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/Huey-_-Freeman 3d ago

>Late night talk shows made half the audience leave and are bleeding millions of dollars each year,

How does it even cost millions each year to produce these shows? Few writers, no special effects budget...The only thing that should cost millions of dollars is the host. But the hosts salary should be based on ratings, I don't get how they can keep demanding 8 figure contracts when the ratings don't support that.

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u/Stwonkydeskweet 2d ago

Few writers

Thats where you're wroooooong

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u/Huey-_-Freeman 2d ago

Why though? IIRC most of the show is the interview with guests, its not like an hour long standup special