Path: nntp.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: [NEWS] CBS cancels "Late Show With Stephen Colbert"
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:39:02 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 45
Message-ID: <105eetm$29l1q$1@dont-email.me>
References: <105crm8$1tubj$1@dont-email.me> <105doi2$24f9h$1@dont-email.me> <105eafq$27scm$9@dont-email.me> <105eeh4$29gin$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:39:03 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f8652c01d75a35192c3af72e6048096c";
	logging-data="2413626"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19XPsXbn2kJY2BC0BCnvViH"
User-Agent: Usenapp/0.92.2/l for MacOS
Cancel-Lock: sha1:L61f2sEr7OqFqT3v4zgBgW8CMig=

On Jul 18, 2025 at 2:32:19 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

> On 7/18/2025 4:23 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>  On Jul 18, 2025 at 8:17:22 AM PDT, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
>>  wrote:
>>  
>>>  On 2025-07-18 12:46:53 +0000, shawn said:
>>> 
>>>>    On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 02:42:13 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>>>>    wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>>    On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:04:40 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>>    
>>>>>>    "Financial decision" ...
>>>>>>    translation: greedy-ass Stephen Colbert wanted a lot more money and
>>>>>>    we're not paying.
>>>>>>    
>>>>>    So what's wrong with just saying "we wanted him but just couldn't come
>>>>>    to terms"?
>>>>    
>>>>    The timing is such that there may be more to it. After all CBS /
>>>>    Paramount came to an agreement with Trump in his lawsuit recently and
>>>>    now they are ending the show (though admittedly probably waiting till
>>>>    Colbert's contract is up.) So there's at least the possibility that
>>>>    this is another result of that lawsuit.
>>> 
>>>  We can at least presume Colbert knew the ax was getting ready to fall
>>>  when he went on a rant against his corporate bosses on Monday.
>>> 
>>>  Wonder what big moneymaker CBS has in mind after May 2026 -- CSI
>>>  reruns? A lot less overhead anyway.
>>> 
>>>  I hope Kimmel gets his ass back in town next week, I think this is the
>>>  third week he's been away and I don't care about watching the guest
>>>  hosts at all. Usually I only watch the monologue plus the first guest
>>>  if it's someone interesting.
>>  
>>  Do you cry along with him whenever he gets weepy over Trump?
> 
> Was that weepiness why Trump told CBS to fire him?

Kimmel is on ABC and he hasn't been fired.