Brian Stelter

If anything, this, I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, Dan.

Maybe this weds him more to ABC and Disney in the short term, at least.

The way I like to think about Colbert, the way I frame it is, if Kamala Harris were president, Colbert's show would still be on the air.

It wouldn't be facing this May cancellation.

That's the way I think about it.

Yes, the financial story is real.

Yes, the show, you know, was losing money, depending on how you do the math, and there's lots of ways to do TV math.

But the bottom line is, in a Harris administration, this would not be happening.

That being said...

Colbert is no slouch, right?

Colbert is using every day he has left on CBS to speak out.

And at some point, CBS is gonna have to put on a new show.

They're gonna have to do something at 11.35.

What are they gonna do?

Here's what I keep thinking about this week.

The approval ratings for Trump are very clear.

Pretty much every poll has him around 40% approval.

This is a country where six in 10 Americans disapprove of the president.

They certainly don't want their own free speech rights impaired.

So if you are a major media company, if you are thinking about consumer demand and consumer attention, aren't you gonna try to appeal to the six out of 10?