Staff Reports
In a perfectly predictable display, the left is losing their collective mind over CBS’ decision to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The outrage from Democrats suggests they’ve mistaken a comedy show for a sacred political pulpit. It’s as if they believe Colbert was entitled to a bypass of simple economics. Here’s the real financial snapshot: despite Colbert’s ratings success, the show hemorrhaged $40 million annually. You can adore someone’s shtick, but the math doesn’t lie.
Democratic poster child Elizabeth Warren jumped in, claiming political reasons aimed the axe at Colbert. But come on, reality knocks. If a host’s content consistently repels profitability, even the loudest political cheerleaders can’t keep him on air. Brendan Carr, the FCC Chair, wasn’t wrong to poke fun at this liberal lament. Colbert wasn’t immune from business decisions just because he spewed anti-Trump jibes.
And the spin doesn’t stop when fabricating conspiracies. Colbert’s clutching at his parting grievances by pointing to a settlement between CBS and Trump, construing it as some dark under-the-table arrangement. Really? The reasoning resembles a convoluted liberal pipe dream more than a credible explanation. They’re determined to color every exit door as a trapdoor set by Trump himself. Convenience must be why they love such twisted narrative gymnastics.
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Let’s address the embarrassing elephant in the room: viewership age. Colbert’s audience averages at 68, just shy of a retirement home open mic demographic. The late-night talk playground isn’t just getting dated; it’s becoming obsolete. Kimmel and other late-night leftists should take note because they’re next in the slipstream of irrelevance. A spectacle doesn’t thrive when it’s hemorrhaging cash, no matter how colorful its political commentary.
Colbert’s fate stands as a blinking neon warning sign to the Democrats. Attach politics to entertainment all you want, but substance and sustainability will prevail. Will the liberals finally understand this lesson, or are they too engrossed in their echo chambers, preaching to an ever-shrinking choir?
