It remains the most healthy model for "conservative" media: let journalists follow the truth, and let the editiorial page rip into the White House if it betrays their values - as it does repeatedly. Anything else is just fan service.

Such is their determination, I suppose: they're prepared to wear 10 months of an embittered Colbert on their air every night. Stewart's contract is up this year - he's certainly more likely to leave now. And that would be disastrous for that show and husk of a network.

That theory kinda only works if they kill The Daily Show too - Jon Stewart has said worse. I'm not saying it's not a factor, but it's a giant show in a giant theatre running outside of prime-time where networks make the lion's share of revenue. I can believe the costs story, too.

There's a production gulf between The Late Show and Hot Ones/Chicken Shop Date/etc, for sure. But the future is going to be much closer to the latter.

Shows have to be prepared to downsize, too. Myers lost his band last year and he copped that to keep going. Colbert may have been asked to reduce costs - but that's hard when you have to fill a Broadway theatre every night.

WHERE DO I PUT THE CODE, MEL? I DON’T KNOW WHERE THE CODE GOES.

I think that's just Ratatouille. Which is decidedly not Italian.

Parker Posey and and Ray Meagher TOGETHER AT LAST.

Now we're talking.

DID THE GAYS KILL TANYA? / Can Karl and Susan survive infidelity?

What if they just turned the hose off for, like, one month. No films, no TV, streaming, creators, socials, none of it. It's a ZERO-DOLLAR PROPOSAL. And we could all catch up a little. Or just sit quietly. It would be bliss.