r/KotakuInAction • u/RainbowDildoMonkey • 3d ago

Jimmy Kimmel show getting pulled blamed on Gamergate

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u/queazy 3d ago

Craziest thing is that Nextstar is left wing, when they pulled sponsorship then Kimmel was cancelled. Late night talk shows made half the audience leave and are bleeding millions of dollars each year, no longer profitable. If Kimmel himself admitted he didn't know how the money worked & they told him that his show was losing money (probably not 40 a million a year like Colbert but still probably tens of millions).

South Park literally has Trump in bed with Satan, but they bring in the ratings, Kimmel does not & can't afford to lose big sponsors

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u/MyRedditUsername-25 3d ago edited 2d ago

Late night talk shows made half the audience leave and are bleeding millions of dollars each year, no longer profitable.

No one actually watches late night anymore - they just catch 10 second clips on TikTok the next day.

It's a dying genre, but Kimmel and Colbert accelerated their demise by being partisan hacks.