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Rumors about the $40 million annual losses appeared to stem from reports published by a media outlet called Puck and the New York Post.
Unlike Stephen Colbert’s late-night TV contemporaries, four of whom—Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon—showed up on his The Late Show on Monday night, David Letterman hasn’t made an official statement about the late-night series he originated back in 1993’s
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Fox News host Greg Gutfeld is the ratings king of late night with 3.1 million average viewers, despite what Stephen Colbert may be telling his audience.
The duo were spotted at The Polo Bar and spies told us management had to block well-wishers from appaoraching.
Current “Late” host Stephen Colbert announced the end of the talk show institution last week, seeming entirely caught by surprise. Letterman helmed the series from 1993 until his retirement in 2015. He responded to the news on Monday, sharing a 20-minute supercut of bits taking potshots at the Tiffany Network.
Stephen Colbert may have been fired by CBS. But he is making it very clear that he’s not done with his presidential nemesis yet. “On Friday, Donald Trump posted, ‘I absolutely love that Colbert got fired.
The partisan left’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing,” Brendan Carr tweeted Tuesday, adding that critics of the cancellation are ‘acting like they’re losing a loyal DNC spokesperson.
Former MSNBC host rejects theory that Trump criticism led to ‘The Late Show’ cancellation as CBS cites $40M annual losses.