Stephen Colbert’s exit and the future of late-night TV

Stephen Colbert’s exit and the future of late-night TV

At Jimmy Kimmel’s annual monologue to advertisers at Disney’s recent upfront presentation, the ABC late-night host offered sympathy to his ousted CBS cohort Stephen Colbert. β€œFirst, it’s bad enough to lose your job,” Kimmel said. β€œImagine getting replaced by the owner of the Weather Channel.” Byron Allen, the media mogul whose holdings do include the…

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Column: ‘Sinners’ is the story of our moment, from a past chapter of ‘divide and conquer’

Column: ‘Sinners’ is the story of our moment, from a past chapter of ‘divide and conquer’

Oscar nominations are officially out, meaning for the next couple of months social media feeds will be saturated with debates over who and what is worthy of a statue. Leading that discussion is another Ryan Coogler masterpiece, this time β€œSinners,” which is up for a record-breaking 16 awards, including best picture. Set in the Mississippi…

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