

As I said elsewhere, this isn’t a surprise and nor is this related to Trump. Television is dying in general, late night and talk shows being hit fairly hard during all of it. The studios put so much money into these shows but they’re constantly losing money because people are watching more on YouTube than anywhere else and they can’t get the same money there.
Kimmel will probably be the next to go. Large amount of money goes into that show and Kimmel doesn’t have all the shows Fallon has which means he won’t have the same pull in protecting himself.
People are gonna keep shouting this is about Trump and the merger but these conversations about Late Night and whether it’s worth it have been going on since Craig Ferguson left. Hell, when Corden left they replaced it with @Midnight. Conan had his show reduced to 30 minutes before leaving entirely.
This isn’t a conspiracy. It’s a trend.
Edit: You know, Lemmy often is just as bad as reddit with shit like this. You all read headlines and invent your own theory about what happens. None of you actually pay attention to anything other than the headline. None of you are bothering to look into the fact that all Late Night talk shows are being cancelled or not renewed. None of you are considering the fact none of them are being replaced. None of you are considering the fact the entire Emmy Award Category for Variety Talk series went from 6 entries in 2019 to 3 this year. None of you are talking about the fact that Colbert’s contract was due to renew next year.
This is some fucking weird conspiracy bullshit. I get being hesitant but like… this is not a new trend. This isn’t a standalone situation. This is a copy of the same thing we saw from other shows over the past few years. For you to reject all of that reality to instead supplement it with your own fantasy is just bizarre.
Honestly, I’m starting to think that the whole “ignore reality and make up your own theory about something so you can get angry” isn’t a Republican thing so much as an American thing. You guys have fun with that. I’m just done with your whole clownass country.
And it is insanely conspiratorial for all of you to go “LOOK! THERE IS A SINGLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE! IT IS CLEARLY TRUMP! THERE IS NO OTHER REASON!”
Meanwhile you’ve got Conan, Samantha Bee, James Corden, and Lily Singh all standing on the side like “Well I guess we never existed then.”
The pattern existed before Trump. Colbert’s contract was due to renew next year. This isn’t a conspiracy. Late Night is just dying.