It’s late night style but 10:00 is prime time.

The mad Red Hatter lies more easily than he breathes.
That is all.

...having the highest ratings doesn't equate to high enough ratings to make Colbert's show profitable.

Like all broadcast media, late night has seen a significant decline in viewership over the last 10-15 years. Audiences decline, resulting in advertising revenue declining, all while content production costs go up.

Having the most eyes on a show doesn't mean much if it isn't enough eyes to pay the production costs.

If an Emmy-winning, top-rated, top-watched show isn't """turning a profit,""" who is?

I didn't believe it then, and after watching Trump threaten ABC/Kimmel pretty much exactly like how he threatened CBS/Colbert, I CERTAINLY don't buy it now.

...being top rated means nothing if not enough people are watching to pay the bills.

Say Colbert's show hadn't been cancelled, and five years from now he still had the top rated show, but had less 500,000 people watching. What difference would "top rated" make in that situation?

And obviously you're free to believe or not believe whatever you choose.

that Colbert’s show wasn’t profitable. Letterman said it was bs.

...than David Letterman does, seeing as it's a different late night landscape now v. 10 years ago when Letterman was there.

And please provide a link to their statement.

...who was the chair of Paramount Global at the time the decision was made. This was a week or so ago.

What does "financially not viable" even mean?

Because they're a corporation - if the show was bringing in big profits, they would have kept it.

And if you don't know what "financially not viable" means, then I recommend you look it up.

If the show was losing money, it would have been canceled years ago. They were submitting to Trump so their merger would go through. Shari Redstone made a lot of money from that deal. So I guess it was financially not viable for her if the merger wasn't approved. But forgive me if I don't buy into their propaganda.

It’s not a late night show. The writer is being dishonest comparing his ratings to the real late night shows.

I don't pretend to understand everything but isn't he considered cable and therefore in a different category than the other three?

Fallon is kind of out there in a similar track,

On this basis, 10.00 Gutfeld is down low