The Colbert show, explained:
I am the Senior Vice President of Late Night Strategy at CBS. I am the person who turned a comedian into a priest and charged advertisers to watch the congregation.
— Peter Girnus 🦅 (@gothburz) May 23, 2026
I want to be precise about what I built. Not a comedy show. A permission structure. For eleven years, six million… pic.twitter.com/UnOQ3PGk7O
That was a very interesting analysis.
I would add that so much of the woke left is performative agreement with peers by beta males and females who are socially insecure and have a strong need for group agreement because they depend on their in-group for strength and support. That changed them into the church lady that they used to mock on SNL.
In terms of attitudes, his show would’ve fit right in with the content shown on a UHF station owned by a televangelist, sermon-shows from the likes of Benny Hinn, Pat Robertson, and Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker.