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
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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.