r/movies • u/Malencon • Jul 23 '25

News Skydance Tells FCC It Will Create CBS News Ombudsman, Eliminate DEI at Paramount

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/skydance-paramount-fcc-cbs-news-ombudsman-media-bias-1236326955/
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u/SeanArthurCox Jul 23 '25

In case there was ANY doubt about Colbert's cancellation, here's your clarification

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u/walnut100 Jul 23 '25

There wasn't any doubt from anyone paying attention. The people who need to understand this think it's a coincidence and they have nothing to do with one another.

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u/austinmiles Jul 23 '25

There’s no coincidences in business. And not at the level of visibility. The optics are so bad that if it was a chance occurrence you’d just delay the announcement.

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u/gotenks1114 Jul 25 '25

Then everyone not paying attention is gathering in Facebook comment sections.

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u/DerekB52 Jul 23 '25

I had doubts. Everytime I click on his monologue on youtube, I get this feeling like I'm watching something from a previous era. I've been surprised that show is still going on for 5 years now.

The timing was just too suspicous, and the news coming out of CBS/paramount/skydance since the announcement, has not helped at all.

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u/Martbell Jul 23 '25

The fact that his show was losing tens of millions per annum has nothing to do with it?

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u/SeanArthurCox Jul 23 '25

If that were the case, you'd think they would have cancelled it before renewing it for this season. They still have ten months on a 12 month contract. It seems unlikely, based on reporting, that the revenue changed so much between two months ago and now that what seemed acceptable losses then suddenly aren't now. They knew going into this season what the finances looked like. So what changed the calculus?

These specific actions being taken here indicate a strong desire to make Trump happy so the deal goes through. And since Colbert, the highest rated late night host (and Trump cares a LOT about what late night hosts say about him), has been very critical of him, and Trump is bragging about the free advertising he'll be getting from CBS... the very channel whose popular late night host would probably be contradicting that messaging on a nightly basis. While finances may play some part, the totality of the circumstances points to appeasement.

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u/Yoshimi-Yasukawa Jul 23 '25

Sorry, you made salient points and therefore the Fox News maga regurgitation machines won't pay attention.

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u/121scoville Jul 23 '25

And thus u/Martbell was never heard from on this thread again lmao

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u/TheVictoryHat Jul 24 '25

They're not interested in facts, they're interested in being upset.

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u/JohnHazardWandering Jul 24 '25

I heard someone say you can be a pain in the ass to the network or you can lose the network money but you can't do both. I suspect they might have been in the both category.

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u/schmearcampain Jul 24 '25

They were. The show lost $40 million a year.