So Stephen Colbert turns out to be just as much of an a-hole as “Stephen Colbert.” Viewers have noticed.
After an initial burst of interest spurred by CBS’s big-bucks saturation advertising campaign for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the show’s ratings have tanked and it is now running third in late night behind NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, who rarely has managed second place before.
The reason? A survey by the Hollywood Reporter found that conservative viewers are turning off Colbert in droves. Nearly twice as many Republicans are watching Kimmel as Colbert, who has turned “Late Night” into a sort of wannabe MSNBC show.
The pattern is familiar: When a Democrat is the guest, Colbert is Barbara Walters. When a Republican is on, he turns into Tim Russert.
Colbert is so unremittingly hostile to Republicans that he will shortly find conservative invitees declining to appear. (Except Ted Cruz, who would argue with a tree stump.) That means the Colbert show risks turning into an echo chamber in which viewers doze off as Colbert and his liberal guests beam lovingly at each other like a mother and child.
This can be a bit sick-making to watch. As The Atlantic put it, “Colbert said goodbye to Biden by practically pleading with him to run for president. With Cruz, there was no deadpan, and no praise. ‘I really appreciated you sharing your views with us,’ Colbert said, ‘and good luck with the campaign.’ ”
http://nypost.com/2015/11/21/colberts-late-show-has-become-propaganda-for-democrats/
Republicans are butt blasted babies, what's new?
>weh, this made-for-tv personality doesn't like me
It's like getting mad at Larry the Cable Guy's views, he's literally just playing a character.
>>62927782
You can choose not to watch his show and not be "butt blasted". It's a write up on why his ratings are tanking.
Always good to get an objective, unbiased opinion from the NY Post
>>62927782
I'm sure you've never complained about Fox News.
>>62927818
I'm saying it isn't anything new, why would he change his character he's been portraying for years just for ratings?
People tend to watch people they agree with, again, nothing new. Confirmation bias is a very real thing and the author of that article is stating the obvious
>>62927782
>Republicans don't tune in
>So butthurt, lol
>>62927782
yet demoshits say literally the same thing and worse about fox news because its right leaning
>>62927818
>>62927914
Stay blasted
>>62927929
>>62927914
The difference is that Fox News is trying to be a serious news broadcast and absolutely fails at it
Colbert is first and foremost a politically-charged comedy show
I'd like to see him interview a pig!
>>62927677
This makes no fucking sense Letterman was liberal. All the conservatives watched Leno I fucking doubt many were watching Letterman
Not being able to watch a comedy show because you disagree with the hosts politics is butthurt, especially considering Colbert isn't even that political now. I'm left leaning and I used to love Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.
>>62928058
It's not that he's a liberal. All these people are liberals. They're tuning out because he's propaganda. For example, Maher is loved by conservatives - though Maher is an extreme leftist, he's open about what he believes and his biases. It's not a propaganda show
>become
That's what he always was though
>>62928058
He was old as shit, though. By the time Colbert is 65, he'll have a lot of conservative fans, too.
>>62928080
I'm sure the fact that it's just not that funny isn't helping either
>>62928080
Maybe people don't watch because he isn't funny
>>62927914
I'm a moderate liberal and I watch Fox News sometimes. I don't really complain about them, and agree with some of their points.
>>62928132
By the time Colbert is 65, Conservatives will be mostly gone because of the baby boomer deaths, and/or Libertarian leaning because of the increasing liberal views in the country.
>>62928175
plenty of liberals watch Fox. in the end, people just consume the most entertaining media and they aren't that concerned with the biases.
>>62928105
>Maher is loved by conservatives
This is just so fucking stupid it's unbelievable. Do you get your opinions about what millions of people think from hearing a few people post "based maher" in threads on /tv/? Just fuck off and die if you're going to be this stupid
>>62928129
Do you know how many idiotic conservatives think Colbert's Colbert Report schtick was genuine?
>>62928058
But he wasn't really very political at all desu.
>>62928235
I watch all networks and then make up my own mind.
The thing is though, the news media shouldn't have any political bias, whether it be Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, whatever network; their job is to be objective and report the news, and let the audience make up their own mind. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way.
>>62928080
Maybe that's because tough crowd was actually a free-for-all meritocracy and it's clear that Colin doesn't really give a shit if his guests have political views that oppose his (not because he's a perfect human being, but just because it seems like he doesn't give a shit about a whole lot in general)
>>62928270
on my college campus, all us conservative students know each other. It's anecdotal, but we all watch him. His common sense views on Islam and terrorism have definitely boosted his viewership by conservatives, but me and my friends just enjoy the format and the honesty, even if he's batshit on a lot of issues.
>>62928328
>implying plebs would ever "make up their own mind"
sheltered much?
>>62928270
Ann Coulter is just one of many Conservatives who is best friends with Bill Maher, so shut the fuck up.
>>62928271
Yes. Bush invented Colbert to the annual Whitehouse dinner because of that. Top kek.
>>62928270
People like that Bill has opinions all over the place and respect him for Politically Incorrect before he went full libtard for a bit after 9/11. He's, like South Park, coming back to his senses now though
>>62928384
There's always some fucking idiot like you out there.
>>62928338
This is a fair point. If he didn't have people on the show that disagreed with him I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it. It's not like Colbert shuts down his conservative guests, though. I find him to be friendly to them.
>>62928388
Maher is a liberal, he supports universal health care and obamacare, fighting climate change, raising the minimum wage, gun control, lgbt rights, etc; His views are certainly not all over the place. He's a centre-left liberal.
This is why Leno won. He never invoked his shitty political opinions into his show. So he got a bugger audience. He's actually just as much of a lefty faggot as seen from his appearance on Bill Maher show.
>>62927818
>you can choose not to watch a show and then write up an article about how mad you are and then post a thread about it and not be "butt blasted"
Stay mad.
>>62927677
>Colbert is so unremittingly hostile to Republicans that he will shortly find conservative invitees declining to appear. (Except Ted Cruz, who would argue with a tree stump.) That means the Colbert show risks turning into an echo chamber in which viewers doze off as Colbert and his liberal guests beam lovingly at each other like a mother and child.
So.. nothing will change?
>>62928386
wrong, the head of the White House Press Corp. invited him. Colbert of course wouldn't have the balls to pull the same thing with Obama, maybe a light hearted jab about Gitmo, but I doubt it since Obama has turned what was a roast of the President and press into another political blowjob for himself, pussy ass bitch he is.
>>62928472
>people thought he was conservative because he made jokes about Obama
>>62928364
>me and a handful of people i know who are all exactly the same age and live in exactly the same place who have exactly the same level of education represent millions across the nation
>>62928386
>i cherry pick examples to back up my (obviously) retarded thoughts, but the real kicker is that it doesn't even make any sense
bro, the relationship between two human friends is much different than that of a viewer and a host. it's retarded to say that because a single consevative likes him in his personal life means that there a ton of consevatives out there who love to hear him shit all over them as smugly as possible every week. fuck off
>>62928388
does anyone listen to maher about anything but islam? literally everything else he says is as opposed to conservative thought as can be
>>62927929
>comparing a 24-hour "hard news" channel to a late night talk show that celebs use to plug their movies
Alright.
>>62928468
>he supports universal health care and obamacare
One of these is not like the other.
>>62928524
>wrong, the head of the White House Press Corp. invited him
Oh you're right. And when the President protested this, his secretary totally pulled rank and shut his ass down
>>62928599
>ecause a single consevative likes him in his personal life means that there a ton of consevatives out there who love to hear him shit all over them as smugly as possible every week. fuck off
No, you fuck off. I said that she is one of many conservatives who like him.
Actually try reading. You Conservatives are known to be simpletons.
>>62928599
He's anti-feminist as well. regularly laughs at them, and SJWs in general. by the way, Maher's show is beloved by conservatives. you dont know what you're talking about whatsoever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x64cy3Bcr98
The tremendous irony being that Colbert is very conservative (comparatively) in his private life
>>62928080
Not when it isn't funny or worth watching.
>>62928621
So it's impossible to support two things that are not the same? Fuck off, idiot
He begged Biden to run because the democratic field is fucking boring. Its a foregone conclusion that Hillary will get the nomination. Shes running against a socialist jew and a former governor who only polls at 3%
He just wants some fucking excitement. Biden might make it interesting on the dem side. At least the Republicans and their gaggle of candidates offer some late night fodder and discourse.
It's just that the left is so incredibly boring at the moment. The most boring they've ever been in their history, as a matter of fact. There's nothing more yawn inducing than a rabid pro-statist yelling about how rebellious they are.
>>62928661
calling bullshit, Colbert works for and contributes to an organization pushing for open borders.
>>62928651
Yeah, I heard you the first time you fucking idiot, and guess what, it's still fucking backed up by literally nothing. You repeating your claim doesn't make it true.
>>62928653
Just saying "it's loved by conservatives!!!" doesn't mean anything.
You're just restating your claim, idiots.
CBS is owner is Time Warner I believe. A lot of big media conglomerates are huge Clinton supporters so that's why Colbert show is an echo chamber. The media wants everyone to beleive Clinton is going to win. Everything she is saying, Sanders said before her. They didn't even give the Harvard law professor a chance to go to the debate. His only platform was campaign financing law. Which he is an expert in the field. Clinton would have been destroyed by him. The DNC chairwomen is also Clinton campaign chief.
>>62928667
They're opposite.
It's like saying you support gun control but also wish everybody got access to a gun.
Universal health care means everyone can afford it, and is usually backed by the State Obamacare is a scam to give even more money to private health insurance companies.
>>62928653
Maher is almost like a moderate liberal. He realizes that reality leans left, but also knows that political correctness, feminists and SJWs is/are fucking nuts.
>>62928685
and shutting down any dissent as bigoted
>>62928705
Doesn't Maher get regularly linked to by Drudge and Breitbart? He's also just a lot funnier than Colbert
Colbert's interviews aren't very interesting. The show still feels hacky with the dancing black man that's always smiling. The show has moved back to its roots thank god, but the 1 hour format is hard. Anyone remember that awful hat sketch? jesus christ that was brutal.
Now Conan, that guy is pro. I wish he had caught on more.
>>62928717
You don't get it.
He supports Obamacare right now because more people, approx. 11 million new people, now have access to healthcare, but he ultimately wants socialized universal health care. He believes healthcare is a human right.
>>62928753
His Armenia show was funny.
>>62928717
They are most definitely not opposite. You literally showed that in your own post as the opposite of any healthcare would be none
did anyone ever find out why his eyes are so tiny?
>>62928271
Do you? I've never seen anything that said as much.
>>62928848
Liberals have to make things up to feed their superiority complex
>DUDE THEY DONT GET IT LMAO
>>62928271
Everyone likes satire - I'm a conservative and of course I knew he was making fun of me, but he was doing an extreme impression and the character was funny.
Watching the Late Show with Stephen Colbert is like eating a piece of white bread with no butter or anything.
>>62927677
It's not terribly surprising he hasn't monopolized the 18-34 liberal demo, he's getting too much competition for them from le-it's-2015-I-mean-c'mon man.
>>62927914
This.
Late night tv has been even more liberal than even the rest of the msm for a long time. It's also been big bang theory shitty for years, just pandering to the lowest common denominator with audiences that just laugh because the "applause" light comes on letting them know what they just heard was funny.
>>62928661
What's your source on this, friend?
>>62928612
psst, people who actually take FOX serious don't understand this level of reasoning. Same people who are unironically racist or on /pol/.
le marxism is good meme
It's more like because Stephen Colbert is even unfunnier without his writers on Comedy Central
That and his show is basically a toned down Colbert Report. Not what people wanted
>>62928105
>Bill Maher
>extreme leftist
You what?
>>62927677
This is no surprise. The Late Show was run by one left-wing tool, and is now run by another left-wing tool.
>>62927677
DUDE CONSERVATIVES ARE DUMB LMAO
I guess it makes sense that propaganda could easily be spotted by a paper owned by Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News.
>>62928554
Leno was a comedian. He made jokes about everyone. If he seemed conservative, it was only because everyone else was so far to the left.
>>62928472
It's also why Leno was so BASED
>>62928612
>late night talk show that celebs use to plug their movies
Colbert's guest have all been rather crappy the last few months. Swap Fallon's and Colbert's guest list around for 3 months and watch The Tonight Show drop out of first place like it's been thrown off a cliff.
bulk of late night viewers clearly want stuff like Jessica Alba in a hot dress playing some stupid word game with Jimmy Fallon. Don't drag out the boring as fuck political people so they talk talk about the same boring shit you an hear them say everywhere else.
>>62927677
Part of the charm of the Colbert Report was that he pretended to be an idiot harder than he pretended to be a conservative. It's funny when a dumb person makes fun of your views, but it's condescending when a smart person makes fun of your views.
Southpark does the same thing. When retard characters fail, the feeling of criticism is dampened.
Plus, Colbert is bring way too much politics to the table for "Late Nite." It's a clown show, not NPR @ Nite. If I really wanted politics shoved down my throat, I would just watch 2015 Man.
>>62929712
Fallon also seems like a genuinely nice guy though, even if he is a lefty. Colbert spent so many years playing a cynical asshole he forgot how to treat people he disagrees with respectfully. He got huge rounds of applause for ripping into conservatives so that's all he knows how to do, but he keeps bringing on liberal guests, so the result is boring. He had Trump and I think Cruz on but Trump gives no fucks and won't let himself get stumped and Cruz could debate his way out of an ISIS holding cell, so Colbert gets shit ratings.
DOES HE KNOW HE'S AN AD???
>>62928692
What organization?
Wasn't Letterman liberal as fuck though?
>>62930016
Letterman was a sane liberal who opposed the Iraq war. He wasn't an SJW kek who apologized for being white and male like Colbert.
>>62929800
>Cruz.... Trump
>Colbert gets shit ratings.
exactly.. Fallon has Jessica Alba looking hot as fuck battling Benicio Del Toro in a some goofy game where everyone is having a great time.
It's mindless, brainless random fun stuff tends to hook in late night viewers. I get that Colbert might not want to take it to that level but he needs to tone down the political stuff, a ton. Late night talk show viewers don't care.
come on Conan was able to keep a network show running with stuff like nascar Jesus, pimp bot 5000 and a masturbating bear in a diaper. It's not rocket surgery ..
>I WANT FREE COLLEGE AND $15/HR MINIMUM WAGE
>THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY
These are Colbert's fans.
>>62930184
>Conan was able to keep a network show running with stuff like nascar Jesus, pimp bot 5000 and a masturbating bear
This is why Conan will always be better than Colbert. Conan fundamentally understood how to use absurdity as humor. Satire cannot reach the same level as absurdity, because satire must be grounded in reality.
>>62930215
You seem butthurt, /pol/. Do you need some tampons?
All he did was go from mocking Republicans via satire to being up front about it
Literally nothings changed, he's talked about playing a character on the Colbert Report, but all he did was be himself with more tongue in cheek humor
Now he's just himself without hiding behind the satire. He's always been a liberal making fun of conservatives, nothings changed
>>62930338
Old Colbert would never have given us this shit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yzGA_glnkM
>>62930332
The irony in this post is off the charts. But go ahead and post it again as a reply to me, that'll show me for sure.
>>62930338
Not to mention he's a god-loving faggot.
>>62930215
We need "free" healthcare and "free" college also
>>62930399
Yet, you replied.
>hurr durrr I iz not faze, I trolled you
Its okay, donkey you need not be sad. You iz troll mastuer.
Fuck Larry Wilmore and his "niggers dindu nothin show". He basically turned the Colbert Report into Chocolate News 2.
>>62928058
The few times he had conservative candidates or officeholders on Letterman treated them as fairly as he did the liberal guests. His interviews with both W and Hillary were both highlights of his Late Show career. The only time he ever got pissed off was at Bill O'Reilly, who was literally calling him an idiot for not having all the super secret info he claimed to. After that incident the drudge comment crowd started renouncing Letterman as a leftist and clinging to Jay, who did Obama jokes more frequently.
>>62930390
What the flying shit fucking fuck is this??
When did we elect a fat old SJW man hating she-beast to the Senate?
>>62930512
ratings went down by like 65%, too
>>62927677
>republikeks are so stupid they didn't even realize colbert was satire against conservitards
>>62930512
I've never actually watched his show yet
Tuned into Trevor Noah a few times, he's alright, it's funny watching a young innocent foreigner report on the fucked up nature of America
>>62927677
>alienate a demographic
>demographic is large
>surprised when ratings tank
JUST
>>62930512
>Chocolate News 2.
I don't know why but I laughed.
Larry Wilmore is just painfully unfunny, he seems like an alright guy, but his comedy and show is shit.
>>62930480
I'm not even the same guy you called butthurt, but if I was trolling, I'd say I'm doing pretty well at it judging by how upset you seem to be getting.
All I'm saying is you can't call someone butthurt and then say something butthurt yourself like "Do you need some tampons."
That's like calling someone a fag while you're taking it up the ass- it's only not retarded if you meant it as a joke.
>>62930573
>>demographic is large
Conservatives are a large demographic? No wonder there are so many idiots in this country.
>>62930512
>>62930584
What's Chocolate News 1?
I literally stopped watching meme television shows back in high school. Colbert has always been insufferable.
>>62930522
this
Letterman is like Carson: above or away from real politics.Carson, Letterman, Leno, Ferguson, Conan would never do 10 minutes on Paris or transgender bathrooms
>>62930569
Literally nobody outside of a few actually mentally retarded people thought Colbert was serious. If I want to cherrypick from any sufficiently large group I can find retards that support my opposing position.
People want to be entertained when they're winding down for the day. They don't want political commentary to be the last thing they hear before they go to bed.
Kimmel and Fallon understand this. Colbert is still stuck in report mode.
>>62930620
I think you hit enter before you typed the "Bazinga" at the end of that, because that line was big bang theory level stupid and overused.
>>62930623
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043721/
>>62928681
>Stealing jokes from /sp/
Oh fuck off Colbert
>>62930721
Look everyone, a butthurt Conservatard.
>>62930620
>being surprised when your viewers get genuinely mocked rather than unbiased poke fun at everyone for the sake of comedy
>being surprised that a political podium that is only pro-democrat loses its republican viewers
>being angry that "conservatives" don't like a show clearly not aimed at them
Guess if its a retard or shill, who even knows
>>62930312
Conan is also one of the best comedy writers of all time, so that helps
>>62928907
It's true though.
the ratings drop proves it.
Idiotic republicans tuned in expecting a conservative talk show, and got Colbert out of character.
>>62927677
>nypost
talk about propaganda
>NY Post
I'm from NY and I don't even read the Post.
It in its self is fuckin propaganda.
>>62930792
This. He wrote the monorail episode for The Simpsons.
>>62930620
Who watches this shit?
>People who think a "safe space" is appropriate
>People who think minorities can't think for themselves
>People who eat foreign food and then complain about how a costume is "cultural appropriation"
>People who think we should just let Syrians in to the country after a terrorist attack
>çückservatives
I love Colbert's show, his interviews with other comedians like his recent one with Cleese are pretty great. I just think he doesn't know how to talk to powerful people like CEOs, because he's a bit immature.
>>62930773
Wow man, ya got me. Against such a quick-witted opponent I guess I'll have to go back to /pol/ and keep being a misogynistic, bigoted, racist piece of cis scum over there. Fuck.
>>62930797
>Idiotic republicans tuned in expecting a conservative talk show, and got Colbert out of character.
Have you talked to or heard even one person that expected it to be a conservative talk show? Everyone knew he was a liberal already, and even if they somehow didn't, nobody would expect late night tv to be conservative talk, which is pretty much exclusively on radio.
They were just hoping he could be funny for an hour, but like my friend I quoted above he doesn't seem to be capable of doing anything other than "haha look at this person I disagree with aren't they stupid you should laugh now."
>>62930592
>Judging by how upset I am getting
YOU FUCKING YOU NIGGER GO BACK TO /pol/.
Colbert is literally Reddit et persona. John Oliver, Colbert, and Stewart form the trifecta, or Holy Trinity, of all that is Reddit
>>62931047
Actually the terrorists were already living in France at the time :^)
>>62931086
Actually, they'd been let in previously and were planning the attack when that episode aired after an attack in Belgium 11 months before was thwarted :)
>>62931047
>>62931086
Actually, all of the terrorists were Belgian nationals B^)
>>62927782
You sound like butttblasted one. Why do you care that his ratings are no good? >>62927987
>absolutely fails
>highest rated news outlet
>>62931047
Every single terrorist was born in France. Not one is an immigrant. This is what ISIS wants. Homegrown terrorists and then the public blame it on a group who is weak. It furthers their propaganda for recruitment.
>>62930797
>Idiotic republicans tuned in expecting a conservative talk show, and got Colbert out of character.
Is this the new 'George W. Bush is stupid' joke for retarded leftists to spout at each other as if it's witty?
>>62931205
So fucking what? We should still be cautious of Islam and migrants coming from the Middle East as a whole.
>guys we can't hate them...this is what they want!
bull shit. I'm going to hate them all I want. sometimes you have to take a stand and say enough is enough.
>>62931205
Except that one that snuck in with the "refugees"
>>62931086
At least one of them came in with "legitimate" migrants through Greece, maybe two of them.
Don't worry though my liberal friends, France just announced they're going to take at least 30k more migrants even after the Paris attacks.
>>62930522
>he only time he ever got pissed off was at Bill O'Reilly, who was literally calling him an idiot for not having all the super secret info he claimed to.
whats the story behind this
>>62931227
Liberal echo chamber indeed. You can't alienate half of your potential audience without expecting some ratings stall-out.
>>62931047
At least when you tune into Stewart and Oliver, you expect politics and social commentary. Constant SJW banter on the Late Show is just inappropriate.
>>62931233
>we should be cautious of Islam and migrants
If this was the 1930s, this would be your response
>We should be cautious of Jews and migrants.
You're not being cautious, instead it is being scared. So what you're saying is that you're one big giant pussy. Congratulation you're worse than SJWs faggots. You should find a Muslim man and suck him off because you're giving up your freedom for some security. You're the reason why Europe is turning into Sharia zones.
>>62931238
I think he was a French national who was living in Syria.
>>62931205
>Every single terrorist was born in France.
Even if that were true that's just a greater argument for Muslims the fuck out of your country.
>they won't be terrorists, but their children will be!
>>62931195
TBBT is arguably the most popular sitcom right now but would you say it succeeds in comedy?
>>62931278
kek
>>62931346
for keeping Muslims the fuck out of your country*
>>62931171
is that the actual story behind pic? >>62931047
>>62928270
not him but I bet kekservatives would suck Maher dick just because he is a kike
>>62931299
Bill O'Reilly was arguing with Letterman about the former's stance on the war in the Middle East. Letterman tried to explain that the whole thing isn't black and white but O'Reilly kept on demanding a YES or NO answer. Letterman got mad and called him out on his shit.
I'm not a liberal, but Letterman is right on a lot of things since he takes out all of the SJW bullshit that's usually riddled with leftists.
>>62927677
>nypost
>>62931278
Thank god! Taking in 30,000 more?
That's how you fix it! You just keep taking more and more and more and more and more and more and more...and more and more and more until the problem just dilutes itself into smaller outbreaks happening very week
Thank you liberals
That was sarcasm by the way
>>62931334
>If this was the 1930s, this would be your response this is the response I have imagined you to say in my fantasy
Why do you think I'm a Nazi? Just because I don't want Europe becoming some steaming mass of shit?
Even then, do you really think you can compare the two at all?
>instead it is being scared.
First, isn't that the same thing as being cautious? Secondly, your post makes no sense.
What does Islam bring that I need? Why do I need Islam? Why does my democracy need more Islam?
>Ctrl+F 15
>1 of 60 matches
Oh, so it's not just me then, it is in fact 2015 and we HAVEN'T gone back to 1955! I mean come on. people!
>>62931334
The difference is every few months a few Jews didn't get together and decide to commit mass murder on the people that had given them refuge.
If that had happened you can bet your ass any and all jewish immigration into the US would have stopped so fast their Dreidels would spin.
And honestly wouldn't they be happier living somewhere else in the middle east? Instead of coming here and pissing off everybody with 4AM calls to prayer and refusing to integrate and shit, they can live in a similar culture with people like them. If I got kicked out of the US I'd try to move to Canada rather than Saudi Arabia because my day to day life wouldn't change much and I wouldn't have to radically change my way of life to fit in.
>>62931529
It's 2015 and there are still people who remain untrustworthy of a religion known for it's hundreds of extremist sects and also known for caring out mass and advanced levels of terrorism in first world countries!!
Cmon!!! That's racist!!!!
>>62928912
>im a conservative
>>62931278
No dude. They determined that the passport of the migrant left at the Paris shooting was not one of the terrorists, but some other dude. It's speculated that it was left there so countries would start retaliating against immigrants, helping ISIS.
also, >>>>>>/pol/
I think this is evidence of people just getting sick of the constant liberal barrage in general.
>>62931731
You solved the case! You did it Reddit!
Looks like we shouldn't worry about international levels of terrorism anymore from Islams hundreds of extremist sects
also, >>>>/reddit/
>>62928681
How the fuck can anyone support Shillary?
>>62931789
>Looks like we shouldn't worry about international levels of terrorism anymore from Islams hundreds of extremist sects
He didn't say that you moron. He said that ISIS planted that passport to make it look like it was a refugee from Syria. They want you to hate Muslim, so ISIS recruitment can show that the west wants to kill them and they have more death warriors.
https://youtu.be/ig9vI1du458
I'm not sure who's more unfunny
>>62931855
Crashing airplanes into important trade buildings, shooting up music shows......
I can't believe racists in 2015 are still scarred of these things happening!!!!! Why would they be wary of massive hoards of Islamic immigrants!!?
/sarcasm
Seriously though, Colbert is a shit
>>62930569
That article was basically a blatant lie.
They found some elderly fucks out of touch with TV that had never heard of the Colbert report, showed a clip, and the geriatrics were like "Oh, so it's a news program? It looks like a news program. Yeah, whatever, where's muh dentures?", and idiots ate it up when they printed "le conservatives too dumb to know le reddit funnyman is just le funnyman!!!! xD Obama 2012!!!!".
>>62927677
>Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ has become propaganda for Democrats
This is true of nearly all mainstram media these days.
Leftists run media-companies and they aren't interested in hiding their political allegiance.
>>62927677
>Colbert and his liberal guests beam lovingly at each other like a mother and child.
Haha, Jesus Christ.
>>62931914
Colbert is meh. I prefer Conan or Graham Norton.
The next logical step of this deterioration in late night hosts will be to give Amy Schumer a late night program
I miss Letterman
The reason The Colbert Report worked was that he was an object of ridicule. A smug buffoon you can laugh at.
In The Late Show he's trying to be your friend but is still as smug and snarky as his character on CC.
Bill Maher is smug but he's also authentic. He's not trying to be your friend. The same could be said about Jon Stewart - he was more interested in his values rather than appealing to the audience.
Colbert is smug and panders and it's just an awkward product. He needs to be taken out back and shot.
>>62932092
>The same could be said about Jon Stewart - he was more interested in his values rather than appealing to the audience.
He was nothing but a libtard kek pandering to the left in his later years.
He's also an executive producer for Colbert now, which probably explains the current state of the show
>>62932169
Okay. I tuned out from Jon Stewart a little after Obama was elected so I'm not sure how much he changed.
>>62927782
the difference is that conservatives understand the concept of just changing the channel, and not watching. Liberals would be protesting that anyone is able to watch it.
>>62927677
>propaganda for Democrats
What a startling revelation. Let me tell you about how wet water is.
>>62931855
yeah that's liberal propaganda to defend bringing in a bunch of supposed refugees (who left women and children in a warzone) who want to destroy us
Sorry, even the most liberal states are against refugees, it's over before it began kucky
>>62928105
eh i used to like bill maher, but the more i watch the more reason i have to hate him, but he is where most liberals need
It's funny, but is it going to get them off their tractors?
>>62932169
I used to be a fan, but wow was he fucking unbearable to listen to the last few years. We get it, you're a liberal and you don't like Fox News.
>Consequently, according to a Hollywood Reporter poll just released, Colbert has successfully alienated self-described Republicans who see what’s being offered on a nightly basis and exploring or staying with other options. And with the country as polarized as it is, the host is thereby saying goodbye to half his potential audience, which can’t be a sound business model.
>Per The Hollywood Reporter‘s survey of 1000 late-night viewers aged 18-65, only 17 percent of those identified themselves as Republican watch Colbert, while attracting 47 percent of those who identify as Democrats, a 30-point gap. But more liberals watch late-night TV than stuffy, old conservatives, right? Guess again. In Kimmel’s case, the split is 34 percent Democrats, 33 percent Republicans. In Fallon’s case, it’s 36-31 Democrats.
>Why so even-keeled? Because Kimmel and Fallon go through great lengths to be apolitical. To equally mock or simply find other props and topics to use for comedy outside of political humor and (oftentimes in Colbert’s case) commentary on how stupid/awful/inept Republicans are. It’s a smart approach if the goal is to reach as broad as audience as possible, something Colbert never cared to achieve going back to his Comedy Central days and The Colbert Report. In character, out of character… Colbert is Colbert. And that’s fine on Comedy Central, even downright expected. But network TV? Not so much…
Keep your filthy politics out of muh late night
>>62927987
Fox News is great for news coverage, it's their Neocon Israel shills who make the channel look bad. Hannity and O'Reilly are fucking retarded.
On MSNBC you have Melitha Harrith-Perry who told a guest recently not to say they "work hard" because only slaves work hard.
The right has had the majority of retards for a long time, now the left's retard section is growing. History is cyclical.
>>62933043
The US is becoming increasingly liberal after centuries of being conservative. This is why we are seeing more retarded leftists. Eventually they' will be pushed out like the conservatives did to the retarded right wingers. We're just in the beginning stages of the transformation. Next year the election will be decided by millennials. They outnumber boomers and Xers.
>>62933043
The "Fox News is uninformed and bias" meme really does need to stop now. People watch a couple clips of OReilly being a dumbass on youtube and jump right onto the bandwagon. It's like a cancer.
>>62933144
And fucking Glenn Beck who last i heard was telling people we need to let in millions of Syrians.
Hey /tv/ it looks like you guys know a lot about ratings and stuff and behind-the-scenes info. Forgive my stupidity, but I want to ask you a question about something I always wanted to know:
How in the hell did Jimmy Falon get to host the tonight show? I know about the conan/leno fiasco, but why choose Falon to host?
He's extremely unfunny and ruins any joke or skit ever written. His delivery seems bad and he's never been likeable to me. Am I crazy or what? Does his show get amazing ratings? Does the world actually like him and think he's funny? I personally think Jimmy Kimmel is super underrated and pretty funny a lot of the time.
I can accept that I have shit taste if that's the case, I just want to know
>>62933213
People think he's having so much fun because he laughs every 10 seconds. People like watching other people have fun.
>>62933213
Fallon got Conan's job when Conan got Jay's job
Jay lasted a couple years, so Fallon got Jay's job when he left and is now dominating late night.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/15/late-night-ratings-oct-5-9-2015-tonight-show-leads-a-down-week/
like who you like man.
Late night TV is all about getting comfy
His Colbert Report was funny.
But turning a shitty show designed for celebrities to pimp products by telling funny anecdotes into a political platform seems retarded.
There is a reason the most successful shows are hosted by fucking charisma black holes like Fallon and Kimmel.
>>62933127
>there are no more retarded right wingers in the US
do you live in bizarroville
>>62933275
Jimmy Fallon is dominating late night tv ahead of Jimmy Kimmel? That's insane. Thanks for the info
>Michael leaves The Office
>everything goes to shit
>the show gets dumb and boring
>The Office should have just finished when Michael left
What if the writers intended for everything to go to shit?
At some point, you'll work with someone really special, and they will brighten up your day at the workplace. But eventually, those special people have to leave, and the show's over, so to speak.
So what do you do next week? You return to the tedium of the office. And you slowly die inside as the train continues, seemingly going nowhere.
A perfect metaphor for your life in a cubicle.
>>62933213
I genuinely don't understand how Falon exists as a paid entertainer. And this was something that confused me long before they gave him a tonight show.
And it's not even so much a critique of his abilitiy. I just don't understand what it is he's meant to be. He's not an actual comedian. He's not an actual muisician. He's not an actual actor. I 100% do not get what it is he is meamt to be doing. Seriously, watch his stuff on SNL. He never actually delivers jokes or manages to hold characters. I guess it's some sort of anti-performance like Neil Hamburger...like the appeal is that he's incompetent and relatable? Perhaps?
>>62927677
>republicans aren't watching the show
great news
>>62933213
>>62933402
Similar appeal to Leno I guess, he's kinda bland, unopinionated and doesn't offend anyone too much
>>62933388
Not excusing the office for becoming a turd but that does make sense, guy I worked with quit all of a sudden then work became 10x worse.
>>62929800
Also the Fallon show is surprisingly centrist in a pretty refreshing way, especially for late night.
Just check out when he had Mitt Romney on back during the last election cycle. They even got him to slow jam the news with the Roots.
>>62933213
He is tight with Lorne Michaels. Knows lots of celebrities. Is likeable enough for a wide audience. As long as the writers write sketches for Jimmy to ruin its still quite funny, but I don't like his sidekick. He basically got the job because of right of succession.
>>62933402
>Falon exists as a paid entertainer.
Fallon has proven himself to Michael Lorne, SNL and America at large
If you don't "get it", then that's your problem autist
>>62933665
He was the worst SNL cast member since cheri oteri
>>62930573
saved
>>62933213
>How in the hell did Jimmy Falon get to host the tonight show?
Lorne Michaels and Jimmy's past connection to SNL. Lorne has been the producer of the Tonight Show for a while and Late Night since the early 90s. He tapped Conan, a writer for SNL to host Late Night. He picked Seth the take over that job as host. He picked Jimmy for the Tonight Show. Clearly NBC wanted to keep it all in house and it seem to working out for them.
as other have said before Fallon is not a good host in a classic interview etc sort of way. Yet he always looks like he is having fun and the shit they do on the show is near perfect for today's sub 2min "clip" and twitter driven world.
>>62933402
>I genuinely don't understand how Falon exists as a paid entertainer
I think the guy must have charm for days and is just really, really liked by his co-workers so he keeps getting work. After he stopped making films it was right into SNL and coast mode into the Tonight Show kid. Charmed level of right place at the right time.
Not everything is about politics.
The character was just a lot more entertaining than the "real" Stephen Colbert.
>>62927918
He's not playing his character, moron.
>>62931358
shut the fuck up already, you got fucking rekt kid
>>62933665
Has he though?
I can't think of anything Falon has done that anyone liked.
Like...I don't enjoy Adam Sandler films, but they're hits. Falon has never done anything successful.
>>62931920
Hello reddit
>>62934016
>Falon has never done anything successful.
>has number one late night talk show
>never done
I get your point is more about his past track record. Guy has never done anything that stood out in anyway but that's the whole think about hosting a show. You just need to be likable and clearly Jimmy has that right now.
Look at some of the hosts in mid level shows like saved by the bell guy on Extra or that shit stain that does American Idol "hosting" or even Carson Daly. IMO none of those guy have an talent, at all, but clearly people like them. You need to be a likable guy and in the right place at the right time.
>>62934193
makes sense,
I never really thought Leno was terribly funny, and Letterman should have gotten the Tonight show job.
>Colbert is so unremittingly hostile to Republicans
He's like that to all guests. He always makes jokes about about them and cuts them off, he's the exact opposite of Fallon.
>>62927920
>>62928175
>being so delusional you don't even realize you're a conservatard.
>>62931047
Is that an actual dead people? What the fuck, /tv/. Don't post that shit here. My little daughter goes on this site.
>>62927918
sounds like someone hasn't seen either of his shows?
>>62927782
the point is dave was politically neutral and appealed to older people
that's the only ones watching these shows anyways
young people arn't watching them except for if a clip shows up on their facebook feed
>>62934193
You could replace him with literally anyone and the show would be a success. The hosts of those shows are irrelevant. It's like saying Star Wars will be a hit because of John Boyega.
>>62931047
Nope, it's Fallon, Oliver, Kimmel.
>>62927782
Yeah how unreasonable of them to tune into a late night show and expect it to be politically neutral, like the vast majority of tv.
>>62927987
>Colbert is first and foremost a politically-charged comedy show
But you see that's just the problem, the Colbert Report (his old show) was a politically-charged comedy show, his current show however isn't, it's a late night show. People don't tune into those because they want their political beliefs challenged/confirmed, they tune in because they want to be entertained.
>>62928080
>>62928338
>Tough Crowd has been off for a decade
>The Daily Shill is still going
Only in America and Israel will a tv show lose viewers because of the political beliefs of the audience.
>>62938020
its annoying as fuck when its shoved in your face senpai.
>>62930620
>Conservatives are a large demographic?
Who won the last congressional elections shit for brains?
>>62930797
>Idiotic republicans tuned in expecting a conservative talk show
>a conservative talk show
Or maybe they just wanted a regular talk show? Is it not possible to have non-partisan entertainment now?
go away /pol/
>>62938020
people don't like being preached to when they're trying to have a beer and relax and watch a late night show.
"Nights With Tim" when
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTJeDw4hqqY
>>62927677
wasn't Letterman flagrantly liberal when he hosted it?
didn't watch the show myself but it was well known he had a very left-leaning bias
>>62928270
/pol/ has regularly viewing threads. It's mostly making fun of the stupid shit he says but it's not always disagreement.
Conservatives are ironically the most open minded people there are. You can't argue with a progressive without them attacking your character in some way and shutting you down by calling you a racist or bigot and things like that. Conservatives will at least engage in a dialogue.
>>62936532
>You could replace him with literally anyone and the show would be a success
Well I guess that would be true if one just over looked almost 50+ years of past tv and radio programming. With all the different hosts changes that have come and gone in that time frame. 100s and 100s of game shows, talk shows, news anchors, day time talk shows, prime time news talk shows, cable news shows, radio talk shows and just radio DJ over all in 100s of different markets.
NONE of those shows or programs have been effected by the host. The host plays no role in the success of failure of any given project.
Sure. why not.
>>62938643
On Cinema shows how retarded T&E was, everytime it seems like it's going to get funny they start making dumb faces and sounds, meanwhile Tim and Gregg have actual funny and awkward interactions that actually go somewhere.
>>62927677
bring back chevy chase
The problem is that Colbert's "new" show is just like his old one, except he's just dropped the caricature of Republicans.
>>62927677
WOW COLBERT IS LEFT WING? WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN????
>>62939000
WOW COLBERT'S LEFT WING, LOW CONTENT, LOW EFFORT MATERIAL IS FAILING ON NETWORK TV? EVERYONE ACTUALLY DID PREDICT THIS.
>>62938942
the problem (for colbert's ratings) is he's not on Comedy Central where the audience was males age 10 - 25
>>62927826
>Always good to get an objective, unbiased opinion from the NY Post
>being on a Lower Manhattan Patrick Bateman dubs fan board
>not fucking the times and reading the post
It's Kimmel time
>>62927782
I think the main issue is that when Colbert was comically right minded it actually portrayed a centrist view. The current Colbert is just a leftist vacuum. I'm not from America but that is how I always perceived it.
>>62939108
No, that's really not why. Colbert's CC show was legitimately much better.
the new show is basically his CC show but stretched thin to 1 hour, without his funny character, and without any funny jokes
>>62939206
well, that's a nice opinion you have formulated, but most people don't really care that much about the "nuances" of Stephen Colbert's material. He could do the best comedy central show 5 nights a week and it would fail miserably on any network at that time slot because... it's when adults watch tv.
>>62928388
Yeah like that time he said that white people dying didn't matter because they were white and that they should check their privilege. Leno was on the episode IIRC.
>>62939197
>centrist
You taught me a word today anon. Thanks for educating my dumb ass.
>>62939423
That's ok I learnt that about post-colonial nativism can actually be reasonable to a centrist view point today.
>>62939467
do you think centrist is different from moderate?
I loved Colberts character but I always hated when the writing made the opinion too obvious. The great thing about his character were those moments where you couldn't guess if he was being a parody or being a parody of his parody.
>>62927677
>Colbert does a joke
>it's chuckle worthy
>AUDIENCE FUCKING CLAPS LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW
>you can see it in his face he didn't thought it was that funny
>continues with another joke
>repeat
It's fucking unbearable
>this was published in the nypost
wow maybe there's still hope
>late night talk show host is failing because only rekeks are backwards enough to watch broadcast television
wow
>>62939232
I disagree, I think that the primary reason is that he built magic tower with colbert report.
Daily Show lead into it, so you had a good serious warm up comedy with the shitty side actors then you get a reverse for the next half hour. He did a character, and that character surpassed him because of what it was from the start, a brilliant parody that they stoked the fires of for many years.
Ratings be damned. He threw off the superman cape when he took up his late show spot, and he can never take it up again. He needs to evolve and thats going to take time. He get a new cape, but its going to take awhile.
His ratings are way up over Letterman, get better demographics and it's likely cheaper. They're disappointing but who gives a shit? Up is up.
Fallon's ratings are insanely good.
>>62927987
>"It's okay that the daily show and the colbert report are hugely biased shows, they're comedy!"
>liberals continue to get all of their news from those two shows
If you brag about how people who watch the Daily Show and Colbert Report are more informed about news while still saying that they're not REALLY journalists because satire, you HAVE to be an idiot.
