Stephen Colbert & Elite Media Welfare

The Carl Jackson Podcast

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In this episode, we delve into the unexpected cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show, exploring the intricate dynamics of modern media. Join us as we discuss the factors leading to this decision, its impact on the entertainment landscape, and what it reveals about the evolving nature of television and audience engagement. Tune in for an insightful conversation that uncovers the behind-the-scenes realities of the media world.

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0:00.0	As Paul Harvey would say, now it's time for the rest of the story.
0:11.2	I'm talking about Stephen Colbert, all right, the CBS late night host.
0:16.5	Guys, this guy is an entitled elitist.
0:19.3	He's a propagandist.
0:20.6	He wants media welfare, basically. Merit doesn't matter, apparently, when it comes to ratings on television. There's so much more to this story with Stephen Colbert. And CBS had the right to do exactly what they did do. And that was cancel his show. The guy's not leaving for nearly a year so he'll still get an
0:38.2	amazing paycheck at least for the next year he was getting overpaid like nobody's business
0:43.8	the days of carson and lennel are absolutely gone his ad revenues dropped 40% all right uh this is a guy
0:52.0	whose ratings have plummeted over the years literally literally almost in half. We'll get into those numbers. But for some reason, he believes that his program should be saved. No, his program shouldn't be saved. It should go to the wayside. If Stephen Colbert was funny, if he wasn't a liability to CBS, if he was bringing them more money, he wouldn't be
1:12.5	going anywhere regardless of what Trump has done or not done. You're listening to the Carl
1:18.1	Jackson Show. This is your daily dose of objective truth in a world of confusion and lies.
1:22.9	I'm going to get into some of the details and some of the rest of the story. I shared some
1:26.5	things that people haven't shared with you. People have talked about how his program lost $40 million. That is,
1:34.0	right, $40 million they were in the hole. So 200 people working for Stephen Colbert's program.
1:41.3	Okay, let's be real. Okay. All right. 200 people working on that show,
1:47.2	on that staff, that is insane. That's a lot of people. That's a lot of miles to feed. Those are
1:54.8	a lot of families to feed. I think their budget was approximately $100 million. That is insane.
2:00.7	I could literally picture a show like that.
2:03.4	I mean, obviously, you're going to have people that are involved with lighting and production.
2:08.7	You're going to have producers, executive producers, so on, et cetera.
2:12.2	And he's going to, he's not that funny.
2:14.1	So he obviously has to have writers.
2:35.7	And even then, he's not that funny. 200 people. I mean, literally, I could see 20. 200 people. That is absolutely insane. But the, what's that? Yeah, that's true. We do all of that with three, as Gabe says. Now, obviously for TV,
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