Stephen Colbert's CBS "Late Show" Will End in May

[abuxb]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

[MikoTython]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

Well, I think Steven is funny too, but c'mon - he's got a phalanx of writers and has to deliver every night. Those other folks wrote all their own 'content', and were funny when they chose to. Besides which, c'mon man - you're talking about titans there, not a late-nite talk show host. Keep it real.

One irony here was the suggestion of people being banned. It seems to follow the theme of the thread rather nicely, the drift of the dreary oppressive zeitgeist, namely : "I don't like what you say, so I will cheer-lead at best, conspire at worst, any attempt fair or usually foul to shut you up."

That said, its a beautiful Sunday here, at least, and I intend to enjoy it.

[BarkCampbell]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

The last thing Colbert did that was funny was voice Ace of The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL 20 plus years ago. Since then he's been the head of NPC entertainment. He's not the top rated show in his time slot. Gutfeld is.

[abuxb]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

The last thing Colbert did that was funny was voice Ace of The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL 20 plus years ago. Since then he's been the head of NPC entertainment. He's not the top rated show in his time slot. Gutfeld is.

The two shows don't even compete head to head. The Super Bowl outdraws them both, but so what? This is what an easy search found.

"Based on recent Nielsen ratings, "Gutfeld!" has been consistently outdrawing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in terms of total viewers and in key demographics. For example, in the second quarter of 2025, "Gutfeld!" averaged 3.289 million total viewers compared to Colbert's 2.417 million. "Gutfeld!" has also reportedly surpassed Colbert in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 for a significant period.


It is important to note, however, that the two shows air at different times. "Gutfeld!" airs at 10 p.m. ET, while "The Late Show" airs in the 11:35 p.m. ET slot. Colbert's show still holds the top spot among the traditional network late-night comedy programs in its time slot.

[DJ Davis]

Also, at least Colbert seemed to get a little irritated during his interview last night with Kamala. I’ll give him credit for that. You got to read the book, my god, she is vapid.

You've read her new book?

No, “you gotta read the book” was her answer to most of his questions. Shameless plug, and you know she didn’t write it.

[Harry York 37]

You get the last word. If you can't see or acknowledge the mountain of suppressive context, of which this is but a piece, what can a simple fellow like me do to convince you ?

I’m not looking for the last word, but if this is it, so be it. These Internet forums, you engage me first, we disagree, you have nothing of substance, then it becomes the old last word thing.

Also, funny you quote the guy who kinda agrees with you, but did not for this. So I guess you’ll take my “last word” response as some kind of win, even though you’ve posted no mountain of evidence.

I note you didn’t address the question about you being Clark/Freud either. Bye Clark. Hope they ban this one too.

Wow, what a weird take. I'm not Clark. Don't think I'm anything like him. I won't be responding to you further. I've tried to be pleasant even while disagreeing with you, but that obviously cuts no ice. Bye.

You are all about censorship, aint ya?

Fight your own battles and do it clean.

[thegibby.]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

The last thing Colbert did that was funny was voice Ace of The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL 20 plus years ago. Since then he's been the head of NPC entertainment. He's not the top rated show in his time slot. Gutfeld is.

The two shows don't even compete head to head. The Super Bowl outdraws them both, but so what? This is what an easy search found.

"Based on recent Nielsen ratings, "Gutfeld!" has been consistently outdrawing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in terms of total viewers and in key demographics. For example, in the second quarter of 2025, "Gutfeld!" averaged 3.289 million total viewers compared to Colbert's 2.417 million. "Gutfeld!" has also reportedly surpassed Colbert in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 for a significant period.


It is important to note, however, that the two shows air at different times. "Gutfeld!" airs at 10 p.m. ET, while "The Late Show" airs in the 11:35 p.m. ET slot. Colbert's show still holds the top spot among the traditional network late-night comedy programs in its time slot.

Makes you wonder how much money the others are losing.

[Harry York 37]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

The last thing Colbert did that was funny was voice Ace of The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL 20 plus years ago. Since then he's been the head of NPC entertainment. He's not the top rated show in his time slot. Gutfeld is.

The two shows don't even compete head to head. The Super Bowl outdraws them both, but so what? This is what an easy search found.

"Based on recent Nielsen ratings, "Gutfeld!" has been consistently outdrawing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in terms of total viewers and in key demographics. For example, in the second quarter of 2025, "Gutfeld!" averaged 3.289 million total viewers compared to Colbert's 2.417 million. "Gutfeld!" has also reportedly surpassed Colbert in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 for a significant period.


It is important to note, however, that the two shows air at different times. "Gutfeld!" airs at 10 p.m. ET, while "The Late Show" airs in the 11:35 p.m. ET slot. Colbert's show still holds the top spot among the traditional network late-night comedy programs in its time slot.

Makes you wonder how much money the others are losing.

It has yet to be revealed how much Colbert is losing.
The 40 million figure and all of the others have come from "anonymous sources" from propaganda- based, if not totally biased sites.
Snopes and other more solid sources point this out clearly.

To compare a prime time show at 10pm to a late night show that begins 25 minutes before midnight is simply foolish and ...dumb.

As always... consider the goddanged source.

Colbert and his audience are aging out, while the younger crowd- who never grew up when Journalism actually could be truly Fair and Balanced- flock to propaganda sites with hot blonde anchors and precious litlle truth.

[BarkCampbell]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

The last thing Colbert did that was funny was voice Ace of The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL 20 plus years ago. Since then he's been the head of NPC entertainment. He's not the top rated show in his time slot. Gutfeld is.

The two shows don't even compete head to head. The Super Bowl outdraws them both, but so what? This is what an easy search found.

"Based on recent Nielsen ratings, "Gutfeld!" has been consistently outdrawing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in terms of total viewers and in key demographics. For example, in the second quarter of 2025, "Gutfeld!" averaged 3.289 million total viewers compared to Colbert's 2.417 million. "Gutfeld!" has also reportedly surpassed Colbert in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 for a significant period.


It is important to note, however, that the two shows air at different times. "Gutfeld!" airs at 10 p.m. ET, while "The Late Show" airs in the 11:35 p.m. ET slot. Colbert's show still holds the top spot among the traditional network late-night comedy programs in its time slot.

Makes you wonder how much money the others are losing.

It has yet to be revealed how much Colbert is losing.
The 40 million figure and all of the others have come from "anonymous sources" from propaganda- based, if not totally biased sites.
Snopes and other more solid sources point this out clearly.

To compare a prime time show at 10pm to a late night show that begins 25 minutes before midnight is simply foolish and ...dumb.

As always... consider the goddanged source.

Colbert and his audience are aging out, while the younger crowd- who never grew up when Journalism actually could be truly Fair and Balanced- flock to propaganda sites with hot blonde anchors and precious litlle truth.

My favorite part here was the insinuation that Colbert isn't propaganda.

[thegibby.]

....now Howard! and just maybe, Kimble to Italy?

[Harry York 37]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

The last thing Colbert did that was funny was voice Ace of The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL 20 plus years ago. Since then he's been the head of NPC entertainment. He's not the top rated show in his time slot. Gutfeld is.

The two shows don't even compete head to head. The Super Bowl outdraws them both, but so what? This is what an easy search found.

"Based on recent Nielsen ratings, "Gutfeld!" has been consistently outdrawing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in terms of total viewers and in key demographics. For example, in the second quarter of 2025, "Gutfeld!" averaged 3.289 million total viewers compared to Colbert's 2.417 million. "Gutfeld!" has also reportedly surpassed Colbert in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 for a significant period.


It is important to note, however, that the two shows air at different times. "Gutfeld!" airs at 10 p.m. ET, while "The Late Show" airs in the 11:35 p.m. ET slot. Colbert's show still holds the top spot among the traditional network late-night comedy programs in its time slot.

Makes you wonder how much money the others are losing.

It has yet to be revealed how much Colbert is losing.
The 40 million figure and all of the others have come from "anonymous sources" from propaganda- based, if not totally biased sites.
Snopes and other more solid sources point this out clearly.

To compare a prime time show at 10pm to a late night show that begins 25 minutes before midnight is simply foolish and ...dumb.

As always... consider the goddanged source.

Colbert and his audience are aging out, while the younger crowd- who never grew up when Journalism actually could be truly Fair and Balanced- flock to propaganda sites with hot blonde anchors and precious litlle truth.

My favorite part here was the insinuation that Colbert isn't propaganda.

Well, is he?
Has he or his network paid 3/4 of a billion dollars fine for spreading...lies?

Not to my knowledge.

[Harry York 37]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

The last thing Colbert did that was funny was voice Ace of The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL 20 plus years ago. Since then he's been the head of NPC entertainment. He's not the top rated show in his time slot. Gutfeld is.

The two shows don't even compete head to head. The Super Bowl outdraws them both, but so what? This is what an easy search found.

"Based on recent Nielsen ratings, "Gutfeld!" has been consistently outdrawing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in terms of total viewers and in key demographics. For example, in the second quarter of 2025, "Gutfeld!" averaged 3.289 million total viewers compared to Colbert's 2.417 million. "Gutfeld!" has also reportedly surpassed Colbert in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 for a significant period.


It is important to note, however, that the two shows air at different times. "Gutfeld!" airs at 10 p.m. ET, while "The Late Show" airs in the 11:35 p.m. ET slot. Colbert's show still holds the top spot among the traditional network late-night comedy programs in its time slot.

Makes you wonder how much money the others are losing.

It has yet to be revealed how much Colbert is losing.
The 40 million figure and all of the others have come from "anonymous sources" from propaganda- based, if not totally biased sites.
Snopes and other more solid sources point this out clearly.

To compare a prime time show at 10pm to a late night show that begins 25 minutes before midnight is simply foolish and ...dumb.

As always... consider the goddanged source.

Colbert and his audience are aging out, while the younger crowd- who never grew up when Journalism actually could be truly Fair and Balanced- flock to propaganda sites with hot blonde anchors and precious litlle truth.

My favorite part here was the insinuation that Colbert isn't propaganda.

"Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and our customers," Poulos said in a statement.
"Truthful reporting in the media is essential to our democracy," Poulos said.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/dominions ... 023-04-18/

https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-dom ... e747fb0afe

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65318654

[MikoTython]

This Gutfield fellow over to Fox has been presented as the more 'legitimate' sort of late-nite TV host, because he's 'funnier', his audience is larger and, presumably, he makes money -while Colbert is presented as a money loser, unfunny and a propaganda merchant - the last presumably a 'unique' defect.

Here's what I found out about Gutfield, because I don't tend to watch him, feel free to challenge the following :

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Gutfeld said that the media were emotionally manipulating viewers with footage from the conflict "...because that makes a profit for news companies."[36][37] Gutfeld was rebuked by Fox News foreign affairs correspondent Benjamin Hall who was on the ground in Kyiv: "This is not the media trying to drum up some emotional response. This is absolutely what's happening."[36][37] A few days later, Hall was seriously injured, while Pierre Zakrzewski (who also worked for Fox) and a Ukrainian journalist were killed, in a surprise attack on the journalists by Russian forces.[38]

On July 15, 2025, Gutfield attracted controversy after claiming conservatives should reclaim the word "Nazi" for themselves following comparisons of ICE agents and Trump to Nazism. Gutfield stated that "This is why the criticism doesn't matter to us when you call us Nazis. Nazi this and Nazi that. You know, I'm beginning to think they don't like us. You know what? I've said this before. We need to learn from the Blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word by using it. So, from now on, it's, 'What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?'"

During the July 24, 2023, broadcast of The Five, Gutfeld and co-host Jessica Tarlov discussed an educational curriculum in Florida public schools that would teach students that "slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit".[39] Tarlov, who said she is Jewish, disagreed with the curriculum and asked if this could be argued for those who perished in the Holocaust. Gutfeld then invoked Viktor Frankl's book Man's Search For Meaning, implying that those who survived the Holocaust had to be skilled or useful.[39] [it never occurred to him to mention, most relevantly, astonishingly lucky]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gutfeld

If THIS guy is your shining example of a person to sum up the news of the day, crack some jokes, lend some insight, all I can say is...... this is exactly where we are.

[BarkCampbell]

Stephen Colbert is funny. He has been since his early days on The Daily show and in The Colbert Report. I'm also a big Letterman fan and I think that Colbert was an outstanding choice to replace him. His show is the top rated show in his time slot. Of course, since I'm eighty, I'm not in the demographic that advertisers look for, there's that. I rank Colbert right up there with the great social commentators of the past, like Washington Irving, Jonathon Swift, Mark Twain, H L Mencken, and Will Rogers.

The last thing Colbert did that was funny was voice Ace of The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL 20 plus years ago. Since then he's been the head of NPC entertainment. He's not the top rated show in his time slot. Gutfeld is.

The two shows don't even compete head to head. The Super Bowl outdraws them both, but so what? This is what an easy search found.

"Based on recent Nielsen ratings, "Gutfeld!" has been consistently outdrawing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in terms of total viewers and in key demographics. For example, in the second quarter of 2025, "Gutfeld!" averaged 3.289 million total viewers compared to Colbert's 2.417 million. "Gutfeld!" has also reportedly surpassed Colbert in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 for a significant period.


It is important to note, however, that the two shows air at different times. "Gutfeld!" airs at 10 p.m. ET, while "The Late Show" airs in the 11:35 p.m. ET slot. Colbert's show still holds the top spot among the traditional network late-night comedy programs in its time slot.

Makes you wonder how much money the others are losing.

It has yet to be revealed how much Colbert is losing.
The 40 million figure and all of the others have come from "anonymous sources" from propaganda- based, if not totally biased sites.
Snopes and other more solid sources point this out clearly.

To compare a prime time show at 10pm to a late night show that begins 25 minutes before midnight is simply foolish and ...dumb.

As always... consider the goddanged source.

Colbert and his audience are aging out, while the younger crowd- who never grew up when Journalism actually could be truly Fair and Balanced- flock to propaganda sites with hot blonde anchors and precious litlle truth.

My favorite part here was the insinuation that Colbert isn't propaganda.

Well, is he?
Has he or his network paid 3/4 of a billion dollars fine for spreading...lies?

Not to my knowledge.

CBS recently settled a lawsuit where they had to pay $16 Million up front for lying about their "selectively editing" of the 60 Mins Kamala interview. About $20 million more headed DJT's way. ABC also recently had to pay $15 million to DJT for lying on air (George Stephanopoulos). Let's not pretend the network news are, or have ever been, "fair and balanced." They're just not used to anyone fighting back.
Here's more CBS lying:
https://justthenews.com/accountability/ ... den-laptop

[BarkCampbell]

This Gutfield fellow over to Fox has been presented as the more 'legitimate' sort of late-nite TV host, because he's 'funnier', his audience is larger and, presumably, he makes money -while Colbert is presented as a money loser, unfunny and a propaganda merchant - the last presumably a 'unique' defect.

Here's what I found out about Gutfield, because I don't tend to watch him, feel free to challenge the following :

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Gutfeld said that the media were emotionally manipulating viewers with footage from the conflict "...because that makes a profit for news companies."[36][37] Gutfeld was rebuked by Fox News foreign affairs correspondent Benjamin Hall who was on the ground in Kyiv: "This is not the media trying to drum up some emotional response. This is absolutely what's happening."[36][37] A few days later, Hall was seriously injured, while Pierre Zakrzewski (who also worked for Fox) and a Ukrainian journalist were killed, in a surprise attack on the journalists by Russian forces.[38]

On July 15, 2025, Gutfield attracted controversy after claiming conservatives should reclaim the word "Nazi" for themselves following comparisons of ICE agents and Trump to Nazism. Gutfield stated that "This is why the criticism doesn't matter to us when you call us Nazis. Nazi this and Nazi that. You know, I'm beginning to think they don't like us. You know what? I've said this before. We need to learn from the Blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word by using it. So, from now on, it's, 'What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?'"

During the July 24, 2023, broadcast of The Five, Gutfeld and co-host Jessica Tarlov discussed an educational curriculum in Florida public schools that would teach students that "slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit".[39] Tarlov, who said she is Jewish, disagreed with the curriculum and asked if this could be argued for those who perished in the Holocaust. Gutfeld then invoked Viktor Frankl's book Man's Search For Meaning, implying that those who survived the Holocaust had to be skilled or useful.[39] [it never occurred to him to mention, most relevantly, astonishingly lucky]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gutfeld

If THIS guy is your shining example of a person to sum up the news of the day, crack some jokes, lend some insight, all I can say is...... this is exactly where we are.

Still funnier than Colbert, Kimmel, Stewart (Leibowitz), and Oliver.

[MikoTython]

This Gutfield fellow over to Fox has been presented as the more 'legitimate' sort of late-nite TV host, because he's 'funnier', his audience is larger and, presumably, he makes money -while Colbert is presented as a money loser, unfunny and a propaganda merchant - the last presumably a 'unique' defect.

Here's what I found out about Gutfield, because I don't tend to watch him, feel free to challenge the following :

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Gutfeld said that the media were emotionally manipulating viewers with footage from the conflict "...because that makes a profit for news companies."[36][37] Gutfeld was rebuked by Fox News foreign affairs correspondent Benjamin Hall who was on the ground in Kyiv: "This is not the media trying to drum up some emotional response. This is absolutely what's happening."[36][37] A few days later, Hall was seriously injured, while Pierre Zakrzewski (who also worked for Fox) and a Ukrainian journalist were killed, in a surprise attack on the journalists by Russian forces.[38]

On July 15, 2025, Gutfield attracted controversy after claiming conservatives should reclaim the word "Nazi" for themselves following comparisons of ICE agents and Trump to Nazism. Gutfield stated that "This is why the criticism doesn't matter to us when you call us Nazis. Nazi this and Nazi that. You know, I'm beginning to think they don't like us. You know what? I've said this before. We need to learn from the Blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word by using it. So, from now on, it's, 'What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?'"

During the July 24, 2023, broadcast of The Five, Gutfeld and co-host Jessica Tarlov discussed an educational curriculum in Florida public schools that would teach students that "slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit".[39] Tarlov, who said she is Jewish, disagreed with the curriculum and asked if this could be argued for those who perished in the Holocaust. Gutfeld then invoked Viktor Frankl's book Man's Search For Meaning, implying that those who survived the Holocaust had to be skilled or useful.[39] [it never occurred to him to mention, most relevantly, astonishingly lucky]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gutfeld

If THIS guy is your shining example of a person to sum up the news of the day, crack some jokes, lend some insight, all I can say is...... this is exactly where we are.

Still funnier than Colbert, Kimmel, Stewart (Leibowitz), and Oliver.

Wow, are you telling us that Jon Stewart is J-Jewish. ???? That changes EVERYTHING. Tell us the most side-splittingly hilarious joke Herr Gutfeld has cracked in his life, since you keep telling us how funny he is, how much funnier he is. Maybe I sold him short. Knock our socks off