Are CBS's Post-Colbert Plans the END of Network TV!?

Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back, and this week the conversation starts with a question nobody in Hollywood wants to answer: what happens to late night when the networks just... give up? Byron Allen didn't pitch a show to CBS. He BOUGHT the time slot. The gang breaks down what it means when a broadcast network stops programming and starts renting, Angelo predicts every late night show you know is already dead, and Norm MacDonald gets posthumously vindicated for telling us "Comics Unleashed" was never what it claimed to be.

THEN: Project Hail Mary just crossed $600 million worldwide on a story with no explosions, no universe-ending stakes, and apparently no studio confidence (Amazon MGM nearly pulled it after two weeks). So why did audiences show up in massive numbers? The gang makes the case that word of mouth still works, and studios are just too scared to let it.

ALL THAT PLUS: Neil Gaiman, Good Omens, and the impossible question of whether the audience deserves a better ending than the situation allows. Angelo skips Balls Up AND Outcome so you don't have to. Rhea brings a French serial killer series from Hulu that actually has good dubbing. A book about the first nine years of The Simpsons. A Mother's Day gift that involves real diamonds and actual thought. And much MUCH more!

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The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.