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   Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:18:36 JST Fish of Rage
   my lib friends are going apeshit over late show being canceled, "its the top rated late night show!" I am sure you're right there are multiple reasons for the cancelation but they probably had an absolute financial performance number that even as the "top show" it wasn't cutting it.
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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:20:28 JST Fish of Rage

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     I am getting pushback on saying I hated his show. I liked the Colbert Report but he sucked at late night imo
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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:25:10 JST Fish of Rage

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     • Jezza™
     @jeremiah Yeah, a TYT commenter said this and I think it's accurate: "Got cancelled because 2 million viewers is basically less than what YouTube creators get and they do it without all the promotion, production, writers or the big staff."
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     Jezza™ (jeremiah@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:25:11 JST Jezza™

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     @sun there are podcasts (plural) with a bigger audiences, and he said he had a crew of around 200 people ('idiots' in his words.)
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     sim@shitposter.world's status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:28:27 JST sim

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     @sun @jeremiah And the Youtube creators are much more entertaining and able to do more. I can easily dip in and out with them.
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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:29:40 JST Fish of Rage

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     @anemone I used to be a huge late night TV show fan and they ALL SUCK now, yes.
     
     CBS is straight up selling the Ed Sullivan Theater, I really don't think TYT and other liberals appreciate the symbolism of this, they are walking away from the very concept not just firing Colbert.
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     anemone@ebiverse.social's status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:29:41 JST anemone

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     @sun@shitposter.world tbf doesn't almost everyone suck at late night? are there any good late night shows? ig conan was okay but i dont really remember

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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:39:33 JST Fish of Rage

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     @thomasroiloup loved the movie
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     Thomas Roiloup (thomasroiloup@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:39:34 JST Thomas Roiloup

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     @sun The last funny thing Colbert was in was Strangers With Candy, where he played a closeted faggot, and the joke was that faggots are stupid.
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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:40:36 JST Fish of Rage

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     @anemone Conan was really really great but He was not the same after losing the Tonight Show and I could never get into him again. He is also kind of shitlibby now too which is just not entertaining
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     dobó istván (istvan@noauthority.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:41:23 JST dobó istván

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     @sun @anemone 40 years on fumes dude.

     It’s time for this cultural institution to go the same was an American Bandstand and the sock hop.

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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 12:43:56 JST Fish of Rage

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     @istvan @anemone yeah its not socially relevant anymore and is being kept alive by "i agree with him so it is funny"
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     verita84 :Debian_logo: :firefox: :bing: :android: (verita84@poster.place)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:30:31 JST verita84 :Debian_logo: :firefox: :bing: :android:

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     @jeremiah @istvan @sun
     
     Samantha Bee! Terrible
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     verita84 :Debian_logo: :firefox: :bing: :android: (verita84@poster.place)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:30:32 JST verita84 :Debian_logo: :firefox: :bing: :android:

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     • Jezza™
     @jeremiah @istvan @sun
     
     
     ah the Terrible Colbert Report
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     Jezza™ (jeremiah@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:30:32 JST Jezza™

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     @verita84 @istvan @sun that's the one. I seem to remember The Daily Show spinning out a bunch of redundant news commentary shows. There was a show with a chick, too.
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     Jezza™ (jeremiah@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:30:33 JST Jezza™

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     @verita84 @istvan @sun I saw him when he followed The Daily Show, which I occasionally watched with friends. I didn't think too highly of him, since (at that time), his running gag was about Bill O'Reilly.
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     Jezza™ (jeremiah@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:30:34 JST Jezza™

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     @istvan @sun The Late Show and The Tonight Show are different programs. Colbert replaced Letterman on the Late Show.
     
     I don't think it was the same audience all the way through (for any long running late night shows) precisely because of the changes in culture, host, etc. The Tonight Show been on TV for about 70 years with other hosts, including Conan O'Brien through the current host, Jimmy Fallon.
     
     We can see an analog of this in The Daily Show that lost a lot of its viewership when Trevor Noah took the chair.
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     verita84 :Debian_logo: :firefox: :bing: :android: (verita84@poster.place)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:30:34 JST verita84 :Debian_logo: :firefox: :bing: :android:

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     • Jezza™
     @jeremiah @istvan @sun
     
     I didn't like Colbert since the first couple of episodes lol
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     Jezza™ (jeremiah@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:30:36 JST Jezza™

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     @sun I think that's a big part of it, but I think it's also not quite the impact these people and programs had in the 2000s.
     
     To mention The Mentor briefly: Stewart's 2004 crossfire appearance was era-defining, his return and podcast together are barely noticed by critics, and I've not heard someone start a sentence with, "Jon Stewart said" since before 2015.
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     dobó istván (istvan@noauthority.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 13:30:36 JST dobó istván

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     @jeremiah @sun The 2000s was riding on the 1980s. The show was coasting on the momentum of Johnny Carson for 40 fucking years.

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     御園はくい (hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 14:32:46 JST 御園はくい

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     @sun tell him it's because colbert dared talk about the epstein files the night before
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     Capt Whitebeard (capt_whitebeard@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 14:58:25 JST Capt Whitebeard

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     people doing moderate edgy YouTube videos get more views than most cable networks do
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     Peter (mcmlxviiotg@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 14:58:26 JST Peter

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     >top rated late night show
     That's not a very high bar nowadays, is it?
     
     Saturday Night Live. Late 70s/early 1980s, regularly drew over 20 million viewers per show. In 2025, it's around 7 million viewers. Late night TV is dead.
     
     And what passes as humor now...
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