By L. Matthew Meyers
It’s the money. It’s always the money. That, to quote David Mamet’s “Heist,” is why it’s called money.
Skydance wants to buy Paramount. Before the ink’s even dry, Trump sues Paramount for screwing with a Harris interview on CBS News. Case settles. Sixteen million. Colbert gets canned three days later. The Left loses its mind. “They’re coming for our comedy.”
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No. They’re not.
A buyout means cuts. It means consolidation. It means blood on the floor. It’s how it works. Always has. Always will. You don’t need a shadowy motive when the ledger’s bleeding.
Colbert’s show was hemorrhaging cash to the tune of forty million a year. The show cost a hundred and thirty. He took home twenty while sitting in a chair and sneering. Ratings slid 15%. Nobody’s laughing. Worse, nobody’s watching. 2.4 million viewers doesn’t cut it anymore in late-night, not with that cost structure.