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For Late Night’s Trump Critics, the Escape Routes Are Vanishing

Some of the host mentioned here have to deal with the WB-Paramout deal. I don't know how long will Jon Stewart, John Oliver and Bill Maher will keep their positions until Paramount makes the final decision for these hosts. Or expect Chairman Carr, Bari Weiss and David Ellison to make a scene on everything about the hosts mentioned in this article.

David Letterman post Late Show did specials on Netflix but
 
The timing of all this couldn't be better. When Conan O'Brien left NBC's Tonight Show in 2009, his best option was TBS. He did that for 11 years before that show ended. What would Conan do now? It just so happens that he is advising Stephen Colbert:

www.usmagazine.com

Stephen Colbert Says Conan O’Brien Told Him to Quit Late Night Show ‘For Years’

Stephen Colbert is revealing that Conan O'Brien told him to quit 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' for years
www.usmagazine.com www.usmagazine.com

Yes, the big networks are becoming more controlled. Either by trumpy owners or the FCC. That's too bad, but it's happening as those big networks are experiencing huge audience losses. Where are those audiences going? Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon, and other streaming sites. These are places that offer top talent more creative freedom, and the potential for more money. So cry not for today's late night TV hosts. They will be in high demand when they leave, and will be able to continue to reach large audiences as long as they want.
 
OK in David Letterman case after left the Late Show he went on to do specials on Netflix. But the issue here is its impossible for the current hosts to do a daily late show without talking about the latest on the White House given their rants. Also those shows have to deal with political interference and FCC threats we saw this with Jimmy Kimmel, The View , Seth Meyers had to deal with their Los Angeles and New York affiliates licenses being challenged by Chairman Carr in those cases.
 
TheBigA said:
The timing of all this couldn't be better. When Conan O'Brien left NBC's Tonight Show in 2009, his best option was TBS. He did that for 11 years before that show ended. What would Conan do now? It just so happens that he is advising Stephen Colbert:

www.usmagazine.com

Stephen Colbert Says Conan O’Brien Told Him to Quit Late Night Show ‘For Years’

Stephen Colbert is revealing that Conan O'Brien told him to quit 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' for years
www.usmagazine.com www.usmagazine.com

Yes, the big networks are becoming more controlled. Either by trumpy owners or the FCC. That's too bad, but it's happening as those big networks are experiencing huge audience losses. Where are those audiences going? Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon, and other streaming sites. These are places that offer top talent more creative freedom, and the potential for more money. So cry not for today's late night TV hosts. They will be in high demand when they leave, and will be able to continue to reach large audiences as long as they want.
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Conan was outta ideas, but topical humor doesn't work for building content that can be watched in 5 years, hasn't worked for reruns in syndication like Murphy Brown that lasted years on network prime time but flopped in the syndication market
 
How many podcasts are on Trump's radar? His targets are mainly on linear TV and how much control does the FCC over the podcast market
 
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How many podcasts are on Trump's radar? He's targets are mainly on linear TV and how much control does the FCC over the podcast market
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The FCC has zero control over podcasting. They also have no control over streaming. As I said, there's a big world out there beyond traditional media. And the audience for it, when you look at people between the ages of 25 to 54, pretty big.
 
TheBigA said:
The FCC has zero control over podcasting. They also have no control over streaming. As I said, there's a big world out there beyond traditional media. And the audience for it, when you look at people between the ages of 25 to 54, pretty big.
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so Trump thinks people still watch late night TV like they watched Johnny Carson? did any president ever have the power to get Carson cancelled or claim it?
 
TheBigA said:
Ask Joe Rogan. He makes $100K per episode. Dan Bongino quit his job at the FBI to return to his podcast.
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Yes they do. They are genuine podcast talents who know how to drive content and ad dollars.

Now ask the tens of thousands of other podcasters what they make. Current late night hosts who jump to podcasts are more likely to have that experience financially with podcasting than the compartively unique circumstance enjoyed by Rogan and Bongino.
 
umfan said:
Current late night hosts who jump to podcasts are more likely to have that experience financially with podcasting than the compartively unique circumstance enjoyed by Rogan and Bongino.
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The current late night hosts have built-in national audiences that is more comparable to Rogan than to the others. That's been Conan O'Brian's experience, as he says in the article I linked. Same with Letterman.
 
It seems unlikely that Colbert (or any of the other late night hosts, if/when they get displaced) are going to move to another linear network. Where would they go? Broadcast television is not exactly robust, so I have a hard time imagining NBC or ABC being inclined to hire one of these guys. And basic cable is doing even worse than broadcast -- so far as I can tell, none of the basic cable networks is really doing talk shows outside of cable news channels. So I guess that leaves a slim possibility that one of them might end up on MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), but I doubt that will happen.

So the more likely option is streaming -- either via Netflix, a podcast platform, or YouTube.
 


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