Bottom line on demise of Stephen Colbert and his late show
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In just the first six months of this year, the show booked 43 left-leaning political guests — and zero conservatives — leading all late-night programs in partisan tilt.
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Jay Leno criticizes modern late-night comedy for alienating half the audience with partisan politics
Jay Leno reflected on his balanced political approach during his 'Tonight Show' years compared with today's divisive late-night landscape amid Stephen Colbert's show cancellation.
"He's gonna make stuff, 'cause Stephen is a creator, and a genius, and his voice is pure and wonderful," Odenkirk says.
Marc Maron says his dream guest for his final episode of "WTF With Marc Maron" would be Barack Obama. The former president appeared on a previous episode of Maron's show back in June 2015. "If we could get President Obama back,
Washington Post, NY Times columns insist Colbert cancelation is due to obsolete format, not politics
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's $40 million annual losses led to its cancellation according to two liberal media columns, dismissing political motivations.
Colbert called it an “insane thing” to put on social media. “If you or I put up an AI video depicting the violent arrest of a former president, we would get a free ride in a windowless van to FBI headquarters, where they would put us to work redacting Trump’s name from the Epstein file,” Colbert said. And that may not even be the worst of it.
Late-night rivals and other celebrities rallied to support CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert after the network canceled his show, and comedian Jon Stewart lashed out at Paramount Global for the decision to end the long-running TV program.
Sandra Oh criticized CBS and Paramount during her appearance on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' on July 21 after its cancellation was announced. The network said it was "a financial decision," but the news came days after Colbert criticized Paramount for its $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump.