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BannonsLiver

(19,419 posts)
1. I'm suspicious of anyone who says this wasn't political.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:25 PM
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Have seen that point made in other threads.

mdbl

(6,952 posts)
5. It isn't unlikely that Paramount threw him under the bus
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:02 PM
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They want Dump's FCC's cooperation in their corporate greed shit.

GiqueCee

(2,572 posts)
13. I'd be...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:43 PM
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... MORE than suspicious. Any and every dealing with the Gangrenous Boil on the Ass of Humanity is transactional, and even as dirt stupid as Trump so obviously is, he still has a simian sense of when it's safe to punch down from his seemingly unassailable position of power. But that 3-legged stool is getting wobbly, and it's gonna drop him in a putrid puddle of his own bullshit much sooner than he might think. We can but hope.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,194 posts)
11. There are some who are furiously claiming it's not
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:31 PM
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and their reasoning is based solely on it happening next May. But there are numerous financial and contractual issues that are probably more likely to be the reason.

mdbl

(6,952 posts)
7. Let's hope he gets on another network
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:04 PM
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After all, he was the number one show in his time slot. I would love to see NBC replace Jimmy Fallon with Stephen.

Auggie

(32,425 posts)
10. Good idea for Netflix, to counter Bill Maher on HBO
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:30 PM
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Different format of course, and maybe twice a week instead of once.

Kid Berwyn

(21,351 posts)
12. CBS screwing up a lot.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:40 PM
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The corporation gave in to Trump's shakedown.

They tossed Colbert to appease Trump.

They don't know there'll be more demands. It's what mobsters do.

Hey! Has anyone seen the Constitution lately?

Auggie

(32,425 posts)
6. CBS will return to the late night talk show business one of these days ...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:03 PM
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but with a banal host like Jay Leno or Jimmy Fallon. It's easy money, which is why there are so many of them.

mdbl

(6,952 posts)
8. And I won't be watching.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:05 PM
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Just like I don't watch them now. Besides Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel is my other late night favorite.

live love laugh

(15,647 posts)
9. I regretted missing the show until I saw Stephen A. Smith was a guest. He carries beau coup water for Trump.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:25 PM
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aggiesal

(10,184 posts)
14. The best line was the very last line ...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:08 PM
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Team Captain: I thought he was going to exit the stage, but he wanted to stay.
Cobert: Yeah, we all thought that once.

MrChuck

(306 posts)
16. We have to begin to acknowledge something unfamiliar in the US.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:19 PM
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Last edited Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Decisions are going to be made to placate the emperor, there is no doubt.
Decisions will also be made in order to protect people FROM the emperor.
I'm not saying that's what this is. In fact it probably isn't.
What we must acknowledge is that the best victory we can hope to enjoy in a time like this is to survive and see a time when this trend is rebuked and evildoers are brought to justice.

twodogsbarking

(14,455 posts)
17. When you shit where you eat this happens. He was in de facto asking for it.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:19 PM
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I am behind him all the way and think the guy is great. His wife is a princess. She was great during his home shows.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,414 posts)
18. Meh, I'm glad Stephen is in love with his
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:55 PM
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wife, Evie, and I'm sure she's a lovely person, but neither my partner nor I ever found her her nearly entertaining enough to be on the show, neither during the COVID/home nor the Ed Sullivan Theater epidodes.

And speaking of shitting (which I generally choose to avoid), his bold speaking-truth-to-power, both anti-Trump & anti-corporate whoring by CBS/Paramount, was what made him so very popular and his corporate overlords a shitload of money. They ought to have appreciated that more.

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