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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Piers Morgan mocks Stephen Colbert after show is axed
By Piers Morgan mocked Steven Colbert over the cancelation of his show, asking why the comic needed 200 employees for him to parrot the same tired Trump gags every night. Morgan took aim at Colbert during an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, saying the now-cancelled The Late Show was boring and unoriginal. 'I've never read so much, or heard so much guff about a reason for a guy getting canceled. His ratings were tanking, he was costing them $40 million a year, he had 200 staff... 200 people! And all they do all day is prepare anti-Trump jokes,' Morgan said. He went on to also discuss other late night hosts he said focus on President Trump too much, including Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver. 'It's a one-trick pony. Trump-bashing, Trump-bashing, Trump-bashing,' Morgan added. 'And what happened is, in the election, America went, 'You know what? We quite like Trump. So we're gonna vote him back in because we're sick of you whiny liberals.'' Morgan, who described himself as a former liberal sickened by woke excesses, then predicted that Colbert 'won't be the only one that goes.' 'People want to see uncensored, unfiltered comment — the kind of get here around the sofa,' he explained. 'They don't want to see a one-trick, whiny pony telling everyone all the time the guy they voted for is terrible. They don't agree!' It comes after Colbert was further humiliated after fewer than two dozen people showed up to protest Paramount's decision to cancel his show. The group staged the 'We're with Colbert' protest outside of the CBS Broadcast Center on Sunday. CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this month, just days after the host blasted the network's $16 million settlement with President Trump as a 'big fat bribe.' Executives said the decision was made after the show, which costs $100 million a year to make, ended up plunging $40 million into the red. Colbert earns between $15 million and $20 million a year, with his enormous staff likely making up most of the rest of the cost. Colbert's show, which began in 2015, will now come to an end in May 2026, executives with the network and Paramount, its new parent company, announced. 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season,' they said in a statement. 'We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire the Late Show franchise at that time,' the executives continued. 'We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and his broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.' The network explained that the decision to cancel the show 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,' it added.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Piers Morgan asks why Steven Colbert needed 200 staff for show filled with same old Trump bashing every night
Piers Morgan mocked Steven Colbert over the cancelation of his show, asking why the comic needed 200 employees for him to parrot the same tired Trump gags every night. Morgan took aim at Colbert during an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, saying the now-cancelled The Late Show was boring and unoriginal. 'I've never read so much, or heard so much guff about a reason for a guy getting canceled. His ratings were tanking, he was costing them $40million a year, he had 200 staff.... 200 people! And all they do all day is prepare anti-Trump jokes,' Morgan said. Morgan is well-placed to condemn Colbert, as the former host of Pier's Morgan Live, CNN 's replacement for Larry King Live. The show began in 2011 and was canceled in 2014 amid poor ratings, but Morgan has always been humble and honest about the reasons for its failure. He went on to also discuss other late night hosts he said focus on president Trump too much, including Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver. 'It's a one-trick pony. Trump-bashing, Trump-bashing, Trump-bashing,' Morgan added. 'And what happened is, in the election, America went, 'You know what? We quite like Trump. So we're gonna vote him back in because we're sick of you whiny liberals."' Morgan, who described himself as a former liberal sickened by woke excesses, then predicted that Colbert 'won't be the only one that goes.' 'People want to see uncensored, unfiltered comment — the kind of get here around the sofa,' he explained. 'They don't want to see a one-trick, whiny pony telling everyone all the time the guy they voted for is terrible. They don't agree!' It comes after Colbert was further humiliated after fewer than two dozen people showed up to protest Paramount's decision to cancel his show. The group staged the 'We're with Colbert' protest outside of the CBS Broadcast Center in on Sunday. CBS announced the cancellation of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this month, just days after the host blasted the network's $16 million settlement with President Trump as a 'big fat bribe.' Executives said the decision was made after the show, which costs $100 million a year to make, ended up plunging $40 million into the red. Colbert earns between $15 million and $20 million a year, with his enormous staff likely making up most of the rest of the cost. Colbert's show, which began in 2015, will now come to an end in May 2026, executives with the network and Paramount, its new parent company, announced. 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season,' they said in a statement. 'We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire the Late Show franchise at that time,' the executives continued. 'We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and his broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.' The network explained that the decision to cancel the show 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,' it added.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Floats Drug Habit as Reason for Messy Musk Breakup
President Donald Trump wants to know whether his nuclear blowup with Elon Musk might be related to the SpaceX founder's alleged drug use. According to CNN, Trump has questioned some of his aides and advisers about the former administration fixture's reported drug habit, which was detailed in an explosive New York Times story last Friday. Publicly, however, Trump has declined to wade into the issue—at least officially. 'I don't want to comment on his drug use,' the president told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday night. 'I don't know what his status is.' Trump also claimed that he hasn't even been thinking about Musk. 'Honestly, I've been so busy working on China, working on Russia, working on Iran, working on so many things—I'm not thinking about Elon,' he said, adding that he didn't have any plans to speak with Musk, either. Musk had already admitted to using ketamine, but the Times claimed his usage during the 2024 presidential campaign was more intense than previously known. His ketamine habit had been harming his bladder, the report said, and Musk would frequently use ecstasy, Adderall, and mushrooms as well. It's unclear if this continued once he became the de facto head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency in January. In that role, Musk at times appeared to act erratically, like when he gave a salute that many said was a Sieg Heil. On CNN Friday night, tech journalist Kara Swisher said that the Trump camp is floating the drug topic to 'warm' Musk to put a stop to his Trump-bashing. 'You better keep it quiet or else we have things we could do,' she imagined them saying. 'But the problem is this is a guy who doesn't care obviously that much,' she said of the world's richest person, who initially lashed out at the GOP tax bill, but then escalated things dramatically by essentially calling Trump a pedophile. 'Now, he certainly has a lot of government contracts and other things that he has to pay attention to, especially shareholders,' Swisher added. 'But he is not someone that is easily scared, I think. We'll see. I mean, he may think it's smart to stop fighting with Donald Trump. It probably is a good idea for Donald Trump to stop fighting with Elon Musk, too, because no one's going to win in this particular fight."
Sky News AU
04-06-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
MSNBC's Jen Psaki sees 47 per cent dip in ratings last month compared to Alex Wagner, Rachel Maddow: Nielsen
The Psaki bomb has turned into a major Psaki dud for left-leaning MSNBC. The embattled cable news network — which is expected to be spun off by parent company Comcast later this year — has seen ratings plunge nearly 50% in the pivotal 9 p.m. slot since Jen Psaki took over full-time hosting duties from Rachel Maddow last month. The 46-year-old anchor, who made a name for herself with her quick-witted 'Psaki bombs' while serving as former President Joe Biden's press secretary — but has since insisted she never saw signs of his mental decline — has drawn an average of 971,000 viewers since 'The Briefing with Jen Psaki' debuted on May 6 through May 28, according to the latest Nielsen ratings. That's a staggering 47% falloff from the eyeballs attracted by Maddow and Alex Wagner in the timeslot. The drop-off is even more pronounced in the critical 25–54 age demographic prized by advertisers, where she drew just 78,000 viewers — a 52% decline compared to the 161,000 that Maddow and Wagner drew during their shows this year. 'She's kinda boring. She's not a great broadcaster,' one media insider told The Post on Tuesday Maddow, the network's highest paid star, returned to the anchor chair five days a week for the first 100 days of the Trump administration before going back to hosting her show just on Mondays at the beginning of last month. Wagner was pushed out for Psaki. Psaki's promotion from her weekend gig was part of a sweeping lineup shakeup at MSNBC aimed at injecting new energy into prime time and broadening its appeal. But early signs suggest the overhaul by new MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler, who took over from Rashida Jones in January, has backfired. Kutler quickly canceled Joy Reid's program 'The ReidOut' and replaced it with 'The Weeknight,' a rip-off of Fox's ratings champ 'The Five.' The roundtable show, co-hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele, averaged 772,000 viewers in May — a 19% drop from the 955,000 'The ReidOut' pulled in during its final month in February, according to Nielsen. Among the 25–54 demographic, the new crew averaged just 72,000 viewers, down 20% from what the Trump-bashing Reid garnered. Overall in primetime for May, MSNBC averaged 877,000 viewers, down 24% from the rest of the year. In the 25–54 demo, MSNBC averaged 73,000 viewers in primetime, a 34% drop. Across the full broadcast day last month, the network drew 545,000 viewers, down 33%, and just 49,000 in the key demo, a 41% decline. MSNBC declined to comment. 'In May, four months into the presidency, survey data shows rising news fatigue across all networks,' said a source close to the situation. The source added that Psaki has shown some signs of progress despite the overall downturn. ''The Briefing' builds on the audience of its 8 p.m. lead-in, which is a major improvement,' the insider said. News fatigue has apparently not affected Fox News' stranglehold in the ratings race. The conservative network, which shares common ownership with The Post, averaged 2.46 million viewers in prime time — up 23% — and 1.56 million across total day programming. In the demo, Fox pulled 262,000 viewers in prime time (up 32%) and 180,000 during the day (up 22%), according to Nielsen. Last-place CNN, meanwhile, continued to limp along, averaging just 426,000 total primetime viewers and 353,000 across the day, down 18% and 24%, respectively. The most-watched cable news show in May was Fox News' 'The Five' with 3.77 million viewers, followed by 'Jesse Watters Primetime' at 3.23 million. Fox also dominated with other top programs including 'Gutfield!' (2.92 million), 'Special Report with Brett Baier' (2.81 million), and 'Hannity' (2.73 million), who competes against Psaki. 'Since the election, Fox News has delivered the top 1,013 cable news telecasts,' the company said during an earnings call last month. 'This combination of an engaged audience and a dynamic news cycle led to record audience share in the quarter.' Originally published as MSNBC's Jen Psaki sees 47 per cent dip in ratings last month compared to Alex Wagner, Rachel Maddow: Nielsen
New York Post
03-06-2025
- Business
- New York Post
MSNBC's Jen Psaki sees 47% dip in ratings last month compared to Alex Wagner, Rachel Maddow: Nielsen
The Psaki bomb has turned into a major Psaki dud for left-leaning MSNBC. The embattled cable news network — which is expected to be spun off by parent company Comcast later this year — has seen ratings plunge nearly 50% in the pivotal 9 p.m. slot since Jen Psaki took over full-time hosting duties from Rachel Maddow last month. The 45-year-old anchor, who made a name for herself with her quick-witted 'Psaki bombs' while serving as former President Joe Biden's press secretary — but has since insisted she never saw signs of his mental decline — has drawn an average of 971,000 viewers since 'The Briefing with Jen Psaki' debuted on May 6 through May 28, according to the latest Nielsen ratings. Advertisement That's a staggering 47% falloff from the eyeballs attracted by Maddow and Alex Wagner in the timeslot. The drop-off is even more pronounced in the critical 25–54 age demographic prized by advertisers, where she drew just 78,000 viewers — a 52% decline compared to the 161,000 that Maddow and Wagner drew during their shows this year. 5 Jen Psaki's prime time MSNBC debut has gotten off to a rough start, according to the latest Nielsen figures. MSNBC Advertisement 'She's kinda boring. She's not a great broadcaster,' one media insider told The Post on Tuesday Maddow, the network's highest paid star, returned to the anchor chair five days a week for the first 100 days of the Trump administration before going back to hosting her show just on Mondays at the beginning of last month. Wagner was pushed out for Psaki. Psaki's promotion from her weekend gig was part of a sweeping lineup shakeup at MSNBC aimed at injecting new energy into prime time and broadening its appeal. But early signs suggest the overhaul by new MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler, who took over from Rashida Jones in January, has backfired. Advertisement Kutler quickly canceled Joy Reid's program 'The ReidOut' and replaced it with 'The Weeknight,' a rip-off of Fox's ratings champ 'The Five.' The roundtable show, co-hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele, averaged 772,000 viewers in May — a 19% drop from the 955,000 'The ReidOut' pulled in during its final month in February, according to Nielsen. 5 Psaki's show drew just 78,000 viewers from the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic — a 52% decline compared to the 161,000 that Rachel Maddow (above) and Alex Wagner pulled during earlier 2025 broadcasts. MSNBC Among the 25–54 demographic, the new crew averaged just 72,000 viewers, down 20% from what the Trump-bashing Reid garnered. Advertisement Overall in primetime for May, MSNBC averaged 877,000 viewers, down 24% from the rest of the year. In the 25–54 demo, MSNBC averaged 73,000 viewers in primetime, a 34% drop. Across the full broadcast day last month, the network drew 545,000 viewers, down 33%, and just 49,000 in the key demo, a 41% decline. MSNBC declined to comment. 'In May, four months into the presidency, survey data shows rising news fatigue across all networks,' said a source close to the situation. The source added that Psaki has shown some signs of progress despite the overall downturn. 5 Wagner was removed from her 9 p.m. prime time hosting slot from Tuesday through Friday as part of a lineup revamp. MSNBC ''The Briefing' builds on the audience of its 8 p.m. lead-in, which is a major improvement,' the insider said. News fatigue has apparently not affected Fox News' stranglehold in the ratings race. The conservative network, which shares common ownership with The Post, averaged 2.46 million viewers in prime time — up 23% — and 1.56 million across total day programming. Advertisement In the demo, Fox pulled 262,000 viewers in prime time (up 32%) and 180,000 during the day (up 22%), according to Nielsen. 5 MSNBC remains ensconced in second place in the cable news ratings race behind Fox News and ahead of CNN. Last-place CNN, meanwhile, continued to limp along, averaging just 426,000 total primetime viewers and 353,000 across the day, down 18% and 24%, respectively. The most-watched cable news show in May was Fox News' 'The Five' with 3.77 million viewers, followed by 'Jesse Watters Primetime' at 3.23 million. Fox also dominated with other top programs including 'Gutfield!' (2.92 million), 'Special Report with Brett Baier' (2.81 million), and 'Hannity' (2.73 million), who competes against Psaki. Advertisement 5 Fox said the network had 'one of the highest rated quarters in cable news history.' The channel shares common ownership with The Post. Ralf – 'Since the election, Fox News has delivered the top 1,013 cable news telecasts,' the company said during an earnings call last month. 'This combination of an engaged audience and a dynamic news cycle led to record audience share in the quarter.'
