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@fotsch1 Bob Barron has become little more than a MAGA political hack. No different than Joe Strickland. Very sad

I agree with Bishop Barron. and… fwiw… I would eliminate all federal dollars going to Catholic Charities, immediately. Return that money to the people. Let us Catholics, and others who want to, donate (tax deductible as is the case today) to Catholic Charities if they do real good. — Catholic my whole life p.s. Catholic Charities get $4.5B, in total, $3.5B of it is federal, state and local tax dollars.

@_Maximilien_II @DanFriedman81 No. Actual source on the Late Show’s revenue. Only source in this thread is CNBC. A decently reputable source.

@Chicago9811 @DanFriedman81 Source? My 30 year law career negotiating talent deals with networks.

The budget for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was $100 million per year. It had a full time staff of 200 people, and was reaching just 2.7 million viewers on an average night during the show’s final quarter on the air. Colbert was the most-watched late night host. Jimmy Kimmel has a linear audience of 2 million, while Jimmy Fallon draws about 1.3 million. Jon Stewart on The Daily Show reaches 900k to 1 million, which more than doubles the 400k that watched when Trevor Noah was the host. Kimmel earns $16 million, Fallon earns $16 million, and Stewart makes $25 million. They had to pay him that to salvage the show after Noah, who was earning $16 million per year, lost more than two-thirds of his audience. None of the math for any of these shows works.

@tradcatboy @TAstora31294 Bow down to your Savior.

@TAstora31294 Trump is fixing this by giving everyone in the White House florsheims

Derbys are a casual outdoors shoe. Please do not wear them with a suit to Mass. These shoes are basically superfluous now, they’re not formal enough to wear to anything serious, and we have better informal options. Just delete them from your wardrobe.

@_Maximilien_II @DanFriedman81 Source? Or is it just trust me bro! Again, at *half* the low end of the number CNBC cited, and assuming only 40 / 52 weeks run - that’s $180m If you have other data, feel free to share.

CNBC did not post revenue numbers. They posted an ad placement fee range. Again, that is the rate for a single placement. Most of the ads you see appear across the network, not just one time on Colbert. Advertisers who book spots with a network typically do so around a campaign and pay a fee per campaign. The network is not charging them $50K to run their spot on Colbert given the same spot is being run across the network throughout the day. All you need to know is there is not one network, late-night TV show that generates ad REVENUE over $100 million. They are all in the red. And that includes ALL revenue streams. That is a fact; whether you choose to believe it or not.

@_Maximilien_II @DanFriedman81 Do you have revenue numbers you can cite different than CNBC? Even if you take 50% of the low end of CNBC figure, it calculates to $180m before social media revenue, Paramount+ and cable fees.

@Chicago9811 @DanFriedman81 I'm sorry to write that you are so far out of your depth.

@culturalcritic3 @DanFriedman81 The post you responded to by Dan Friedman trying to discredit Colbert used $100m Was he wrong? If there is another source that has a different number for the budget, let me know. CNBC provided the ad revenue numbers.

@Chicago9811 @DanFriedman81 Does your math include Colbert and his staff’s salaries plus the operating costs? CBS execs stated publicly the show was losing $40 mil a year and that number has not been disputed by Colbert’s team. usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

@_Maximilien_II @DanFriedman81 Assuming the low end of advertising revenue ($50k per 30 secs) and assuming the show ran 40 of 52 weeks per year - that’s $360m in revenue Against expense of $100m Profit of $260m Before any social media revenue, Paramount+ revenue or cable rate revenue. Advertising alone

FYI there are so many variables in TV ad rates. Figures like the ones you're referencing are likely for single placements; not packaged over the entire network for a campaign. For example: Colbert took in a total of $70.2 million in ad rates in 2023. The show's production budget was north of $100 million during the same year. It's doesn't take a math whiz to figure out the show lost money and trends point to a continued loss of money.

@culturalcritic3 @DanFriedman81 You should do the math. The post you were responding to stated there was an annual budget of $100m for The Late Show. Assuming the low end of advertising revenue ($50k per 30 secs) and assuming the show ran 40 of 52 weeks per year - that’s $360m in revenue Profit of $260m

@Chicago9811 @DanFriedman81 The cost of an ad spot does not translate to what the net profits were for CBS. Reportedly, they were losing $40 million per year on the show.

@foxnewspolitics This is blasphemy.

EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Barron blasts the Catholic left for 'demonization' of Trump, says there are 'moral reasons' to support border enforcement — citing child trafficking and thousands of missing kids. He wants dialogue, not lectures: 'Let's build bridges of conversation. That's a role the Church can play.'

@Tyler_A_Harper We now actually have a president incapable of doing his job in the middle of a global crisis (he single-handedly caused) who makes unhinged, non-sensical statements repeatedly … threatens to destroy an entire civilization, thinks he’s Jesus.. And Tyler wants to talk about beer!

In which I make the case that Miller Lite is the anecdote to the decadence of a professional class that constantly chases novel gustatory experiences and has come to confuse this empty, hedonistic quest with being cultured. theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0…

@_Maximilien_II @DanFriedman81 Try doing the math …

The math definitely doesn't work but advertisers love having their products on shows that feature celebrities other than those employed by the networks. That and the late night shows provide viral clips that keep media impressions lasting well past air dates. Late night shows have been like a drug that networks just can't quit; until now. Interestingly, CBS never asked Colbert to trim staff. There had been rumblings that they wanted to possibly re-tool the show but they were clear they wanted to retain Colbert as talent. But like the idiot he is, Colbert began badmouthing leadership; something you really shouldn't do when you're losing the network $30-$40 million a year.

@culturalcritic3 @DanFriedman81 Did you try doing the math?

@DanFriedman81 Which is why they didn’t try to thin out the staff and keep it going. The model is dead. Whether they’re willing to admit it or not.

@evidence444 @ajoenamedjoe @DanFriedman81

@ajoenamedjoe @DanFriedman81 It 40m worth you 🤡 not even 1m probably

@Russ_Is_Right @DanFriedman81 You might want to do the math ….

Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon would have been better as a law firm. As late night television personalities they individually or combined were nothing more than unskilled hacks carrying messaging from the DNC. Their shows were not built for profit. Instead, late night TV was reduced to nothing more than free in-kind Democrat messaging.

@sundiamondshine @DanFriedman81 You might want to do the math. Dan didn’t do it.

Because they were getting supplemented by taxpayer funds. It is no coincidence when the BBB passes and the funding is cut off now these shows are going belly up. They were never entertainers. They were paid Democrat propagandists by yours truly American tax dollars. Come on people use your brains. Follow the money. Tax funds have been cut off now the shows are dropping like flies. $9 billion taxpayers were forked out annually for this propaganda garbage.

@DanFriedman81 You only talk about the cost side. What is the revenue side?

@ReOpenChris @willsommer Who was James dating in February?

@willsommer Dude you are OBSESSED with James. He’s all you talk about or think about day and night. YOU want to marry him.

This is an odd one, because FL gov hopeful James Fishback was dating a very different woman just two months ago. x.com/j_fishback/sta…

@fra2181203 @LangmanVince

@LangmanVince And when that happens, if Corporate America and Grocery chains dont start dropping prices, there will need to be investigations into price Gouging. The first night the conflict started Circle K raised it`s prices. It should drop just as fast.

Gas prices will be back to $2 a gallon by the 4th of July! Bookmark this post!

@MzHeatherLeeS @LangmanVince

@LangmanVince Not in California! We pay more than that in taxes right now…. Newscum won’t let the prices go down.

@IndigoCrow74 @LangmanVince

@LangmanVince I fricken hope so. Gas was $4.49 a gal in Tallahassee this morning.