I generally like Colbert, but find myself disliking TLS more and more as it nears its end, mainly because of the trained seals in the audience who applaud madly and bark at every cue they're given. (I'll leave mostly unmentioned the guests who have been coming on and gushing over him for saving civilization.)
--Dave Sikula On Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 6:14:15 AM UTC-8 Mark Jeffries 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/b8d18922-a556-4cb3-a9f7-722be3cbafc2n%40googlegroups.com.
