I get calling it nitpicking to split hairs about when Colbert was fired, even if justified financially (obviously firing someone when there is a contractual penalty isn’t the best business sense), but what are your thoughts on the last sentence the OP made? Yeah, Colbert was fired, whether he was fired today or two weeks ago it’s till fired, but the network also choosing to not fill other unaffiliated and vacant late night slots does seem to give credence to the idea that they might just be trying to get away from late night shows.
I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s part of it, but by no means is that all, or even necessarily most of it. There are far too many factors to pin it down to just one, and that one’s a relatively minor one. Even if he’s losing numbers, he’s still a big draw. There’d have to be a lot of other major factors for them to drop him so suddenly.
I get calling it nitpicking to split hairs about when Colbert was fired, even if justified financially (obviously firing someone when there is a contractual penalty isn’t the best business sense), but what are your thoughts on the last sentence the OP made? Yeah, Colbert was fired, whether he was fired today or two weeks ago it’s till fired, but the network also choosing to not fill other unaffiliated and vacant late night slots does seem to give credence to the idea that they might just be trying to get away from late night shows.
I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s part of it, but by no means is that all, or even necessarily most of it. There are far too many factors to pin it down to just one, and that one’s a relatively minor one. Even if he’s losing numbers, he’s still a big draw. There’d have to be a lot of other major factors for them to drop him so suddenly.
That’s fair.