How does a tv show lose that much money?
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1946549060766208201?t=WjEhUnYRNIjLBnt7CWlWkQ&s=19
CBS can claim “financial reasons” all they want, but we all know Colbert’s content was the problem and the reason for financial problems.
If the content is poor, then people stop watching. When people stop watching, ad sales go down. When ad sales go down, the show becomes unprofitable. Unprofitable equals financial decision is made.
There were something like 150 people on staff to put that show together.
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@vanpastorman I thought that schtick got old fast. Never thought it was that funny. Daily Show in the day was funny though
If I ran a TV network, I would look at something like The Hot Ones. I think networks love a show they can use to advertise their own shows. A program that is not just an interview on the couch is far more modern. The Hot Ones is a great interview show. I would look at having a two or three late night shows that rotate what they are doing around the interview. So to steal two ideas, one eating spicy wings and another surviving in the wild with Bear. And a third. Obviously not those specific ideas since they exist. I think they would attract younger people more than an interview looking like a shrink's office.
I don’t remember Ferguson being political at all, but he might’ve been on occasion. He was mostly flirting with the women and they seemed to love it.@oneeyedundertaker it's insane how political, to be more accurate, how far left the late night shows have gotten. i don't think i ever see a kimmel clip that's anything other than attacking trump. is that how it was with leno and carson or even letterman back in the day?
Leno was notoriously apolitical. Conan was as well. Letterman drifted left later in his career but nothing like the guys today.
If anyone actually watched Craig Ferguson maybe they can weigh in. No idea.
Seems like he could have a joke at the left’s expense.
https://twitter.com/HustusMichael/status/1946371055263597013
I didn’t see a ton of him, but he never rubbed me the wrong way. I learned this week that Letterman wanted him to be the heir apparent at CBS. CBS seemed to have made a calculation in 2015 that culturally the viewership was moving in Colbert’s direction and would stay that way, they ended up being off.
Heard today that the most most watched “channel” on TVs now is YouTube.
That kind of trend is one of the reasons for this. I wouldn’t be surprised if other networks followed suit.
@carramrod Ferguson’s flirtations with female guests were legendary.
@bradstevens as god as my witness i've been watching more and more of youtube instead of tv.
How does a tv show lose that much money?
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1946549060766208201?t=WjEhUnYRNIjLBnt7CWlWkQ&s=19
so instead of paying him 20M, he could have worked for free and still lost the network 20-30M?
yeah, it was a political decision
@carramrod Ferguson’s flirtations with female guests were legendary.
and he was actually funny.....
https://www.youtube.com/embed/YkgDp9BtI7A
- You’ll likely find the “why” at the intersection of the following:
Broadcast TV is a relative dinosaur
The “Late Night Shows” on Broadcast TV are the dinosaur within the dinosaur.
I think that is probably it as much as anything. It isn't that Colbert IS losing money, it is there will be a point he is.
But it all shows how easy conspiracies are. CBS is sued and pays out, CBS is merging with a conservative company, a liberal is fired while being highly rated. Easy pickings.
https://twitter.com/larryelder/status/1946573509469127107
@carramrod Ferguson’s flirtations with female guests were legendary.
and he was actually funny.....
https://www.youtube.com/embed/YkgDp9BtI7A
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(cough) I think you missed the point of Ferguson’s joke. He wasn’t making fun of Obama. He was calling Trump an idiot…
Seems like he could have a joke at the left’s expense.
https://twitter.com/HustusMichael/status/1946371055263597013
I didn’t see a ton of him, but he never rubbed me the wrong way. I learned this week that Letterman wanted him to be the heir apparent at CBS. CBS seemed to have made a calculation in 2015 that culturally the viewership was moving in Colbert’s direction and would stay that way, they ended up being off.