Fuck CBS, Paramount, Ellison. This is no "financial decision." It is Trump taking over American media. This is Hungary. This is disgusting.
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’ https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/
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@jeffjarvis
I am gutted by what I see happening in America.
I do not know if America will still be a democracy in 2026.
Stephen will fight on, we all will; let's not be discouraged by this turn of events.
Elbows up!
@jeffjarvis Very sad news, indeed. Colbert and Steward beeing my favorite late night show hosts.
@jeffjarvis Life in Trumpistan seems to be getting worse by the hour.
@jeffjarvis Whaaaaat ??? 😱😱😱
Are they nuts?! I LOVE Stephen Colbert. Due to the time difference, I can't watch it live, but I watch a lot later on YouTube. His kind of humor is so great, and in my opinion the best among all late night hosts I know.
I'm really shocked 😲
@jeffjarvis Well - it's kinda financial. One you paid 16 Million dollars to a politician, it would render that investment moot if you still employ critical voices...
@jeffjarvis this calls for a mass boycott of CBS! Everyone should cancel their cable subscription.
@jeffjarvis I hope he starts his own YouTube comedy show STILL CRITIZING the crap out of djt.
@jeffjarvis Hope Comedy Channel picks it up! 😁
@UllaMR @jeffjarvis If you mean Comedy Central, that seems unlikely, since they’re owned by the same company as CBS. I wouldn’t be too surprised to see The Daily Show cancelled, also.
@UllaMR
Guess who owns Comedy Central: the same corrupt corporation.
Guess who owns Comedy Central: the same corrupt corporation.
@jeffjarvis It's a financial decision as the "president" would sue them for hundreds of millions if they kept the program
With all the law suite threats, it feels more like russian media takeover.
@jeffjarvis The rich always obey first. They have the most to lose, and the tyrant can take revenge on them the fullest.
@jeffjarvis How long until MSNBC fires Lawrence O'Donnell?
Not all mergers should be allowed...
"There has been growing speculation that both Colbert and Jon Stewart, who hosts one broadcast of Comedy Central’s 'Daily Show' each week, could be under growing scrutiny from executives at Skydance Media, which is slated to acquire Paramount Global, the parent of both CBS and Comedy Central. David Ellison, who leads Skydance, has projected an image of being intrigued by the politics espoused by President Donald Trump, who Colbert and Stewart routinely skewer in monologues and commentary.
Indeed, Senator Adam Schiff, the California Democrat, took to social media Thursday after taping a 'Late Show' broadcast and said: 'If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.'"
@jeffjarvis send him a 1 way ticket to NZ - He can be our advertising man
@jeffjarvis Well, it's a financial decision of a sort... Financial suicide. 😏
@jeffjarvis This was inevitable once CBS took a knee in front of the King.
@jeffjarvis The fukkin man-child is trying to eliminate ALL opposition as in FASCISM 101
@jeffjarvis @inthehands The financial part being how Trump will screw them if they don't follow his orders?
@jeffjarvis Financial reasons?! Caving to DT. Colbert will be just fine. He has a strong following and doesn’t need CBS. CBS on the other hand will suffer.
@jeffjarvis Between this and not funding PBS this is certainly the end of democracy.
@jeffjarvis the media is obsessed with ratings not facts
@jeffjarvis I think Strike Force Five (thunder) needs a comeback.
@jeffjarvis the world knows what needs to happen.
@jeffjarvis
Lemme guess. Julie Chen will host a new one called "Late Night Investing in Christ's Crypto for Blessed Bombs for Israel with Julie Chen".
Lemme guess. Julie Chen will host a new one called "Late Night Investing in Christ's Crypto for Blessed Bombs for Israel with Julie Chen".
@jeffjarvis it'd be funny if Colbert ran for political office in exchange:)
@jeffjarvis Goebbels playbook, planned TikTok takeover.
@jeffjarvis yeah but who watches TV anymore?
@jeffjarvis
let's boycott CBS except for The Late Show
let's boycott CBS except for The Late Show
@jeffjarvis this makes me so angry and so sad. Steven Colbert is my very favorite show.
@jeffjarvis Have you _been_ to his shows? He's just not as funny as he used to be. Once his warmup comic even joked about that at a different event. You have to be funny in that business.
@jeffjarvis Financial decision, my ass.
From April 29, 2025
...Beyond primetime, CBS is poised to dominate broadcast in Late Night and Daytime. THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT is the #1 program in Late Night for the ninth consecutive season...
#Cowards#Resist#Fascism#USPOL
@jeffjarvis Screw CBS wherever he goes, I’ll be right there.
@jeffjarvis "Fuck CBS, Paramount, Ellison. This is no "financial decision." It is Trump taking over American media"
After fox News now also CBS is taken over by the MAGA fake news circus.
After fox News now also CBS is taken over by the MAGA fake news circus.
Mass media are dead. That's what I've been writing about the last decade and a half. Good riddance. Trump will control the husk of what once was, as worthless as he. We must fight for an open internet as our last stand.
@jeffjarvis The battle for an open Internet was lost long ago.
@jeffjarvis even that is too late now. The rich already control the internet too. Fascism is exactly that: power grabbed by the rich
@jeffjarvis Just looked and Colbert was top rated in Nielsen ratings, with a growing viewership. This is bullshit.
@jeffjarvis I watch 4 shows/people periodically (on Youtube)
- Jon Stewart
- Stephen Colbert
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Seth Meyers
He's starting to silence his most watched critics and robs me of a quarter of my quality time during lunch breaks.
One more reason to hate him.
Variety tiptoes: Ellison "has projected an image of being intrigued by the politics espoused by President Donald Trump." Yeesh.
@jeffjarvis What a weird way to say he's a Nazi.
@jeffjarvis Just go back about a century and look up the German word "Gleichschaltung". The US as a democratic society already passed the point of no return.
@jeffjarvis you know who his dad is
@jeffjarvis
I'm waiting for Monday when either Jon Stewart isn't on or he announces the end of The Daily Show
@jeffjarvis
What a grotesque sentence. You mean interested in fascism? You mean he's a fascist?
@jeffjarvis I hope they both open a media company. This is beyond bad.
@jeffjarvis WHAT?!!?!??!?!
@jeffjarvis Craven cowards, every one. Fuck them all.
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