These two photos, above, were taken the same day, Tuesday, September 30, in the United States. Two sets of men shaking hands. Both photos staged before live audiences ansd television cameras. The top shot records Stephen Colbert’s visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live, which is on the road in Brooklyn, NY. for a week of episodes
CBS says their decision to shut down The Late Show with Stephen Colbert next May is a financial one. It is, but perhaps not for the reasons they suggest. True, late night talk shows are not the oil wells they were back when Johnny Carson and David Letterman ended the night for millions of viewers.
Here are the headlines: three days after CBS’s parent company Paramount paid $16 million to settle a Trumped up, meritless 60 Minutes dispute with the US president; hours after a bill passed yanking a billion dollars in funding from PBS and NPR; CBS announced that Stephen Colbert will be silenced at CBS. Colbert mocked Trump
This has been going on for months now, half a year at least. Every time Donald Trump burps out another middle-of-the-night tweet or lurches into another Oval offside about Canada becoming the “51st State,” the fiercest pushback comes during the opening monologues of at least half a dozen US late night talk shows. The folks
I have to thank the folks at LateNighter for a cool assignment — explaining and providing a Canadian point of view on the impact of Mike Myers’ “elbow’s up” rallying cry on Saturday Night Live. You can read the full story here. As the credits started to roll, Myers flashed the double-secret “elbows-to-action” signal at
It has been true for too many years: Canadians only think you’ve made it when you appear on American television. Take this Friday night on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. The comedian will start his show — now in its 23rd season — with a one-on-one interview with Liberal Prime Minister of Canada candidate
Ever since the US presidential election in November, news viewership has taken a hit. Ratings data reveals that primetime viewership for MSNBC is down 54 per cent. On The Late Show Tuesday, talk show host Stephen Colbert pointed out that the news burnout goes way beyond one network. He referred to a poll which suggests
What do you do when your party is 17 points back in the polls and the Opposition Party has promised within days to call for a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons? If you are Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, you go on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Trudeau, who was in New York