COLBERT TO TAKE OVER FOR LETTERMAN

There's no accounting for tastes.

I don't need to laugh out loud to appreciate a comedian

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I don't need to laugh out loud to appreciate a comedian

. That really doesn't define a comedian, thats more like what happens at a "lecture".Can
you think of any comedian who makes you "laugh out loud:?

I agree. It was you who brought it up in your assessment of Gutfeld

I don't recall the early ays of Caron but Ive seen these "carson biographies" on the BIOGRAPHY ChANNEL. He apparently did not hit his stride for quite a while when he went late night. He was very close to being cancelled and then something clicked.
Sorta like Swinfeld. When it was the Seinfeld Chronicles, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David didn't have the chemistry thing down with the ensemble cast. Larry David wanted a "Mary Tyler Moore" ensemble and Jerry wanted it to be more edgy. SO that took almost a whole year which, in a comedy series time, could be life or death

Don't give up, its only goddamn calculator with a big screen

CBS will end 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' next year

While taping his Thursday show, host Stephen Colbert made the surprising announcement that CBS is ending his late night show
in May [2026].

The live audience at New York's Ed Sullivan Theater booed when he delivered the news that this would be the show's final season.

"Yeah, I share your feelings," he told the audience. "It's not just the end our our show, but it's the end of
The Late Show on CBS. I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away."

Colbert has hosted the top-rated show since 2015, taking over for David Letterman.

The news comes just days after Colbert criticized CBS's parent company, Paramount Global, for paying $16 million to settle a lawsuit filed by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, whom Colbert regularly skewers in his monologues. Trump claimed the network interfered in the 2024 election by editing a 60 Minutes interview with his opponent, Kamala Harris.

The decision to shutter Late Night With Stephen Colbert also comes as Paramount Global seeks Federal Communications Commission approval to merge with Skydance Media, a $8.4 billion agreement.

In a statement, the network said ending the show was a financial decision, "not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount."

But fans are skeptical. Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California, who was a guest on Thursday's show, called for more transparency over the decision. "If Paramount and CBS ended The Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know," he posted on X. " And deserves better."

Jimmy Kimmel suspended indefinitely over Charlie Kirk comments

Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show was suspended indefinitely following the host's comments on the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday, Sept. 17, that it will indefinitely stop airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" after the late-night host's comments about Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the Federal Communications Commission.

During his Monday, Sept. 15 episode, Kimmel said the following: "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the FCC, had seemingly threatened ABC, Disney and Kimmel over his monologue about Kirk during a YouTube episode of commentator Benny Johnson's show on Sept. 17.

"This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Carr said. "Disney needs to see some change here, but the individual licensed stations that are taking their content, it's time for them to step up and say this, you know, garbage to the extent that that's what comes down the pipe in the future isn't something that we think serves the needs of our local communities."

Following Carr's comments, Nexstar Media Group Inc. said it would stop airing the show on its 32 ABC affiliates. "Mr. Kimmel's comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse," said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar's broadcasting division.

Shortly after Nexstar announced its decision, ABC, which holds FCC-approved licenses for the local broadcast affiliates it owns, also stated that Kimmel would be pulled from the air.