Colbert turns into conspiracy theorist to explain why he was fired.

[StatesRightsForever]

Colbert was paid $20 million for a super-woke show nobody watched. Get woke get broke. Hopefully no one else will hire this unfunny comedian.

july 22 2025 Stephen Colbert labeled himself a “martyr” for getting his flailing late-night CBS show canned — while telling President Trump on-air to “go f–k yourself.”

Colbert, who is one of Trump’s most persistent late-night critics, fired off the revolting insult during his “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” monologue late Monday after the president gloated about the 61-year-old comic’s firing.
The announcement came just days after Colbert had ripped a $16 million settlement that Paramount, the parent company of CBS, had reached with the Trump administration.

Colbert had said the technical name in legal circles for the Paramount deal — given that Paramount’s pending sale to Skydance Media needs the Trump administration’s approval — was “big fat bribe.”

Colbert dubs himself a ‘martyr’ after his show’s canned, hits back at Trump with f-bomb insult

Stephen Colbert labeled himself a “martyr” for getting his flailing late-night CBS show canned — while telling President Trump on-air to “go f–k yourself.” …

nypost.com

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I've never watched one second of that left loon's crap.

Late night television is nothing but trash

 

[TNHarley]

nobody watched.

Of course, that isnt true.

2024 Ratings: Late-Night TV's Biggest Winners and Losers - LateNighter

First on LateNighter: Nielsen live+7 late-night ratings numbers have arrived for the 2024 calendar year, and as is so frequently the case, the results can (and inevitably will) be spun any number of ways.

latenighter.com

 

[braalian]

I didn’t watch it, but the show was at the top of its timeslot for ratings

Facts are facts

 

[dblack]

Reminds me of the Smothers Brothers thing with Nixon.

 

[1srelluc]

How can any show lose 40M a year (for three years running) and survive?

 

[marvin martian]

How can any show lose 40M a year (for three years running) and survive?

The networks are willing to pay the price for the opportunity to spread lefty propaganda.

 

[shockedcanadian]

If he is the top rated show and is cancelled, than owners feel they are losing control of their employees. This appears to be an editing decision not a business decision.

Take Tucker Carlson as an example. Top rated show and cancelled by his bosses.

Studios are like many corporations, they want military-like control (the genesis of corporate structures was military). It's a bit sad, this is why courts need to stop silencing speech and why I am not a fan of lawsuits against ones speech.

 

[Oddball]

Of course, that isnt true.

2024 Ratings: Late-Night TV's Biggest Winners and Losers - LateNighter

First on LateNighter: Nielsen live+7 late-night ratings numbers have arrived for the 2024 calendar year, and as is so frequently the case, the results can (and inevitably will) be spun any number of ways.

latenighter.com

2.5 million viewers isn't diddly shit, especially so when it's over-air for free....Also has the largest viewership drop of them all.

 

[Mr Natural]

He was fired because he dissed your idol.

 

[westwall]

Of course, that isnt true.

2024 Ratings: Late-Night TV's Biggest Winners and Losers - LateNighter

First on LateNighter: Nielsen live+7 late-night ratings numbers have arrived for the 2024 calendar year, and as is so frequently the case, the results can (and inevitably will) be spun any number of ways.

latenighter.com

His show was losing 40 to 50 million per year.

 

[Oddball]

How can any show lose 40M a year (for three years running) and survive?

Loss leader, just like the nightly news.

But if you're going to lose money on purpose, the least you can do is be somewhat entertaining.

 

[progressive hunter]

 

[westwall]

He was fired because he dissed your idol.

He was fired because his show lost 40 to million per year, for three straight years.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

I didn’t watch it, but the show was at the top of its timeslot for ratings

Facts are facts

and fudged facts are fudged facts... ie. if the three worst TV programs in history ended up in the same time slot one of them would have to be tops in the time slot, normally these types of "facts" are the norm in an industry that has little trouble duping its audiences.

 

[Blaster]

A business decision.

 

[Oddball]

Deserves to be fired right now just for that little puerile outburst.

 

[Oddball]

I didn’t watch it, but the show was at the top of its timeslot for ratings

Facts are facts

The tallest midget is a pretty dubious distinction.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Deserves to be fired right now just for that little puerile outburst.

It's why he was cancelled

 

[TNHarley]

His show was losing 40 to 50 million per year.

He was still in the top 2.