CBS Cancels The Late Show

[Russ Smith]

Someone elsewhere pointed this out. Colbert's show has a youtube channel where they show clips from the show. It has 9.96 million subscribers, like the first 12 episodes showing on my YT page have over 1 million views, several over 2 million. Presumably the ad revenue etc from YT goes to CBS somehow or another?

The episode where he announced they were getting rid of the show has over 4 million views.

I read in another online forum that allegedly Jeff Probst the host of Survivor is talking about retiring now

 

[Dan H]

I'm sure there's some level of Hollywood accounting here, but ... ouch.

CBS Reportedly Lost $40 Million on Colbert's Late Show This Year - LateNighter

Sources inside CBS have suddenly become much more forthcoming about the economics of late-night television—go figure!— revealing that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has recently been running at an annual shortfall of $40 million.

latenighter.com

 

[Russ Smith]

Can we at least agree that if Kimmel's show goes next there's more to it than money given what was said by you know who on his social media?

 

[Russ Smith]

I'm sure there's some level of Hollywood accounting here, but ... ouch.

CBS Reportedly Lost $40 Million on Colbert's Late Show This Year - LateNighter

Sources inside CBS have suddenly become much more forthcoming about the economics of late-night television—go figure!— revealing that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has recently been running at an annual shortfall of $40 million.

latenighter.com

The CNN story has similar information. There's a video on youtube about it that refers to what I mentioned yesterday and CNN's article alludes to it too, CBS makes money off the youtube channel that shows the late show videos, it's just not clear how much because of the way Youtube works, they don't have some public list that shows how much.

Ironically in that CNN bit on YT it says it's less "effective" because of the timeliness aspect, Colbert talks about current events, people don't then watch a clip of a few weeks old show because it's not current, which is completely untrue people absolutely do go back and watch them.

I can believe they weren't making a mint on the show but it's difficult for me to guess how much they made or lost without knowing the youtube(and others) component

 

[GatorAZ]

I'm sure there's some level of Hollywood accounting here, but ... ouch.

CBS Reportedly Lost $40 Million on Colbert's Late Show This Year - LateNighter

Sources inside CBS have suddenly become much more forthcoming about the economics of late-night television—go figure!— revealing that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has recently been running at an annual shortfall of $40 million.

latenighter.com

How was a show that bad spending $100m a year?

 

[oaken1]

How was a show that bad spending $100m a year?

I am an absolute nobody...but they would have to pay me at least 100k to get me to come on the show.
Imagine how much they had to pay a "somebody"

 

[GatorAZ]

I am an absolute nobody...but they would have to pay me at least 100k to get me to come on the show.
Imagine how much they had to pay a "somebody"

Well he had Elizabeth Warren as a guest 16 times. This is a late night comedy show mind you.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I am an absolute nobody...but they would have to pay me at least 100k to get me to come on the show.
Imagine how much they had to pay a "somebody"

Trust me… nobody would even let you on that show if you paid them 100K.

 

[oaken1]

Trust me… nobody would even let you on that show if you paid them 100K.

Oh Pooo.......

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

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Oh man this is the collaboration I need

 

[Hoop Head]

20 people showed up to "Save Colbert". Late night TV is dead.

NYC’s ‘We’re With Colbert’ rally for late-night host is a bust with just 20 protesters

A Big Apple rally in support of on-his-way-out “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert drew no more than 20 people Sunday — with even the NYPD cops on scene quickly calling it a day sinc…

nypost.com

 

[oaken1]

20 people showed up to "Save Colbert". Late night TV is dead.

NYC’s ‘We’re With Colbert’ rally for late-night host is a bust with just 20 protesters

A Big Apple rally in support of on-his-way-out “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert drew no more than 20 people Sunday — with even the NYPD cops on scene quickly calling it a day sinc…

nypost.com

It shows true loyalty when an event like this can draw out every single viewer. I'm impressed.

 

[Rivercard]

Can we at least agree that if Kimmel's show goes next there's more to it than money given what was said by you know who on his social media?

Good callout Russ. The entertainment media has pretty much willingly bent over to take it from the powers that be and the dominoes are falling.

 

[Stout]

Good callout Russ. The entertainment media has pretty much willingly bent over to take it from the powers that be and the dominoes are falling.

Yeah, the first amendment is dead, unless you subscribe to a precise political ideology. This sickens me.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I read in another online forum that allegedly Jeff Probst the host of Survivor is talking about retiring now

Why not? He's 63 and Survivor season 49 debuts tonight. Maybe do the 50th season and ride off into the sunset or do something else that he's wanted to do - write, host another show of his own, etc.

 

[FB94]

Haven’t watched any late night show in 20+ years. They all suck

 

[Covert Rain]

I actually enjoy most of the late night shows. My problem for the past several years is there is so much competition and so little time for all the stuff I want to watch. Even if I DVR it. For me it's come down to bandwidth between a family, high demanding job, and entertainment.