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Message   Mike Powell    DIGIMAUS   Old Democrats   July 27, 2025
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>    David Letterman delivered a fiery rant against CBS and parent company
>    Paramount for cancelling Stephen Colbert's "Late Show," calling the
>    decision "gutless" and "pure cowardice" as he labeled his successor a
>    martyr of the network.

I don't find Colbert funny and have never been motivated to watch the show
since he took over.  When Letterman was on, it was often funny and I would
sometimes watch.  Colbert not being on TV is fine with me.

That said, if CBS cancelled the show just so parent Paramount could get a
green light on a merger, that is questionable behavior and sets a precident
that could affect anyone, regardless of their political stance.

OTOH, if CBS cancelled the show because it was no longer financially
feasible, then so be it and good ridance.  Considering that CBS could have
just fired Colbert, kept the show, and replaced him with someone else, I am
inclined to believe that the political/merger issue may have been a happy
coincidence for them.

It wasn't that long ago that another Colbert backed talk show, starring
Charlamagne the Great, was quickly "disappeared" by Comedy Central (another
Paramount holding) after he interviewed Kamala Harris and didn't softball his
questions... something that I suspect pissed off Colbert and the folks at
Comedy Central.


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