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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 ...
Razzle hospital electric furnace
  07/18/25
(((Hollywood accounting)))
Fragrant stag film organic girlfriend
  07/18/25
the $100 million doesnt even include his salary they prob...
Gay Telephone
  07/18/25
Prime time slot advertising and it is a daily show, so $60m ...
Aqua up-to-no-good jap senate
  07/20/25
this is just JEW BS accounting numbers, it wldnt have lasted...
deep diverse tanning salon ladyboy
  07/18/25
Lots of really expensive production stuff too but the real s...
Talented Fighting Ticket Booth
  07/18/25
they actually film in the basement of a pizza parlour where ...
deep diverse tanning salon ladyboy
  07/18/25
...
Amethyst Principal's Office Fanboi
  07/20/25
this is so retarded and juvenile. you should really kys bro ...
Mind-boggling doctorate
  07/21/25
Are they burning stacks of 100s for heat?
Lilac twinkling uncleanness giraffe
  07/18/25
The rumor is a good portion of their revenue was from USAID ...
Titillating theater
  07/18/25
He’s essentially sitting at a desk talking to people. ...
insane irradiated associate
  07/19/25
OP made those numbers up but I'm too lazy to verify this on ...
Multi-colored brindle locus
  07/19/25
Hollywood Reporter says Colbert's average viewer is 68 years...
laughsome rigpig box office
  07/20/25
He was winning the gen
Big snowy deer antler
  07/20/25
decades ago, Carson was bringing in $23 million, which was 1...
laughsome rigpig box office
  07/20/25
Yet libs claim he got canned due to Trump cancel culture. Lo...
charcoal electric place of business
  07/20/25
you're out of your depth, Donnie. Just go enjoy your vacati...
Mind-boggling doctorate
  07/21/25
hollywood accounting those numbers are bogus; i'm sure it w...
kink-friendly frum abode party of the first part
  07/20/25
lol
Bull headed 180 casino
  07/20/25
do you ever look into how media corps and studios actually b...
kink-friendly frum abode party of the first part
  07/20/25
Stop being a moron. Paramount is publicly traded and Loses t...
Big snowy deer antler
  07/20/25
they're not dumb. they're just willing to lose millions upon...
Bull headed 180 casino
  07/21/25
Still, The Late Show has long carried a headcount of more th...
Abusive sienna sandwich menage
  07/21/25
lol. not to mention Colbert's scintillating guest list: Ada...
laughsome rigpig box office
  07/21/25


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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:57 PM
Author: Razzle hospital electric furnace

how is that even possible

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113406)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: Fragrant stag film organic girlfriend

(((Hollywood accounting)))

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113423)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:08 PM
Author: Gay Telephone

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113426)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:02 PM
Author: Aqua up-to-no-good jap senate

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116714)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: deep diverse tanning salon ladyboy

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113431)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: Talented Fighting Ticket Booth

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113437)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:38 PM
Author: deep diverse tanning salon ladyboy

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!



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113466)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Amethyst Principal's Office Fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116764)



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Date: July 21st, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Mind-boggling doctorate

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: Lilac twinkling uncleanness giraffe

Are they burning stacks of 100s for heat?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113441)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:30 PM
Author: Titillating theater

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113452)



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Date: July 19th, 2025 1:51 AM
Author: insane irradiated associate

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49113731)



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Date: July 19th, 2025 2:06 AM
Author: Multi-colored brindle locus

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: laughsome rigpig box office

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: Big snowy deer antler

He was winning the gen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116786)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: laughsome rigpig box office

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116710)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: charcoal electric place of business

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116711)



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Date: July 21st, 2025 1:57 PM
Author: Mind-boggling doctorate

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: kink-friendly frum abode party of the first part

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116716)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:07 PM
Author: Bull headed 180 casino

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116722)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: kink-friendly frum abode party of the first part

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116777)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Big snowy deer antler

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49116791)



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Date: July 21st, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: Bull headed 180 casino

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49119088)



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Date: July 21st, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: Abusive sienna sandwich menage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752114&forum_id=2#49119135)



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Date: July 21st, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: laughsome rigpig box office

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)