It was in another thread but ...
Why is Colbert still on the air? If someone said what he did about one of the Dems,they would at least be getting a couple days unpaid vacation time. He did it to the president. I mean President Trump may be an idiot and a moron at the least but come on, are there not supposed to be standards on broadcast television? Charles Rocket got canned for dropping the F bomb on a Sat night at 1am. You see people getting suspensions all the time for far less than this.

It was in another thread but ...
Why is Colbert still on the air? If someone said what he did about one of the Dems,they would at least be getting a couple days unpaid vacation time. He did it to the president. I mean President Trump may be an idiot and a moron at the least but come on, are there not supposed to be standards on broadcast television? Charles Rocket got canned for dropping the F bomb on a Sat night at 1am. You see people getting suspensions all the time for far less than this.

great show

Oh who gives a shit anymore what kind of bad words are said on television. Why on earth would you be watching network TV anymore anyways? Unless its sports (and even that excuse is fast evaporating) there is no reason to waste your time with this crap. The only way these boring shows stay relevant is by creating weak ass controversy like this.

What would the free market bring?

America has a point on this. I don't think there will be late night talk shows on every network for much longer. Seems like a waste of resources. If this is considered edgy then late night talk is pretty much done.

America has a point on this. I don't think there will be late night talk shows on every network for much longer. Seems like a waste of resources. If this is considered edgy then late night talk is pretty much done.

Those shows will continue indefinitely. They take very few resources to produce and are very profitable for the networks. Why do you think even 2nd rate cable networks can afford to have them?

It still shocks me to see Conan on TBS. I like him, but I must admit to long thinking that his on that channel was a goofy idea.

I will say that I do sample some of Conan there and have liked what I have seen. I know he loses in the ratings, but he still probably brings more profit that most of what TBS airs. Besides, his Trump to Obama calls are hilarious (and I suspect that really is Obama recording those since he has all the time in the world now).

I think Conan just likes being in a space where he can do what he wants and not have the network all over him. It worked when he hosted late night at 12:30-1:30 in the morning, and it works on cable. He just got a raw deal from the whole Tonight Show thing, and he's happy living out the rest of his career calling his own shots.

I think Conan just likes being in a space where he can do what he wants and not have the network all over him. It worked when he hosted late night at 12:30-1:30 in the morning, and it works on cable. He just got a raw deal from the whole Tonight Show thing, and he's happy living out the rest of his career calling his own shots.

can we maybe take this opportunity to get liberals in on the Libertarian view of things and just abolish the FCC?

No, we need an FCC to regulate the actual nuts and bolts of broadcasting: for instance, telling WLW that they can't broadcast at 500,000 watts, or that you can't set up a station in Chicago at 96.5 when there's already a 96.3. (And if you've seen what's going on with the pseudo-translators popping up everywhere such that there's now a 97.5 in Chicago and in Rockford, they've even been derelict in that.) The FCC shouldn't regulate content like these bad words that make poopcup cry, but the public airwaves do have to be managed to some extent.

I agree. Respect the office.

I'm fine with minimal licensing requirements just to ensure the airwaves are functional, but all other aspects of the FCC need to be vacated to the market.

Handing the radio business to "the market" is what fucked it over, or were you the guy who said eight-station clusters are a good thing?

I became a fan when I first heard him get grilled by Jackie Puppet and laugh about it.

Cry more.

I probably will

Thanks to podcasting there have never been more choices for the consumer. I have to say I'm rarely listening to the radio, but my actual selection and sampling has also never been more diverse.

On that subject, we're waiting for your next podcast Dr. Ken

This is 2017, if you're complaining about the lack of selection on radio, that's your fault for not finding one of the thousands of podcasts available daily. I don't need to listen to 23 minutes of ads and updates to get 37 minutes of content

And the lion's share of blame for that is on who, the FCC or 'the market'? The FCC isn't making The Walking Dead run up damn near a 50-50 ad-content ratio.