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I thought your reference to the “market” was the market for viewership, not program mismanagement, given your reference to Fallon being the least political (as if to say that Colbert’s political satire was driving away viewership). I’ve not been challenging the decision to cancel, only the statements that Colbert is culturally irrelevant, etc, because it’s just not true. That Fallon is the least political has nothing to do with viewership market forces when Colbert’s viewership is higher. That was my point. Respectfully.

Not in his case. Fallon’s ratings have been lower than Colbert’s. He might have been renewed for a variety of reasons (cheaper production, etc) but it’s not the market driving it.

Q1 2025 ratings were 2.4M. No denying a decline in ratings but “culturally irrelevant” is just silly.

Means nothing. Last week his average nightly viewership was over 3M. He’s very relevant, just not in your bubble.

Really classy if by classy you mean exponentially widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, robbing from the poor to give to the rich, and monetizing his position to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. What a rate of return on $400K per year!

There have been many hetero pop-culture references to some guy dating the so and so twins as a measure of his popularity, virility, and/or appeal (remember Fonzie?). How is this different?

There you go; you could be a writer for his next gig 😂

😂 Colbert is one of the most influential political satirists of our time. But, he’s widely popular among the liberal and educated, so I can understand why you’d only see hateful rhetoric and a twisted mind.

Conspiracy or no, CBS’s timing couldn’t have been worse. CBS viewership leans left, and Democrats trust the network more than Republicans. They’ll lose critical viewership when then can least afford it. Or maybe that’s the plan; rebrand as a conservative outlet. That doesn’t seem smart given the competition in that space and the limited demographic. We shall see.

Sense of entitlement? Must have missed it. Colbert won’t skip a beat; he’ll simply move to a new platform. But CBS will lose viewership and advertising dollars big time. Even if their motives were purely financial, their timing couldn’t have been worse.

I don’t think the concern is for Colbert

Not a huge fan of police/detective stories, but very much enjoyed the series.

This is all any of us can ever do. You might take issue with the way @ApexNomadcommunicated it, but the point is he’s offered alternative perspectives from which the OP might view and understand his dilemma. That he would share his wisdom and experience with the OP at all is a gift. For the OP, it will take time to understand.

Pause and reflect. Everything @ApexNomad has said is true, you just can’t see it yet and you won’t until you put in the time and work.

As an aside, many of us spend time with providers for reasons having nothing to do with loneliness, neediness, etc. I reject the premise in some of your posts that these are the reasons people seek them out. Just saying….