Putting aside the questions about Stewart's contract, wouldn't he be largely untouchable by the FCC, since he's on basic cable? (In much the same way that they couldn't go after John Oliver or Roy Wood, Jr.?)
On Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 3:59:02 PM UTC-4 Mark Jeffries wrote: > The Center for American Rights wants an FCC investigation of alleged > liberal bias on the five remaining late-night shows--has anyone told these > morons that these are entertainment shows, not news shows, and while we're > at it, have they ever seen Colbert's impersonation of Biden as a doddering > old man?: > > > https://www.thewrap.com/center-for-american-rights-abc-cbs-nbc-late-night-fcc-complaint/ > > I'm going to say it--Paramount is going to not renew Stewart's contract in > December and then they will fire everyone else from "TDS," announce that > they either got Gutfeld to move from Fox or a Theo Von or Shane Gillis or > Tony Hinchcliffe, restaff it with rightwingers, rename it "The New American > Daily Show," start it on COM in January and if they're lucky either move it > or repeat it on CBS starting in June after Colbert leaves. It's going to > happen. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/344391a2-0373-4ff4-9eb1-ee450a31ea03n%40googlegroups.com.
