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why did networks pay late night hosts so much?

they were paying these guys $20,000,000k a year just for the...
FAFO Schwarz
  09/17/25
u mad? they're millionaires for life and Charlie Kirk i...
"""'"'"""''
  09/17/25
The shows were like football ie loss leaders that they use t...
.....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,;
  09/17/25
right. but at this point the networks have collectively, ove...
FAFO Schwarz
  09/17/25
Carson was a huge cash cow. I saw one JRE episode had more v...
gibberish (?)
  09/17/25
Mostly because, back in the day, the hosts could jump ship t...
Jane Goodall of Asian Pussy
  09/17/25


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Date: September 17th, 2025 7:43 PM
Author: FAFO Schwarz

they were paying these guys $20,000,000k a year just for the privilege of losing a few tens of millions more. i’m sure they could find someone who could do just as well (or better) for $1,000,000k a year. and there’s no way any significant number of people were tuning in out of some allegiance to “jimmy kimmel” or “stephen colbert.” how did this go on so long?

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Date: September 17th, 2025 7:56 PM
Author: """'"'"""''

u mad?

they're millionaires for life and Charlie Kirk is dead

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Date: September 17th, 2025 7:54 PM
Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,;


The shows were like football ie loss leaders that they use to promote their other properties. It’s obviously a concept that only really made sense in the world of 4 TV channels and only barely made sense after cable was widely adopted. Today there are like 50 podcasts that perform the same function more effectively and for like .0001% of the cost.

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Date: September 17th, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: FAFO Schwarz

right. but at this point the networks have collectively, over the last decade, set aflame hundreds of millions of dollars on bloated salaries alone. are these hollywood boomers really just that retarded and disconnected from any personal or professional need to perform?

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Date: September 17th, 2025 8:11 PM
Author: gibberish (?)

Carson was a huge cash cow. I saw one JRE episode had more views than all of the late night shows for the entire month combined.

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Date: September 17th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: Jane Goodall of Asian Pussy

Mostly because, back in the day, the hosts could jump ship to a competing network and take most of their audience with them. Also so (((they))) could have complete control of when the hosts say.

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