side would not hurt but he went WAY overboard effectively pushing away any potential right leaning viewers.
