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Colbert's firing sent Late Show audience into nose-dive so bad it's crashing CBS: report
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They did it to themselves.
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Have the day you fired someone for.
I mean, I doubt they care. The plan is just to monopolize them anyway and turn them all into rank propaganda factotries.
Good ol Ministry of Truth.
The classic playbook for authoritarian takeover is to first start with symbols, like Trump's name and face everywhere. Capture institutions by putting loyalists in high places and push out the critics. Get the judges in your pocket. Control the media.
The program is going hard.
The value of twitter was never twitter
Same for Reddit, which is why its gone to shit over the past year. Especially with tbe removal of /r/all.
Network TV has been losing money for years.
Skydance is fattening up CBS to sell it to comply with anti-trust laws.
You love to see it
It’s so crazy. CBS used to be my go to source for broadcast news and I used to associate it with high quality programming.
After this whole fiasco I wouldn’t touch anything associated with them with a 50 foot pole.
Killing any news source that values truth in any way is a goal. So, mission accomplished by the fascists.
Surprising nobody. I wonder if doing favors to corruptly ensure the Paramount merger went through will pay off for the mega-corp. Probably.
The audience numbers crashing is just fine with Trump as well.
Yup, the lot of them are salivating over the way they killed two birds with one stone.
I like how the loser replacement guy tries to act like people know who he or his company is
Maybe I'm old, but Byron Allen is pretty well known in comedy circles...
This is me pre-googling this, and I was born in the early 80s: who in the fuck is Byron Allen? Never heard of him.
Ok. Im gonna go plop a Goog on it and answer my own question.
Edit: post-google, who the fuck is Byron Allen?
The guy who hosted the show that came on after the Late Late Show (Craig Ferguson. Or if you're extra old like me, Craig Kilborn)
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never heard of him
If you say so... I've heard of a handful of shows/projects he's worked on, but it sounds to me that after decades of grind, THIS is his big break aaand most people aren't happy about it. Not his fault obviously, but definitely a bad career decision if you ask me.
Also, we meet again prole 🤣
THIS is his big break
I don't think so... The guy is extremely wealthy, I think his big break happened decades ago. This is just him funding something he loves (comedy).
but it sounds to me that after decades of grind, THIS is his big break aaand most people aren’t happy about it
I didn't know anything about Byron Allen other than it was a nebulous name I instantly recognized probably from comedy shows 30 years ago.
But googling says he's a god damn BILLIONAIRE.
Idk how old you are (I'm late 30's), but I'm a fan of comedy and have never heard of him. Maybe I don't remember his name because his style didn't interest me? I might know him if I saw him perform? He must not be that big of a name though, cause I don't like plenty of comedians, but I've still heard of them. But that's just personal anecdote, so I couldn't really say
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Colbert and 60 Minutes.
So they're not good for comedy or news. So what's the point anymore?
Right wing propaganda.
They also have been killing off a lot of shows, especially shows unpopular with loud extremists like Star Trek.
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Allen, 65, said from the outset he wasn't chasing Colbert's audience. "At the end of the day, I'm not trying to replace Colbert," he told NPR last month. "I am not trying to hold on to his audience because Comics Unleashed has been around 20 years and has its own audience."
Cool story bro.
Wait Byron Allen as in that shitty, boring ass talkshow host from like 20 years ago who was only there to awkwardly set up comics to say their pre agreed upon bits from their act? They're replacing Colbert with that wet sock?
Sucks to suck lol.
CBS Crap Broadcast System
Who is surprised? Dumbasses/oligarchs?
They want to make CBS like his casinos.
He'd rather everyone only spend their time with Fox & Friends
Who could've possibly predicted this?
This won't bring down CBS because its profitable for CBS. Colbert's time slot has essentially become an infomercial.
The show PAYS for that time, they are essentially renting it. They keep whatever ad revenue they can collect. Theoretically, the show collects more in advertising revenue that they pay CBS for the time, and they make a profit.
But that's the production company's problem. CBS makes money no matter what. The show may lose money, but CBS still gets their rent money. The fact that the show is down almost 90% viewership is embarrassing for CBS, but it isn't costing them anything.
Good to know that severe fluctuations within a system have no affect on the system itself. I was worried for a second
Economics is such science
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I think they lose a lot in cultural relevance. But that isn't the concern. They are just mad about all the uncomfortable things 60 minutes used to say so destroying the brand is why it was bought. If it tanks who cares. Just gonna write it off and cash in the insurance checks.
The writing has been on the wall for broadcast television anyway as no one under 35 has ever seen an entire episode of 60 minutes anyway
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Don't say the name of the new show, and boycott any comedians who appear on it. Make it poisonous.
I've glanced at a few episodes, and I haven't recognized a single comedian. He's not getting the best.
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The show is still going? Who is hosting?
No, it's the new programming replacing colbert that has collapsing ratings.
FAFO
I guess if someone keeps paying for the spot they won’t care, because it will still be profit for them in their eyes.
It's not profit, though.
It was what's called a "loss leader". You lose money on one product so you get back more on another product.
The other word for "loss leader" is "investment". You spend money in one place so you get back more elsewhere.
What CBS did is basically like a grocery store having a cheap and delicious food by the entryway to attract customers and then deciding that they were losing money on it, removing it, and then going "Oh, shit, we don't have any customers anymore! We're not making any money at all."
Good luck with that godawful Comics Unleashed show.
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I have been catching up on his stuff on youtube. would be funny if more streams of his stuff was being done on youtube than what is broadcast.
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