GraphicsMan 345 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 14 minutes ago, mre29 said: People who work evening and don't get home till after 11:00pm might disagree with you on that. Some FOX Stations go to midnight.
Dave Lampstein 287 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 9 hours ago, mre29 said: People who work evening and don't get home till after 11:00pm might disagree with you on that. It's not the 90s... on-demand news is everywhere. Giving that time back to affiliates would actually be a burden. Stations don't have the budget for syndie programming, and producing live news at that hour has terrible ROI for advertisers. News foamers also overlook the staffing reality: asking anchors, producers, reporters, directors to add on more shows for no extra pay is ridiculous (but the norm). The Byron Allen shows are trash, but forcing cash-strapped affiliates to bleed money on an unprofitable late night local newscast isn't the answer. It’s wild to me that people here claim to love local news, yet have zero regard for the actual crews being asked to do more with less while linear viewership keeps dropping. 6 6
HanSolo 467 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 16 hours ago, NYAZSporty said: Might as well CBS just give late night to the affiliates to fill time if this was what they were planning on as replacement programming. Except the network gets revenue out of this. Not exactly going to light the world on fire, but money is money. ice seen it said Comics Unleashed is the Spirit Halloween of comedy TV. A fair comparison on a few levels. 2
KShow2 14 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 1 hour ago, Dave Lampstein said: It's not the 90s... on-demand news is everywhere. Giving that time back to affiliates would actually be a burden. Stations don't have the budget for syndie programming, and producing live news at that hour has terrible ROI for advertisers. News foamers also overlook the staffing reality: asking anchors, producers, reporters, directors to add on more shows for no extra pay is ridiculous (but the norm). The Byron Allen shows are trash, but forcing cash-strapped affiliates to bleed money on an unprofitable late night local newscast isn't the answer. It’s wild to me that people here claim to love local news, yet have zero regard for the actual crews being asked to do more with less while linear viewership keeps dropping. Whew! This post is everything! I work for a TV Station - and we are all producing more news and with the same pay. Asking us to stay beyond midnight would be even more stressful. 9
tyrannical bastard 4676 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 (edited) This move is the latest confirmation that CBS simply doesn't care about their viewers or affiliates. All they care about is money in the Skydance era. They'll drop an affiliate in a heartbeat if they get a better offer from someone else, or have the means to go it alone (like in Atlanta). Non-CBS or Paramount content is getting pushed aside in favor of their own shows. Isn't this why we had the fin-syn rules before? CBS News is being dismantled even further to make themselves look good to dear leader. And if some huckster like Byron Allen is throwing money to get his third-rate repeats on....CBS happily obliges. I can't wait until Let's Make a Deal is cancelled for one of Byron Allen's "courtroom drama" shows.... Edited April 7 by tyrannical bastard 2 1
NowBergen 924 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 3 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: This move is the latest confirmation that CBS simply doesn't care about their viewers or affiliates. All they care about is money in the Skydance era. They'll drop an affiliate in a heartbeat if they get a better offer from someone else, or have the means to go it alone (like in Atlanta). Non-CBS or Paramount content is getting pushed aside in favor of their own shows. Isn't this why we had the fin-syn rules before? CBS News is being dismantled even further to make themselves look good to dear leader. And if some huckster like Byron Allen is throwing money to get his third-rate repeats on....CBS happily obliges. I can't wait until Let's Make a Deal is cancelled for one of Byron Allen's "courtroom drama" shows.... Just read elsewhere CBS has no clue the ratings for what Allen puts on already. He buys the time, so no ratings. Ouch.
tyrannical bastard 4676 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 3 hours ago, NowBergen said: Just read elsewhere CBS has no clue the ratings for what Allen puts on already. He buys the time, so no ratings. Ouch. Viewers be damned. All CBS cares about is the money.
MediaZone4K 2661 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 (edited) On 4/7/2026 at 11:46 AM, Dave Lampstein said: It's not the 90s... on-demand news is everywhere. Giving that time back to affiliates would actually be a burden. Stations don't have the budget for syndie programming, and producing live news at that hour has terrible ROI for advertisers. News foamers also overlook the staffing reality: asking anchors, producers, reporters, directors to add on more shows for no extra pay is ridiculous (but the norm). The Byron Allen shows are trash, but forcing cash-strapped affiliates to bleed money on an unprofitable late night local newscast isn't the answer. It’s wild to me that people here claim to love local news, yet have zero regard for the actual crews being asked to do more with less while linear viewership keeps dropping. On 4/7/2026 at 1:06 PM, KShow2 said: Whew! This post is everything! I work for a TV Station - and we are all producing more news and with the same pay. Asking us to stay beyond midnight would be even more stressful. Thank you two for pointing this out. Stations often increase the workload on existing crews rather than hiring more workers, when increasing news output. Many news anchors and producers already work a 2:30 to 11:35 PM shift. Staying till midnight is definitely a lot. Stations often run out of local news by the half hour mark so an 11:30 newscast would just be filled with wire service stories and national packages anyway. Edited April 10 by MediaZone4K 3 1
ABC 7 Denver 1889 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 6 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said: Thank you two for pointing this out. Stations often increase the workload on existing crews rather than hiring more workers, when increasing news output. Many news anchors and producers already work a 2:30 to 11:30 PM shift. Staying till midnight is definitely a lot. Stations often run out of local news by the half hour mark so an 11:30 newscast would just be filled with wire service stories and national packages anyway. Would this be a nail in the coffin for the 10/11PM newscast entirely?
tyrannical bastard 4676 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 21 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said: Would this be a nail in the coffin for the 10/11PM newscast entirely? It could certainly lead to it's demise one day. Other groups may adopt the "Scrippscast" approach of an edited newscast of packages and a live weather hit or breaking news if it warrants. Much of the content is rehashed anyway so this approach may be more plausible in the near future.
AmericanErrorist 267 Posted April 16 Posted April 16 The network is thinking about reentering late night at a lower budget after Comics Unleashed's 1-season deal is up: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cbs-developing-other-ideas-late-night-after-colbert-byron-allen-time-buy-1236565430/ 2
HanSolo 467 Posted April 16 Posted April 16 They should think about it, as businesses should think about multiple contingencies. Maybe something comes of it, maybe not. 1
johnothy 53 Posted May 12 Posted May 12 I miss the days of having sitcom reruns in late night. When I was a kid, our ABC station aired Cheers and Barney Miller for years then later Cheers and Mama’s Family. Nightline was always delayed until 11:30. For a time, our CBS station also aired sitcom reruns and delayed CBS late night programming by half an hour.
mre29 1967 Posted May 20 Posted May 20 Anyone know of any affiliates delaying Comics Leashed for more news or other programs? Any reports of unhappy affiliates?
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted May 21 Posted May 21 One final FU to the president before the show goes off the air later tonight... The Late Show has auctioned off its memorabilia and raised nearly $2.5 million for World Central Kitchen. Chef José Andrés was there to receive it... in the world's smallest check with the tiniest drumroll. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1358457686187896&id=1451520433683866
mre29 1967 Posted May 22 Posted May 22 10 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: One final FU to the president before the show goes off the air later tonight... The Late Show has auctioned off its memorabilia and raised nearly $2.5 million for World Central Kitchen. Chef José Andrés was there to receive it... in the world's smallest check with the tiniest drumroll. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1358457686187896&id=1451520433683866 And wait till you see the envelope! YouTube version (the check bit starts at 4:51): 1
MD TV 389 Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Colbert spent his first day post-CBS doing a public access show in Monrroe, Michigan: If you recall, he did the same public access show prior to the start of his Late Show tenure: 2
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