Deadline said something to the effect of - contracts were up this month and Comedy Central didn't want to do a short extension because they knew they weren't going to keep it anyway.

Yeah, I think if it had shown even a slight sign of improvement, Comedy Central would've hung on, but if the ratings aren't there and the creative isn't there, there's no incentive to keep it on the air.

Ah yes, young, inexperienced Larry Wilmore will surely be blacklisted now.

This show and Charlie Rose were in very different situations with very different expectations w/r/t ratings, awards, and buzz.

The Daily Show does better with younger viewers and has a stronger social media presence. The Nightly Show has no buzz, skews old, and has shown no ratings pulse - why would they renew it?

I think that's part of the reason for the cancellation. The Nightly Show doesn't have the buzz of either Last Week Tonight or Full Frontal and didn't get the awards attention of either. So they lost The Colbert Report and didn't get much in return.

The Nightly Show doesn't have its own Youtube account, but it has a playlist on Comedy Central's account that had 300+ videos on it.

Ah yes, TV networks should program to Twitter sub-demos. Can't wait for Adult Swim to start targeting Weird Twitter.

Ratings are bad and lack of viral videos = lack of buzz. And shows like this thrive on buzz - imagine John Oliver or Samantha Bee if nobody were writing about them or sharing the videos.

TV is a business. The Nightly Show does worse than The Daily Show, hasn't shown any kind of ratings pulse, and has no buzz to speak of in a genre where other people doing similar things are getting much more online chatter. I'm surprised now is when they opted to cancel, but to act like Comedy Central…

Very surprising. I figured he'd at least make it through the election. If this happened in August 2017, I wouldn't be remotely taken aback, though. Poor ratings, no buzz to speak of, other outlets surpassing Comedy Central in both.

Another weak 9:00 performer - Fresh Off the Boat. It slipped into the 1.1-1.2 range in the spring when airing at 8:00.

Whitney Cummings co-wrote the pilot and wrote three episodes in season three. That's it.

Hope Solo is a garbage person and I'm thrilled the US lost. Once she retires, maybe I can think about rooting for them, but until then, good for Sweden.

Yeah, it's fine, but if it wasn't on HBO, it wouldn't have gotten as much praise as it did.

Their brand is incoherent comic shows and quirky dramedies that 11 people watch. I don't think what's essentially a stylized teen soap will do much, if any, damage.

I mean, they're going to cancel stuff this year. Their president said that the number of shows they have now is perfect, so after spending the last couple of seasons building up their stable, the herd will be culled.

*jerk off motion*

They reviewed Casual season one, but nobody read it. They reviewed the first four episodes of Difficult People season one, but nobody read it.

I don't think Corden is very good, but he makes easily digestible digital content that consistently goes viral and in 2016, that > ratings in late night. Plus he just got some Emmy nominations, so there's acclaim to back up the web impressions.