Re: Leftists Lash Out After CBS Cancels Colbert, Kimmel Tells Network "F You" And Your Sitcoms

Ubiquitous <[email protected]> Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:36:11 -0400
Newsgroups alt.bitterness,alt.tv.talkshows,alt.whine,rec.arts.tv
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
> "Ubiquitous" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Leftists are reacting to the news that THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT 
>> will broadcast its last episode in May 2026.
>> 
>> Many comments on social media responded to Colbert's posting of a 
>> monologue on Instagram, announcing the news.
>> 
>> "The greatest to ever do it," former Late Show band leader Jon Batiste 
>> wrote in reply.
>
>Are you fucking kidding me? Colbert isn't fit to shine Johnny Carson's shoes.

He's not worthy of changing his adult diapers, either.

>Why is everyone so worked up over a TV show being canceled? Networks cancel
>shows all the time and the world doesn't have a collective meltdown over it.
>How come this mediocre talk show is getting this kind of special concern?
>
>> Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questioned if CBS's motives for the 
>> cancellation had anything to do with politics.
>> 
>> "CBS canceled Colbert's show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS 
>> parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump-- a deal that 
>> looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for
>> political reasons."
>> 
>> Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) had similar suspicions. 
>> 
>> "Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was 
>> cancelled. If Paramount and CBS ended THE LATE SHOW for political 
>> reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better."
>
>These politicians are just mad because the late show hosts are the only ones
>who put them on TV and let them hang out with celebrities and make them feel
>like one of the cool kids and having one of them go away is less opportunity
>for them to preen before America.

Yeah, it's not like they're busy trying to make "viral" socila media videos.