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    Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman on the Late Show

    No clue what CBS was thinking here. I don't think Colbert's style and his satirical ways will work on CBS. His show is more of a mockery and its gonna be a difficult transaction to make to a late night show. Not sure why CBS just didn't bump up Craig Ferguson from the 12:35 slot as he already has a fan base and his show has alot of potential.

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    still can't keep your word easy you pathetic attention whore
    http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-ta...lay-loses.html

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    Hmm. I don't know about that.

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    not a fan

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    Shoulda gave it to Conan so he could exact some revenge on The Tonight Show for that whole Leno/Coco debacle. It would have made for one helluva ratings war between CBS and NBC.

    Outside of that scenario, I agree Craig Ferguson seemed like a better option than Colbert. I think Colbert is capable of hosting The Late Show, but he'll have to make an adjustment in his overall persona. He's going to be interviewing A-listers now, and won't be inhabiting the niche of political comedy, so he'll have to be a bit more gregarious and tone down the sarcasm.

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    He's not doing the show in character.
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    Gonna be difficult to take him seriously but he will get plenty of young people who love him to tune in.

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    sucks

    There is a tiny chance this will be better than The Colbert Report.
    That show is pretty close to perfect.

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    Andy the only one who gets it. His persona on The Colbert Report is an act, he's not bringing that act to Late show. He's actually a very mild-mannered guy, the perfect fit.

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    The late night talk show era is dead.

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    I hope some guests come on there and play a bleeding heart liberal character as he tries to interview them

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    A combination of what you guys said. He won't be in character, and networks know that their fan base is getting too old and will die someday, so get the kids on board with a show kids haven't watched in ages.

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    The show truly sucks.

    The Colbert Show was amazing. His late night show is not even funny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inkwell77 View Post
    The show truly sucks.

    The Colbert Show was amazing. His late night show is not even funny.
    Yeah I gave up on it fairly quickly. I wonder what happened...maybe having a show that size has too many cooks in the kitchen. Not sure but it's totally ass now

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    Letterman was the GOAT

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shute View Post
    Letterman OHNNY CARSON was the GOAT
    fixed it for ya

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    Way to bump a thread from 4 yeas ago.
    You guys are freak'in nuts! Colbert rules! Yeah, he's no David Letterman, but taking the place of one of the greatest guys ever in late night was no easy task. I think Stephen has really come a long way from his nights on the Daily Show and really put his own style on the Late Show.

    His kills it reading dumb fuk Trump's ridiculous tweets and slamming that douche bag in a fuk'in hilarious monologue every night! And the chick on there he has playing Melania is a dead ringer and funny as shit! I guess if you're on the far right, you probably do hate him, but there's no denying he connects with his comedy and gets us to laugh at all the stupid political idiots out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shari91 View Post
    Yeah I gave up on it fairly quickly. I wonder what happened...maybe having a show that size has too many cooks in the kitchen. Not sure but it's totally ass now
    Quote Originally Posted by mikejamm View Post
    Way to bump a thread from 4 yeas ago.
    You guys are freak'in nuts! Colbert rules! Yeah, he's no David Letterman, but taking the place of one of the greatest guys ever in late night was no easy task. I think Stephen has really come a long way from his nights on the Daily Show and really put his own style on the Late Show.

    His kills it reading dumb fuk Trump's ridiculous tweets and slamming that douche bag in a fuk'in hilarious monologue every night! And the chick on there he has playing Melania is a dead ringer and funny as shit! I guess if you're on the far right, you probably do hate him, but there's no denying he connects with his comedy and gets us to laugh at all the stupid political idiots out there.
    He jumped ahead of Fallon ratings-wise from what I heard.

    Numbers are down, but people have a zillion more choices now, so it's hard to say if the numbers he does have are impressive or not.

    But sorry Mike, Colbert went hard left with everyone else right at that magical time when they all decided to do it at once. Everyone on the right, regardless of how far, and a lot of people in the middle just don't feel like watching blatant political bias with their late night entertainment.

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    i keep hoping some one will go in with auto weapons and take this f'ing scum bag mother out and his whole scumbag clapping seal audience - that would truly be making america great

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inkwell77 View Post
    The show truly sucks.

    The Colbert Show was amazing. His late night show is not even funny.
    Little did the idiots know he was smashing on them the whole time.

    I miss it though. It's like he just "had" to take the night show because of some perceived ladder he's climbing

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    Isn't he the one that looks like a rat has been gnawing on his ear? Very distracting

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    He couldn't replace a used tampon let alone ANY prior night time host.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dogkatcher View Post
    He couldn't replace a used tampon let alone ANY prior night time host.
    True

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    Quote Originally Posted by thechaoz View Post
    Little did the idiots know he was smashing on them the whole time.

    I miss it though. It's like he just "had" to take the night show because of some perceived ladder he's climbing
    Yeah, I get wanting to go up or whatever (and he may have been tired of playing the character), but it has to eat at him a little that this is not as funny.

    The interviews used to be amazing because of the point of view he was trying to portray, and the subjects had a singular point/product they were trying to convey usually. On the new show it is just run of the mill interviews.
    Now he is just some normal comedian trying to make jokes, which is fine, but I miss the laughs and humor of the old show.

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