CBS cancels the Late Show. Not Stephen Colbert. The entire show.

the who now?

Case closed.

i googled it...

so, essentially Ralph Benmurgi before Mike Bullard took over.

(every non Canadian "the who/what now?")

Exactly.

Not quite correct. During the late 70s NBC news anchor Tom Snyder hosted "Tomorrow" a talk show that followed Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. It was a long form show with no studio audience where he and a guest would discuss topics that didn't fit well into Carson's showbiz-oriented show. For example one night he had the author of a book called "The Lavender Curtain" which explored Hollywood's (mostly) closeted gay stars. Another time he sat and talked with Harlan Ellison (who was a certifiable prick, albeit a very talented prick) for what was a very interesting hour. Snyder was a good conversationalist and for the time, groundbreaking.

Stephen Colbert’s CBS Show Is Canceled. Is This the Death of Late Night?
The network has called the cancellation “purely a financial decision”—but it feels like only the beginning of the end for an entire genre.

Writers Guild Calls for Investigation After ‘Late Show’ Cancellation, Citing Bribery Concerns

Get ready for every talking head to start repeating this bribery accusation.

If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck… that means it never existed, nothing to see here, don’t check Pam Bondi’s desk.

What was the $16M "settlement" for?

Lies, or as people in reality put it, things Dear Leader doesn't like to hear.

At least one of those surnames is actually a curry that uses a lot of fenugreek. They are not actual people.

The same could be said for many Canadian actors and entertainers.

Yes, they use a lot of fenugreek.

I just have this feeling like money really was the primary concern and appeasing Trump was just a "happy byproduct." For all we know Colbert was asking for a raise and Skydance was like, "raise? we need you to cut 75 people off the crew." Then you factor in things like almost nobody watching live, the possibility of trouble booking guests due to studio's being gun shy about MAGA retaliation, and the ever rising crew costs... yeah, I could totally see it being about the money.

There was nothing woke about Captain Marvel or Barbie

It has nothing to do with ratings. The show was losing money

There is no conspiracy here. If a show is losing money, its going to get canceled. The sad reality is that late night T.V isnt the revenue driver it use to be. Eventually all of them will go away unless something changes.

For such a manly man you sure do cry a lot.

*Looks at Sullivan's Crossing on Netflix, Superman from WB. Andor on Disney+, Yellowjackets on Showtime and Fallout on Amazon*
Huh. Yeah, guess that's bullshit.

Oh, how sweet. Hope for Stephen.

The doctored 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. That's why Trump sued them. Why they settled is because they want to move on with this merger. Settling on a lawsuit is not bribery.

What's woke about Andor and Yellowjackets? I haven't seen the others.

Settling a lawsuit with Trump isn't bribery, no. It's extortion by a thug with way too much power and fluid in his legs.

we've had people who actually work in news weigh in on this. It wasn't "doctored".

I'd tell you to quit with the weasel wording, but we all know you're not capable of that.

It is when you're in a position of authority over the overhead other party.

Yellow jackets is steeped in feminist idealogy.
And Andor is about a terrorist rebellion against an authoritarian government. Andor is a terrorist. A Hispanic terrorist!

Can you post a video of the doctored footage that CBS totally never aired on CBS?

So you don’t know what it means when people say woke. Girl bosses is a hint. Just having a female lead isn’t it. As I’ve said before, Orange is the New Black had everything that Hollywood wants as far as wokeness goes, lesbians, trans people, gays, what not, but no Girl bosses, no putting down the man to prop up women, no women that are 110 pounds that can magically beat up a 200 lb man. Things like that. No purposely hiring someone based on skin color or gender over talent.

Yep. Are you actually going to watch it ?