Aside from the boos and the Arby’s joke, which I think has some history of either Colbert or Stewart making an arbitrary dig which amused them and became a recurring but, but which I thought got tired quickly), I kind of liked the way he handled it. This was Colbert not really bashing Trump (well, not mostly bashing Trump) but bashing his own bosses, and for me played more like Dave going after GE.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 at 6:14 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > It would have been better if Colbert had just done a straight-to-camera, > no studio audience explanation of the whole thing, with no graphics, no > cued boos from the audience and no gratuitous Arby's joke (what is it with > Colbert and chain restaurants--doesn't he realize who some of his > advertisers are?). It's like he can't do anything without his shtick. > > And for those of you who have been at a taping--those are cued boos, > aren't they? > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 7:46 AM 'Bob F' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Stephen post-produced an explanation <https://youtu.be/oh7DPSP65JA> ('toob) >> for air about the feds' objection to network lawyers over an interview with >> Texas state senator (running in the Democratic primary for John Cornyn's >> seat in the US Senate, with Rep. Jasmine Crockett as one of his opponents) >> James Talarico... Youtube, tho, has the segment clean and green >> <https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A> ('toob): >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stephen-colbert-cbs-blocked-interview-fcc-equal-time-1236507471/ >> (link) >> B >> >> -- >> 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/dc628cb6-e962-44d8-88b8-bb41361ad7abn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/dc628cb6-e962-44d8-88b8-bb41361ad7abn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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/CAJ_uKi_Jfzcf4BZw6_Zv%3DS3OSybj7pyebQWMozvf6YU8o617ug%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_Jfzcf4BZw6_Zv%3DS3OSybj7pyebQWMozvf6YU8o617ug%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAKGtkYKrbihyq4t9dL%3DjhXgzi4qwKygkWuTKYGfPM3XKgYKzhA%40mail.gmail.com.
