Brian Steinberg

While it's disconcerting that Slick Smitty has taken to snatching food out of nearby beachfront homes, what to make of a society of anthropomorphic animals that has gone to the trouble of cataloguing toe-prints of humans who live among them?

Nation's mood around finances continues to darken, according to closely watched 'Keane Family' index...

An extremely difficult Memorial Day at the Flagston house as Lois and children are forced to watch two middle-aged guys hoist beer from mugs while their glasses and plates remain empty...

'My Lord,' says Thel. 'How can I tend to PJ's mischief when I'm in the middle of trying to unload this platter of untouched, ungarnished crackers to a house filled with people holding empty glasses?'

'Didn't she kill someone?' 'No. NO. I mean, physically, yes. But legally, no...'

Federal authorities revealed they have taken an anthropomorphic duck and pony into custody after the bird was heard to utter something truly offensive and criminal...

Even Mary Worth understands that survival in years to come will hinge on direct access to food, and so she takes the first, critical steps in making certain her condominium association will thrive as the seas boil and heat withers away much of life as we know it...

This is pure awesome: One day after leaving 'Late Show,' Stephen Colbert hosted a public access program in Monroe, Michigan, w Jack White as his music director and he FaceTimed Byron Allen to warn him of new competition.... latenighter.com/news/stephen-c…

Colbert celebrates all late night in montage of many hosts instagram.com/reel/DYn4jCtxA…

Nancy still has the capacity to surprise, even after lo these many decades...

Guideline: in 2025, Colbert's Late Show accounted for 27% of overall ad spending on late-night TV shows, which reached $209M, down from $519.7M in 2017 (@bristei / Variety) (Visit Mediagazer dot com for the link and full context!)

Won't Katherine feel silly when she discovers Judge Parker has gone out to refill her Lexapro prescription...

NIGHT JITTERS: Ad spending on late night TV shows fell to $209 million in 2025, according to Guideline, down from $519.7 million in 2017 — a drop of nearly 60%! As Stephen Colbert sings off tonight, new concerns surface about an American institution variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…

...and was tickled to find this story from 2016, when the former Viacom apparently made some inquiries about why Colbert was doing his 'Colbert Report' character on 'Late Show' on CBS and whether there might be any legal ramifications variety.com/2016/tv/news/s…

....and in 2018 examined the risks the hosts were taking as they injected a lot more politics into their humor.... variety.com/2018/tv/news/l…

NIGHT JITTERS: Spending on late night television shows fell to $209 million in 2025, according to Guideline, down from $519.7 million in 2017 — a drop of nearly 60%! variety.com/2026/tv/news/s… via @variety

At the end of a live Election Night program in 2016, Stephen Colbert delivered an unrehearsed monologue, asking: "How did our politics get so poisonous?” He may have a similar question a decade later after Paramount execs canceled his top-rated show variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…

Stephen Colbert is one of the great innovators in late night, turning a fictional character into a cable success and boosting CBS to No. 1 with headlines-forged humor. But has a push into politics undermined the format as its economics grow more fragile? variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…