Is it possible to think that late-night shows in general are on their way out? Ratings are tough because of competing platforms, these shows are expensive to produce, and the FCC shouldn't be used as a political arm to censor speech, the FCC very likely overstepped here.
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There was a nonzero chance this was used as a convenient excuse to suspend a late-night host as a way to bring publicity and help promote the next person who would replace this host.
Asking for a friend, because apparently whenever this is asked, the first thing that comes up are analogies comparing this supposedly "gross" question to something about Charlie Kirk's murder. Smh. We are so cooked in terms of being able to debate stuff.
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Most mainstream late night TV is horrendous and unwatchable. I can’t imagine that being my nightly form of entertainment.
It serves a need: agenda driver, water cooler talking point trainer, ingroup validation via snark.
Don't stop at Jimmy. Cancel the entire MSM.
Well not sure all of what MSM does, but specifically for TV late night that is also available over the airways (FCC stuff). We probably won't have to, streaming services and internet content will kill these things naturally. The question will be what will be the purported reason. Easy to blame externalities that are out of the hand of the decision maker.
As the older generation passes on it will go away. I'm just on the verge between Gen X and millennial. I've never had a paid TV service in my house, and I can't remember the last time I watched broadcast TV, even at a friend's house, because they don't either.
