Colbert's Last Show — CBS Lost $40M a Year on Politics Not Laughs. $1.8B Fund Gets GOP Pushback, Reflecting Pool No-Bid Outrage & Is Iran Wa

About this episode

The episode discusses Stephen Colbert's final show and the financial implications of CBS's political programming, alongside various political issues and events.

Stephen Colbert signs off tonight and the math is simple — CBS lost forty million dollars a year on a show that chose political lectures over punchlines. America wants to laugh before bed, not fume. The $1.8 billion weaponization fund is now drawing fire from Republicans and Democrats alike. A no-bid contract to paint the reflecting pool and rejected ballroom funding are adding more fuel to the spending fire. And the Iran war? Still on hold. Don Jr. is getting married Saturday and the President cannot attend his own son's wedding. Coincidence or calendar? We ask the question everyone in Washington is whispering today. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support .

People in this episode

Host: Tom Sullivan

Topics covered

• politics
• comedy
• media
• spending
• Iran war
• weddings

Keywords

• Stephen Colbert
• CBS
• politics
• spending
• Iran war
• Don Jr.

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBS, Republicans, Democrats, Iran

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