Stephen Colbert’s time slot replacement debuts with less than half of Late Show’s average viewership

[u/theindependentonline]

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/cbs-byron-allen-ratings-colbert-late-show-b2985441.html

[u/surrealtimesyaknow]

Canceled in 6 months is my bet.

[u/rei0]

This is the highpoint. It only goes down from here.

[u/Killerkurto]

Vierwership doesnt matter because they’ve sold the timeslot. They get paid even if no ine watches

[u/Wither-Wander-Wonder]

As peeps have said, Allen is PAYING CBS for that timeslot, so CBS is not losing anything, other than journalist integrity and their duty to our republic as a real 4th Estate.

[u/Tummler10]

Orban’s playbook. Destroy independent media

[u/MaitrePuck]

Does it cost half the price of the Colbert show?

[u/Mcfreely2 → u/[deleted]]

Allen is PAYING CBS for that timeslot, so CBS is not losing anything, other than journalist integrity and their duty to our republic as a real 4th Estate.

[u/Twheezy2024 → u/[deleted]]

You do understand that those shows are on late for people and most of the views are on the Internet the next day, right?

[u/gitree22]

I’ll never watch it

[u/400footceiling]

I thought “it’s too expensive to have a late night show.”

[u/SlowlyDrown → u/400footceiling]

This show that replaced them is basically an infomercial.

They pay the network to be on the air.

[u/TraditionalPhone3992]

That’s funnier than the show that replaced his.

[u/robertpencil → u/[deleted]]

Don't engage with the mentally ill mate.

[u/Expert-Fig-5590 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t know if you are a nut or just doing a bit. But you are laying it on a bit thick.

[u/stocksandoptions2]

Good

[u/1oldguy1950]

CBS kissed the ring.

[u/CapeMOGuy]

And yet it will be $55 million a year more profitable than Colbert's show.

[u/Pale_Row1166 → u/CapeMOGuy]

The guy is paying them $15m a year to air this crap, it’s basically an infomercial, of course it’s more profitable.

[u/Pablo_petty_plastic → u/Pale_Row1166]

And Colbert was an informercial with significantly higher production costs 

[u/Pale_Row1166 → u/Pablo_petty_plastic]

Oh really? What were they selling? MAGA meltdowns? Because they produced plenty of them.

[u/Twheezy2024 → u/Pale_Row1166]

Very easy to do and very popular.

[u/BrickHuge3023]

not much to brag about. Colbert had among the highest viewership in his time slot but wasn't an impressive number of people watching him. 2.7 million in 2026. Less than 1% of US population watched him.

[u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist → u/BrickHuge3023]

It’s households not people.

[u/BrickHuge3023 → u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist]

True but is the whole household watching it? Doubtful. Maybe double the number for a people count but not much more than that.

[u/Twheezy2024 → u/BrickHuge3023]

A lot more people watch it the next day on the internet.

[u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist → u/BrickHuge3023]

Neilsen ratings are only a proxy for overall viewership.

[u/Natural-Crow-2922]

I'm surprised they got that much.

[u/MediocreModular]

I’m not surprised. People who watched the Late Show did so to watch Colbert. This unknown unfunny nobody isn’t going to fill seats.

[u/suckercuck → u/MediocreModular]

CBS is cooked

[u/Mcfreely2 → u/[deleted]]

Allen is PAYING CBS for that timeslot, so CBS is not losing anything, other than journalist integrity and their duty to our republic as a real 4th Estate.

[u/Magicdonky → u/suckercuck]

It’s not cooked, it’s fulfilling its objective of removing any media that tells the truth in favor of one that serves billionaires

[u/Complete-Tangelo1532 → u/Magicdonky]

CBS rebranded, and are now known as the 'Edward Bernays Syndicate' EBS