• WhoIsTheDrizzle@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Because it’s not just them and they have empathy. These shows are employed by staffs of 150+ people who also lose their jobs. When Conan received his 45M settlement from NBC, most of it was used to support staff members who didn’t get any sort of severance.

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      3 days ago

      I think Colbert also kept paying his full staff when in covid lockdown even when he was filming it from his bathtub and then his shed or something.

      And then there’s also the whole freedom of speech, journalistic freedom thing.

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        2 days ago

        Colbert has some pretty sick green screen & special effects in his “from home” COVID episodes. Oops sorry I don’t remember specifically, I think I’m actually remembering a John Oliver COVID episode.