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[+] [S] -9 points 1 year ago (12 children)

The only reason I think this isn't a possibility is because of the money and legality.

The companies that take the ad money wouldn't turn it down.

Any company who refuses to air said ads would be sued. Not the administration, but the companies themselves. Into oblivion. They wouldn't risk that.

The majority of political ad spending was all online in the past 4 cycles anyway. That's just where the eyeballs are at. Put enough ads that say "This is how you stop Trump", and it's a done deal hopefully.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You can’t tell me Kimmel and Colbert weren’t making money.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Actually, it's been quite well documented that the laye night shows are not the profit engine they used to be, and Colbert's show might have been legit losing money. Its hard to find hard data on this, particularly after it all got so politicized. But I did find this, which shows that late night ad revenue is much lower than it has been 10 years ago

    https://www.axios.com/2023/04/28/late-night-tv-corden-ratings-decline

    People simply aren't as likely to wait and watch a thing live when you can always stream it after the fact

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Kimmel and Colbert the hosts were. The shows were barely breaking even. Do you know a lot of people who watch late night shows? I don’t.

    The old TV networks (ABC, CBS) aren’t being bought by vultures because they’re super successful…

    Here’s a Paramount exec complaining how little YouTube pays, because that’s where a lot of views come from.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I watch them on YouTube. As I’ve said, we don’t have a TV in the house. In addition, we don’t do ads.

    Colbert’s more my humor, not Kimmel, but it’s fun. Some of the last network tv worth watching. Like pulling up SNL weekend update every week, in season.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    If you tried to sue a private company for not running your ads, you'd save more time just lighting your money on fire.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That's only for broadcast television and radio.

    These rules do not apply to cable channels or web-based video or audio such as streamed video content, podcasts, or social media.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    What are you responding to? That's exactly what we're talking about.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No, broadcast television was never specified by you or anyone else in this comment chain.

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