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Time Out
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live
The Television Academy is behind the Emmys—and also this inaugural festival with a lineup that rivals even PaleyFest. Industry insiders and TV fans alike are invited to three days of FYC (for your consideration) panels, workshops and free screenings of nominated shows at the JW Marriott at L.A. Live. Just some of the many highlights: a panel with the stars of both The Penguin and the latest season of The White Lotus; a 20th anniversary retrospective with the creator and cast of Bones; a travel talk with Phil Rosenthal and The Four Seasons star Will Forte; and a panel with The Traitors' Alan Cumming and traitorous cast members. Oh, not to mention an acting class led by Barry's acting teacher, Henry Winkler, himself. For a full list of events, check the calendar.
Toronto Sun
27-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
ELDER: Why the Democrats are railing against Colbert's cancellation
Stephen Colbert arrives at a screening of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," during PaleyFest, April 21, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo by Richard Shotwell / Invision/AP CBS cancelled Stephen Colbert's late-night show. Democrat Minnesota Gov. and failed vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, who recently appeared on the show, said, 'Stephen Colbert is the best in the business. He always told truth to power and pulled no punches. We need more of that, not less.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account You might be forgiven for thinking Colbert's job is to tell jokes. Some Democrats in full meltdown mode call the left-wing show's cancellation a casualty of CBS's attempt to curry favour with the Trump administration. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said, 'If Paramount and CBS ended The Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.' The show's writers demand that New York Attorney General Letitia James launch an investigation. For those who long ago stopped engaging in the nightly pleasure of watching late-night comedy when Johnny Carson retired and who stopped watching altogether post-Jay Leno-David Letterman, here's what just happened. CBS's parent company, Paramount, is seeking Federal Communications Commission approval for a merger. CBS called the cancellation 'purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night … not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Colbert reportedly lost $40 million last year, despite posting the highest late-night ratings of any show not hosted by Fox's Greg Gutfeld. Forty million dollars in annual losses is a lot of money, whether for Colbert or the WNBA. But in the WNBA's defence, its loss took an entire league. Colbert dropped $40 million all by himself. Since the Carson-Leno-Letterman era, late-night comedy viewership no longer prints money. At one time, Carson's show generated an estimated $50 million to $100 million in annual profits. It consistently rated number one in late night, capturing as much as 70% of that audience. One night in 1969, when performer Tiny Tim got married on the show, nearly 50 million people watched. During Carson's last week in 1992, he averaged 19 million viewers, with his final show watched by 55 million. By contrast, Colbert, in May 2025, averaged 1.9 million viewers per night, with ad revenue since 2018 down 40%. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Younger viewers spend their time on TikTok and YouTube, watching clips and streaming content when and where they want on the various social media platforms. Speaking of younger viewers, this brings us to the real reason behind the Democrats' hyperventilation over Colbert's cancellation. Twenty years ago, Pew Research found some 20% of young viewers get their 'news' from the late-night shows, particularly the monologues that nowadays serve as angry op-eds against conservatives, Republicans and especially Donald Trump. The late-night show monologues routinely disparaged Trump as dumb, racist, sexist, fascist, hateful, lying, warmongering, fat, evil, etc. Humour is a fantastic vehicle to affect views. A 2021 study conducted by the Annenberg School of Communications found 'new research suggests that humour may help keep people informed about politics … when compared to non-humorous news clips, viewers are not only more likely to share humorously presented news, but they are also more likely to remember the content from these segments.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Media Research Center found during the fall 2024 presidential campaign between Trump and Kamala Harrist hat 'hosts of the late-night 'comedy' shows (Comedy Central's The Daily Show, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers) told a total of 1,463 jokes about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris — but 1,428 of them were about Trump and only 35 about Harris. That's a whopping 40:1 ratio or almost 98% to 2%.' As for jokes about vice-presidential candidates Tim Walz and J.D. Vance, MRC found that 'comedians told 302 jokes about the vice-presidential candidates. Of these, 236 were directed at J.D. Vance compared to 66 at Tim Walz. That equates to a 4:1 ratio with 78% aimed at Vance.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. As for guests during the fall campaign, MRC found 'the comedians also welcomed 44 liberal celebrities, journalists and political guests compared to zero conservatives. Those included one Colbert interview with Harris, two — one Kimmel and one Daily Show — with Walz and one Kimmel with (Harris' spouse) Doug Emhoff.' Any questions? Heeeere's Timmy! Read More Sports Columnists Sunshine Girls Toronto & GTA Toronto & GTA
Japan Today
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Today
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
FILE - Stephen Colbert arrives at a screening of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," during PaleyFest, April 21, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) By ALICIA RANCILIO and ANDREW DALTON CBS is canceling 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a changing media landscape and removing from air one of President Donald Trump's most prominent and persistent late-night critics. Thursday's announcement followed Colbert's criticism on Monday of a settlement between Trump and Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, over a '60 Minutes' story. Colbert told his audience at New York's Ed Sullivan Theater that he had learned Wednesday night that after a decade on air, 'next year will be our last season. ... It's the end of 'The Late Show' on CBS. I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away.' The audience responded with boos and groans. 'Yeah, I share your feelings," the 61-year-old comic said. Three top Paramount and CBS executives praised Colbert's show as 'a staple of the nation's zeitgeist' in a statement that said the cancellation 'is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.' In his Monday monologue, Colbert said he was "offended" by the $16 million settlement reached by Paramount, whose pending sale to Skydance Media needs the Trump administration's approval. He said the technical name in legal circles for the deal was 'big fat bribe.' 'I don't know if anything — anything — will repair my trust in this company," Colbert said. "But, just taking a stab at it, I'd say $16 million would help.' Trump had sued Paramount Global over how '60 Minutes' edited its interview last fall with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Critics say the company settled primarily to clear a hurdle to the Skydance sale. Colbert took over 'The Late Show' in 2015 after becoming a big name in comedy and news satire working with Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show" and hosting 'The Colbert Report," which riffed on right-wing talk shows. The most recent ratings from Nielsen show Colbert gaining viewers so far this year and winning his time slot among broadcasters, with about 2.417 million viewers across 41 new episodes. On Tuesday, Colbert's 'Late Show' landed its sixth nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding talk show. It won a Peabody Award in 2021. David Letterman began hosting 'The Late Show" in 1993. When Colbert took over, he deepened its engagement with politics. Alongside musicians and movie stars, Colbert often welcomes politicians to his couch. Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California was a guest on Thursday night. Schiff said on X that 'if Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.' Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, released a similar statement, saying "America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.' Colbert's late-night host counterpart on ABC, Jimmy Kimmel, shared Colbert's announcement on Instagram along with the message: 'Love you Stephen." He then directed an expletive at CBS. Colbert has targeted Trump for years. The guests on his very first show in September 2015 were actor George Clooney and Jeb Bush, who was then struggling in his Republican presidential primary campaign against Trump. 'Gov. Bush was the governor of Florida for eight years,' Colbert told his audience. 'And you would think that that much exposure to oranges and crazy people would have prepared him for Donald Trump. Evidently not.' Late-night TV has been facing economic pressures for years; viewership is down and many young viewers prefer highlights online, which networks have trouble monetizing. CBS also recently canceled host Taylor Tomlinson's 'After Midnight,' which aired after 'The Late Show.' While NBC has acknowledged economic pressures by eliminating the band on Seth Meyers' show and cutting one night of Jimmy Fallon's 'The Tonight Show," there had been no such visible efforts at 'The Late Show." Colbert's relentless criticism of Trump, his denunciation of the settlement, and the parent company's pending sale can't be ignored, said Bill Carter, author of 'The Late Shift." 'If CBS thinks people are just going to swallow this, they're really deluded,' Carter said. AP Media Writer David Bauder contributed from New York. © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Toronto Star
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
Stephen Colbert's ‘Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
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Toronto Star
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his ‘Late Show' in May 2026
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