The Nightly Show lasted longer than I though it would with about half the share Colbert once had, even the Daily Show doesn’t do much better than half of what Stewart did, and VIACOM is all about share. And of course the top copyright cops in the world. One second of anything from CC or MTV and the lawyers call.
Americans are okay with African Americans as long as they are presented whitely, but once they start complaining with the truth of the matter regarding race, we do not just shut down, but like #blacklivesmatter, we decide they are violent communist racists out to kill cops and white people. Read a comment section of any political website, or twitter, or youtube. It’s right there to see all the time.
So times change, the most hated person in America was once Martin Luther King, replaced by Jesse Jackson, who in turn was replaced by Al Sharpton, then Barack Obama followed by Larry Wilmore. So who will be next?