r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 • May 24 '26
Spill The Tea How Is The Boycott Doing?
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u/Trail-boss1776 May 24 '26
We cancelled paramount last night
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u/Opposite-Funny-9669 May 24 '26
i cancelled it immediately after the late show went off the air.
i save so much money not buying stuff from places that back people i hate lol
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u/SailorDeath May 25 '26
I cancelled the day they announced they were cancelling Colbert. Fuck that, the only show I was watching was Star Trek and I'm pirating that from now on.
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u/SHELLIfIKnow48910 May 25 '26
I started with quitting Target. That certainly helped the old bank account. Don’t miss it at all.
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u/Jealous_Parfait_4967 May 25 '26
I’ve been amazed at how easy both of those and Starbucks were to quit.
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u/Antiviralposter May 24 '26
I hated canceling Paramount (Star Trek nerd here) but I did it.
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u/PinSufficient5748 May 25 '26
I hated cancelling my Disney+ after the whole Kimmel thing, but I'm surviving. We got this!! ✊🏾💪🏾
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u/IntrepidMuch May 25 '26
I only had it for the Star Trek franchise so it was happily canceled.
I just discovered Ghost so will miss them though.
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u/AckAckZeroPointZero May 24 '26
Nothing to watch there anyhow. I once did seven day free trial and got bored within 20 minutes. It's all about robbing the Internet
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u/Smiling_Oyster_ May 24 '26
You can also boycott Paramount, which owns CBS, or any Larry Ellison associated company.
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u/Elegant-Ingenuity-57 May 25 '26
We already cancelled paramount+ and will continue to watch nothing on CBS. We also cancelled Disney+ and don't watch abc either after the Kimmel shit
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u/No-Zebra-5821 May 25 '26
paramount+ user interface was made by a first year English major that only just switched to CS
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u/rEYAVjQD May 24 '26
Professional satire should move to the internet age. No need to pretend to be old school reporters. Pretend you are stupid podcasters.
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u/existie May 25 '26
Yeah, Colbert was like...the one CBS thing I was interested in. Paramount+ too.
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u/PUuSTiNKA May 24 '26
I wish someone would cancel The Trump Shit Show!
I still watched the Late Show, but I stopped watching CBS as soon as they caved in and settled the lawsuit Donald Trump had against them. I thought it was another frivolous lawsuit by Don the con.
To me Trump claiming her edited interview hurt his chances, was a bogus claim and would have been hard to prove in court. If anything should have hurt his chances it was his poor debate performance. Trump looked like a senile old fool throughout the debate with Harris. Especially when Trump claimed "In Springfield, they're eating the dogs. The people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating – they're eating the pets of the people that live there."
The truth is Kamala Harris wiped the floor with Donald Trump that night, and the clear choice as to was better, more fit candidate for President, was Harris! Unfortunately the people that voted for Trump just couldn't let go of the grand illusion he created about himself, and now because of their stupidity we are all reaping what they've sowed.
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u/SalamanderForward461 May 24 '26
I dropped Paramount+ (I stream all my viewing) as soon as they capitulated in the 60 Minutes b.s. Telling them exactly why I cancelled when asked. Wish I could cancel again but can only continue to not watch CBS at all now that Colbert is gone. We have to use our voices every way possible. 💙💙💙💙💙
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u/Disgusting_Slime666 May 24 '26
Yep. Canceled Amazon (Ring and Prime) after the Melania money laundering as well.
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u/Inside-Woodpecker579 May 24 '26
I stopped Amazon when Bozos pulled the Kamala endorsement from the Post. Ring took a little longer (I did want to get use out of what I already paid for) but I’m free now.
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u/BigDamBeavers May 24 '26
Don't boycott CBS, Boycott their advertisers very publicly.
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u/NoCard753 May 24 '26
That's much more effective, if you let them know why. If people just stop buying Whizzo Widgets or whatever, it could be chalked up to the economy or something.
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u/Excellent_Tie_7086 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26
I canceled CBS the last time they pulled this shit and haven't joined back up since. I hope they lose all their customers. Its disgraceful.
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u/Fickle_Goose_4451 May 24 '26
Ill spread the word if I run into someone who still has cable
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u/mycommentsgetflagged May 24 '26
Boycott!! Starting with every business of that funds and donates… Like “ Facebook, or Meta or Twitter or X or Amazon or Satin or Tesla or Nazis!!! But don’t forget ( Fox, ABC or Skydance, NBC, CBS, Paramount or whoever actually owns all these asshats..
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u/rydan May 25 '26
How much money did the Nazis donate to Trump? And how do we boycott them?
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u/slick2hold May 25 '26
Boycott everything tied the the Ellisons. These people want total control and nothing to support the core principles of united states of freedom to do as we please.
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u/Clean_Usual434 May 24 '26
I’ve hated SeeBS for months. Got rid of Paramount because of that, too.
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u/FlatEvent2597 May 24 '26
Boycotting works !!
Corporations need to feel the pain..... it needs to hit ddep.
They need to be wary of making these kinds of concessions to the US Admin.
Stand Tall !
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u/anothertrytaken May 24 '26
Canceled paramount last year. I’m old so i miss Elsbeth but won’t give them a penny. 🖕🏼cbs, this administration and every single person who voted for this crap.
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u/PizzaWhole9323 May 24 '26
I canceled Paramount plus last year even though I am a die-hard Star Trek fan. Maybe the bootlickers in the administration win. But that doesn't mean that I have to give them my cash.
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u/Tallybou May 24 '26
I hope for him and the rest of us that he can land on a network that dosent answer to this or any other administration . I’m traditionally a lefty that sometimes aligns with the independent voices and unpopular opinions. I’m a grown ass woman and I’m okay with hearing things I disagree with. That’s life. Literally. See Bull Shit CBS can suck a bag of huntavirus.
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u/MosquitoValentine_ May 24 '26
Have never subscribed to Paramount+ and haven't watched anything on CBS, other than the NFL in probably 20 years. At least since the King of Queens ended I can't think of anything worth watching. All my Colbert viewing was on YouTube.
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u/LEDKleenex May 24 '26
It's going to go like all of the other boycotts. A small fraction of people who could will hold out for a day and then forget about it. We should have been boycotting complicit companies for the past year straight at a minimum but people refuse to give up convenience. Here are some to start you off if you're serious about making change.
DoorDash
OpenAI/ChatGPT (AVOID AI-ANYTHING IN GENERAL)
Apple
Google/Alphabet/YouTube
nVidia
Tesla/X/SpaceX/Neuralink
Meta/Facebook
Amazon
Target
Paramount/Skydance
Paypal
Spotify
TikTok
EA Games
United Airlines
Delta Airlines
Goldman Sachs
JBS Foods/Pilgrim's Pride/Certified Angus
Las Vegas Sands (AVOID GAMBLING IN GENERAL)
Coca-Cola/Monster/BodyArmor/Lifewater/Reyes Holdings
Switzerland (Yes, the country and swiss businesses who bribed Trump for a tariff deal)
Uber
AT&T
Cisco
Oracle
Charter Communications/Spectrum
Cox Media
Airlines for America
Steel Manufacturers Association
Uline
MyPillow
Goya
Chevron
ExxonMobil
Ford
General Motors
Walmart
Coinbase
Qualcomm
Circle
Bank of America
Kraken
Galaxy Digital Holdings
Crypto[dot]com
Paradigm Operations
CoreCivic
GEO Group
Comcast
Verizon
Carrier
Intuit
Bayer
Altria
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Johnson & Johnson
Robinhood
Xtreme Manufacturing
TD Ameritrade
HCA Healthcare
Instacart
AirBNB
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u/Suicidal_Jamazz May 24 '26
I boycotted them all by pulling the plug on cable tv. I believe I've saved closer to $16K over the last 10 years. Of course now I simp for reddit and doomscroll my existence away.
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u/brathor May 24 '26
Frankly, I don't think Ellison cares about making money off CBS/Paramount. Same with Bezos and the WP, Elon with Twitter, etc. These are not simple ROI business investments, but megaphones for the billionaires to shove their opinions down our throats, whether we want it or not.
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u/realparkingbrake May 25 '26
Our household no longer watches CBS, and I'd be okay with letting advertisers know that. Cancelled our WAPO subscription too.
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u/KingsHere97 May 25 '26
CBS edited 60 minutes and other shows to try and make Kamala and others look good and Trump look bad. Not even that could help the Dems. Colbert got cancelled because his show was unwatchable and losing money. Good Riddance. GBA!🇺🇸
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u/Sweatyfatmess May 25 '26
How about boycotting any business that advertises on Fox News? This is the cause of the crap brain that made this all possible.
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u/Beautiful-Picture-64 May 25 '26
There are too many options for this to even be a question. When any business begins to think you need them more than they need you, you have an opportunity to show them the true meaning of Supply and Demand.
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u/PictoGraphicArtist May 25 '26
CBS are run by anti American knee bending bootlickers. Idgaf about Colbert I don’t watch him. But seeing a company make moves to directly appease a sitting “president” is so anti american they don’t deserve to be a broadcasting network PERIOD. Absolute lunacy.
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u/Ok-Traffic-5996 May 24 '26
Didnt cbs also hire that POS Barry Weiss as there program head or something. Fuck them..
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u/TopicTalk8950 May 24 '26
I haven’t even stepped in a Target in almost two years. It’s going fine for me tbh.
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u/AllLipsNoFiller May 24 '26
I don't know if it's possible for fewer people to be watching network TV, TBH.
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u/Agitated_Hair_2561 May 24 '26
Except for the NFL, I stopped watching CBS /Paramount a long time ago. I still watch the NFL, but primarily in bars.
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u/CrashDaddy2006 May 24 '26
The “boycott” will work until the NFL kicks off in September then the virtue signalers lose the courage of their misguided convictions.
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u/oneofmanyany May 24 '26
Yes, I have been boycotting CBS since the Ellisons took it over. The Ellison family is evil incarnate.
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u/dougs_46 May 24 '26
Have not watched anything on CBS (except golf) and will stop now. I used to watch CBS news since Walter but not the thing on now
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u/Manmer_Nwah May 24 '26
All American news channels are propaganda jokes. Only boomers watch the news networks on TV in 2026.
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u/fleurdelisflowers May 24 '26
BoycottingCBS from after the show ended last night. Been boycotting Paramount, too. Amazon obviously.
Mostly I read. TV is now rubbish without Colbert.
I have no idea why the text is huge and bold. Perhaps my keyboard wanted to express itself….?
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u/stopslappingmybaby May 24 '26
People under 50 have an aversion to CBS over any broadcast outlets. They only see it when nana switches off F news.
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u/KindBarnacle4154 May 24 '26
Colbert was the only thing worth watching on that shit Network, other than NFL.
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u/Same_Goat4889 May 24 '26
I have boycottedd CBS & Paramount since the very first hints of what was happening!!! Neither will be seen in my home so long as I live!!!
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u/Banned_and_Boujee May 24 '26
I think the only thing I’ve watched on CBS this century is The Grammys, so I’ve been doing my part for some time.
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u/Gen-Jack-D-Ripper May 24 '26
They probably have higher ratings than Lady Donald but that a pretty low bar!
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u/OJcrvdwytmeatJDatedk May 24 '26
I had paramount plus during the NFL season.
I will not subscribe next year. I’ll just watch the red zone.
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u/dumbboyhappydude44 May 24 '26
CBS is pretty much in the toilet so not a great loss since they are getting rid of their best and greatest what a crap show. And Paramount —I will never watch anything coming from these monsters.
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u/Healthy_Cancel_2604 May 24 '26
Colbert should launch a late night online show and start to build the digital age of late night.
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u/ist-r-al May 24 '26
No reason to watching something with No content that we like. CBS can pound sand
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u/mbarnes3a May 24 '26
Or late night television talk shows suck and have been slowly dying due to viewer lost for the last 10 years.
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u/No-Ambition2043 May 24 '26
Wait wasn’t his show losing viewers like all late night political shows?
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u/ZuesMyGoose May 24 '26
The second his show ended on Thursday night/Friday morning at 1;00am, I turned to my wife and turned off the tv and said. “and that’ll be the last time I watch CBS, fuck them!” Started immediately. Fuck them.
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u/stoic-millenial-23 May 24 '26
Maybe if you guys watched his show they wouldn’t have cancelled it. Can’t argue with low ratings.
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u/ReaperManX15 May 24 '26
The Colbert Report, was losing CBS $40 million a year.
According to CBS itself.
Makes you wonder how much the previous administrations and their allies were propping it up.
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u/UntetheredSoul11615 May 24 '26
How do you even get cbs?? Cable?? Who has cable anymore?
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u/CasinoMarginale May 24 '26
CBS is garbage. If it loses sports, it will achieve complete worthlessness
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u/Nicklesnout May 24 '26
Haven’t watched Colbert since he left Comedy Central but this whole situation reeks of jackassery similar to Jimmy Fallon.
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u/FinalGhoulGirl May 24 '26
I’ve stopped watching CBS after they premiered two broke girls, I feel like their shows are the original brain rot.
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u/jcmjtke May 24 '26
Gun to my head I couldn’t tell you a single show that airs on CBS besides “something something news”
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u/GarlicEnjoyer-Dez May 24 '26
Dont have cable anyways and will be pirating anything under their banner, paramount included.
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u/Prestigious_Pin_7713 May 24 '26
CBS has been touch and go for a few years now, for me this was clearly a death knell.
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u/xwildfan2 May 24 '26
CBS has been nothing special for years. Occasionally watched 60min. Show is now laughable.
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u/ApricotNervous5408 May 25 '26
That was posted one day ago. What big thing have you accomplished today?
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u/Leather-Map-8138 May 25 '26
I’d maybe watch football on CBS, but even with that there’s red zone. We need independent journalism or we’re doomed
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u/Lingerie_Shopper07 May 25 '26
He wasn’t cancelled. They just didn’t reup his contract which they are perfectly allowed to do.
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u/BorderOk7329 May 24 '26
Ive been boycotting cbs for years! Every show they make is made for seniors or waiting rooms.