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Colbert's show costs 100 million a year to produce, loses about 40 million

how is that even possible it's a talk show and he makes ...
Red site mad-dog skullcap
  07/18/25
(((Hollywood accounting)))
trip psychic
  07/18/25
the $100 million doesnt even include his salary they prob...
maroon den knife
  07/18/25
Prime time slot advertising and it is a daily show, so $60m ...
mustard bisexual market
  07/20/25
this is just JEW BS accounting numbers, it wldnt have lasted...
topaz frozen sanctuary
  07/18/25
Lots of really expensive production stuff too but the real s...
Honey-headed Personal Credit Line Orchestra Pit
  07/18/25
they actually film in the basement of a pizza parlour where ...
topaz frozen sanctuary
  07/18/25
...
Amber range fortuitous meteor
  07/20/25
this is so retarded and juvenile. you should really kys bro ...
Fragrant demanding becky area
  07/21/25
Are they burning stacks of 100s for heat?
Cerise spectacular school boistinker
  07/18/25
The rumor is a good portion of their revenue was from USAID ...
Marvelous Potus Senate
  07/18/25
He’s essentially sitting at a desk talking to people. ...
Mentally impaired mauve base partner
  07/19/25
OP made those numbers up but I'm too lazy to verify this on ...
Turquoise nudist ticket booth messiness
  07/19/25
Hollywood Reporter says Colbert's average viewer is 68 years...
rough-skinned crawly gaping
  07/20/25
He was winning the gen
dashing navy point faggot firefighter
  07/20/25
decades ago, Carson was bringing in $23 million, which was 1...
rough-skinned crawly gaping
  07/20/25
Yet libs claim he got canned due to Trump cancel culture. Lo...
slimy whorehouse
  07/20/25
you're out of your depth, Donnie. Just go enjoy your vacati...
Fragrant demanding becky area
  07/21/25
hollywood accounting those numbers are bogus; i'm sure it w...
umber masturbator rigpig
  07/20/25
lol
Glittery mother
  07/20/25
do you ever look into how media corps and studios actually b...
umber masturbator rigpig
  07/20/25
Stop being a moron. Paramount is publicly traded and Loses t...
dashing navy point faggot firefighter
  07/20/25
they're not dumb. they're just willing to lose millions upon...
Glittery mother
  07/21/25
Still, The Late Show has long carried a headcount of more th...
Racy circlehead
  07/21/25
lol. not to mention Colbert's scintillating guest list: Ada...
rough-skinned crawly gaping
  07/21/25


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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:57 PM
Author: Red site mad-dog skullcap

how is that even possible

it's a talk show and he makes like 15-20 million

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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: trip psychic

(((Hollywood accounting)))

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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:08 PM
Author: maroon den knife

the $100 million doesnt even include his salary

they probably dont pay most bands or guests either and just offer "free exposure" for their new album/movie

i think the bigger surprise is that it somehow generates $60M

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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:02 PM
Author: mustard bisexual market

Prime time slot advertising and it is a daily show, so $60m makes sense.

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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: topaz frozen sanctuary

this is just JEW BS accounting numbers, it wldnt have lasted for years if the kikes were losing that much of course they leak some fake fraud number so retarded goys eat it up, they were paying him 20m, so 80m for what? some writers and shit?

and only generated 40m in revenue? wtf is this shit it prob makes way more in ads

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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: Honey-headed Personal Credit Line Orchestra Pit

Lots of really expensive production stuff too but the real scam of it is that they’re using political money from various sources including USAID to fund this as a propaganda platform. Lots of stuff where the math doesn’t make sense is paid for the same way

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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:38 PM
Author: topaz frozen sanctuary

they actually film in the basement of a pizza parlour where hilary clinton personally raped eritrean migrant boys while obama watches. its all so insane!



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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Amber range fortuitous meteor



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Date: July 21st, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Fragrant demanding becky area

this is so retarded and juvenile. you should really kys bro you fucking maga conspiracist hick. how did you people find this place?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2).#49119123)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:22 PM
Author: Cerise spectacular school boistinker

Are they burning stacks of 100s for heat?

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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:30 PM
Author: Marvelous Potus Senate

The rumor is a good portion of their revenue was from USAID too

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Date: July 19th, 2025 1:51 AM
Author: Mentally impaired mauve base partner

He’s essentially sitting at a desk talking to people. Podcasters do that with $0 budgets all the time.

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Date: July 19th, 2025 2:06 AM
Author: Turquoise nudist ticket booth messiness

OP made those numbers up but I'm too lazy to verify this on google

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2).#49113738)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: rough-skinned crawly gaping

Hollywood Reporter says Colbert's average viewer is 68 years old. jfc.

https://x.com/SonofHas/status/1946729639789134278

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stephen-colbert-late-show-ends-future-1236319676/

losing $40m a year and a decrepit boomer lib audience. the only wonder is why CBS kept him around so long.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2).#49116707)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: dashing navy point faggot firefighter

He was winning the gen

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Date: July 20th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: rough-skinned crawly gaping

decades ago, Carson was bringing in $23 million, which was 17% of NBC's total profits.

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NYT:

Johnny Carson is believed to be a profit center unto himself at the broadcasting subsidiary of the RCA Corporation. According to industry analysts “The Tonight Show” is estimated to account for 17 percent, or $23 million, of the pretax profits of the National Broadcasting Company. Last year NBC earned $122.1 million.

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Carson didn't lose $40 million and whine about it.

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Date: July 20th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: slimy whorehouse

Yet libs claim he got canned due to Trump cancel culture. Lol at libs

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Date: July 21st, 2025 1:57 PM
Author: Fragrant demanding becky area

you're out of your depth, Donnie. Just go enjoy your vacation bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2).#49119130)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: umber masturbator rigpig

hollywood accounting

those numbers are bogus; i'm sure it was quite profitable. it hasn't been funny in years but the market for him and jon stewart is massive

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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:07 PM
Author: Glittery mother

lol

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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: umber masturbator rigpig

do you ever look into how media corps and studios actually budget and profit off of television shows and films

the guys running these companies aren't dumb

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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: dashing navy point faggot firefighter

Stop being a moron. Paramount is publicly traded and Loses tons of money. The "hollywood accounting" thing applies to Films moreso than TV and is done to screw Losers out of back-end and such. They can Allocate the cost of the boomer VP and their endless marketing budgets to whatever Film they feel like and make it look like it bombed or vice-versa.

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Date: July 21st, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: Glittery mother

they're not dumb. they're just willing to lose millions upon millions of $ to spread commie bullshit

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Date: July 21st, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: Racy circlehead

Still, The Late Show has long carried a headcount of more than 200 employees. Many of them are likely quite long-tenured, protected by unions or by office politics. My experience with ABC News suggests that most of them are dedicated and highly skilled professionals, but some are also coasting, and the pay scale might not have much to do with their contribution to the bottom line. It’s not hard to imagine that they’re making an average of something like $250K per year per person, counting benefit packages, which are often generous at the big media brands.

Take 200 x $250K … that’s $50 million. On top of that, Colbert was reportedly making between $15 and $20 million a year. If Paramount was then allocating some costs to the Late Show for a dedicated studio on a prime block in Midtown, equipment for a show with a pristine production values, plus travel and accommodation for guests — considerably nicer, in my experience, than for your typical late-afternoon TV hit — you could easily approach the nine figures.

And until recently, CBS executives might not have been motivated to scrutinize the budget since the show was making money. But The Late Show’s ad revenues reportedly plunged from $121 million in 2018 to $70 million last year amidst declining ratings: about 2.1 million per episode in June, down from 3.1 million at the peak, less than 200K of whom were “in the demo”, meaning the 18-to-49 years olds that advertisers covet.

https://www.natesilver.net/p/why-colbert-got-canceled

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Date: July 21st, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: rough-skinned crawly gaping

lol.

not to mention Colbert's scintillating guest list: Adam Schiff, Stacey Abrams, Liz Warren ... zzzzzzz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2).#49119261)