A lot of folks online are expressing their displeasure with the announcement that Stephen Colbert's show will end next May. Many of them say they've canceled their subscriptions to Paramount-Plus and I'm curious if they have some other way of watching The Late Show for the next ten months. It would certainly make CBS's decision to drop that show look less outrageous if Colbert's ratings went down a lot.
And a lot of them are telling me it's insane to think that the decision was not because for political reasons or for the appeasement of that guy in the White House. I'm not saying for sure it wasn't but, first of all, I'd like to hear what Jon Stewart thinks. And secondly, it has been my experience that when TV networks make some big decision — and giving up an entire daypart and axing one of their most popular and critically-acclaimed programs sure counts as a big decision, there are usually several reasons.
My mind can certainly be changed about this but I don't think the "it's not political" assertion is impossible.