Brian Stelter's Analysis Of Colbert's 'Masterful' Run As 'Late Show' Host Left Out A Few Things

Posted • July 19, 2025: As you know, CBS will be cancelling "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," and it's a total mystery why the show was losing money and not sustainable: If you can look at this photo and still not understand why Colbert was cancelled, you’re in the mother of all political bubbles. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwGhDCUX0AAvBn8?format=jpg&name=large —— CNN's Brian Stelter is among those acting like a network show getting canceled is a rarity and of course it must have something to do with Trump. —— Brian Stelter @brianstelter: “A country where you can't lampoon the president is not a free country. Of course, we're not there, not even close, in the US, but there's a bit of a chill in the air today.” —— On CNN, Stelter had a segment outlining the "masterful" run of Colbert, who will be the final host of "The Late Show" because he helped kill off the entire franchise: —— Brian Stelter @brianstelter: “Stephen Colbert has been a masterful host of "The Late Show" – but the broadcast TV world has been crumbling beneath his feet. Here's my look at how the late-night biz is turning unprofitable for network owners.”

Some of these analyses of dying late night network "comedy" shows make it sound like they're just passive victims in their own demise, but in a "masterful" way. To some degree the off-the-charts levels of TDS have something to do with it. Strange how a genre that's been successful for decades suddenly crumbled in the span of a few years. Wonder what caused it? And the reason might actually have something to do with Trump, just not in the way the Left would like everybody to believe. It’s prolly because the hosts are political hacks instead of comedians. Yep, that just might have a lot to do with it. One of Colbert's guests on the night the cancellation was announced being Adam Schiff spoke volumes. He's been a boring, one-note partisan who led to the largest decrease in ratings and profitability in the show's history. But other than that? Masterful. Well, Colbert might have been "masterful" at something, but holding a national audience was not among them. Masterful, LOL - He alienated 50% of the nation with nasty-anti-comedic vitriol in a time slot people need levity. Thus, his ratings tanked, and he lost his show. (…)

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