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Stephen Colbert's late-night tantrum finally goes dark

Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:41 am
Posted by uggabugga
Maryland
Member since Aug 2024
5459 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:41 am
Farewell, smug bastard coal-bear

quote:

Stephen Colbert, the smug host of CBS’s “The Late Show,” is a classic example of why echo chambers are doomed to fail.

Colbert’s approach to late-night comedy was to offer snarky solace to his fellow progressives while hurling nightly insults at the tens of millions of Americans who don’t agree with his far-left politics.

Not surprisingly, that business model, designed to regularly tick off the 46% of Americans who identify as Republicans, eventually failed.

Liberals have been in high dudgeon for months after CBS announced that it planned to cancel Colbert’s testament to self-indulgence, but the comedian has only himself – and the sycophants who surrounded him – to blame.


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Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
69623 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:43 am to
Never forget.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
74757 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:43 am to
Well also the Skydance merger. I'm sure they was the main reason.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
90989 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:45 am to
Anyone with a brain knew the real reason his show wasn't going to make it was because of money.






Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
56350 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:46 am to


This was Colbert's finest moment. Gay dudes (quite likely) dressed up as syringes dancing behind the TDS afflicted dumb arse.
Posted by rrboy
USA
Member since Jan 2005
5595 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:49 am to
Such a loser
Posted by Beessnax
Member since Nov 2015
11321 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:49 am to
quote:

but the comedian has only himself – and the sycophants who surrounded him – to blame.


Which means that he will blame Trump
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
30226 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:49 am to
Now do Jimmy Kimmel
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
66500 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:50 am to
But now he's going to write the next Lord of the Rings movie.

Yes, really.
Posted by theballguy
HSV (Dealing only in satire)
Member since Oct 2011
39885 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:50 am to
He's always been a huge pussy along with his lover, stewart.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
178191 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:50 am to
Good riddance to one of the all time pieces of shite
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
9247 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:54 am to
kind of a surprising take from USA Today even in an opinion column
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
48822 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:55 am to
He killed an entire show and he’s being praised, by some, as a kind of hero martyr.

Pathetic.
This post was edited on 5/21/26 at 11:56 am
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
6707 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:55 am to
quote:

But now he's going to write the next Lord of the Rings movie.

Yes, really


I had to Google that.

Great, another movie that will get the DEI cast treatment
Posted by theballguy
HSV (Dealing only in satire)
Member since Oct 2011
39885 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:57 am to
quote:


But now he's going to write the next Lord of the Rings movie.

Yes, really.


I love Tolkien but I won't be watching that garbage if he's writing.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37478 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:59 am to
This scumbag has a house on Sullivan's Island right across the harbor from us. Shouldn't his "people" be eating him alive for his net worth and supporting a red state instead of, say, California?

Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
22381 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 12:03 pm to
quote:

This scumbag has a house on Sullivan's Island right across the harbor from us. Shouldn't his "people" be eating him alive for his net worth and supporting a red state instead of, say, California?



I guess, since he grew up in Charleston, they are willing to overlook it.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37478 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 12:06 pm to
quote:

I guess, since he grew up in Charleston, they are willing to overlook it.


I love how malleable and broad the explanations can become. So maybe red states and conservatives are somewhat palatable to him.
Posted by captainFid
Never apologize to barbarism
Member since Dec 2014
11033 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 12:06 pm to
This may be one of the best collateral damage hits from President Trump winning the election... NPR & Public anything being another.
Posted by CleverUserName
Member since Oct 2016
17940 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 12:15 pm to
quote:

So maybe red states and conservatives are somewhat palatable to him.


The tax policies are. Just like every idiot from the Northeast that moves south and then decides they want to make the area more """progressssive"""
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