I confess that I was a Howard Stern fan. His show was entertaining, the comedy segments hilarious, and the content fantastic. He had a great staff, which allowed him to have lengthy, in-depth interviews with everyone under the sun. Stern had A-listers, B-movie stars, musicians, and politicians. He somewhat mellowed out from his earlier days on WXRK and WNBC, which makes sense since he’s 71, so no more ‘wheel of sex’ bits, but the fanatical turn toward hating half the country might have been a fatal blow to the self-proclaimed king of all media.
Jay Leno, who Stern hates, made a sound point that getting overly political on these platforms could kill you. What business model can survive if you openly deride them daily? It’s what killed late-night television. I knew Stephen Colbert was atrocious—I didn’t know he was $50 million a year in losses bad. For Stern, that interview with Biden, plus the war he waged on Trump voters, might have ended his show. It’s reportedly headed for cancellation, as the two camps cannot agree on the figure for a new contract. That’s at least what people are saying—who knows. The man has pranked his listeners about key staffers quitting. He mentioned retirement a few years ago.
But if Stern does survive, he’d be a notable exception. Stern has been off the air since June for a lengthy vacation and wasn’t expected to come back until Labor Day, but he held a surprise show yesterday morning.
SiriusXM Has Canceled 'The Howard Stern Show' https://t.co/jSSv0BHIhy pic.twitter.com/TjmOgNYMJp
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) August 6, 2025
Joy Reid
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) August 6, 2025
Jim Acosta
Alex Marquardt
Terry Moran
Alex Wagner
Katie Phang
Mehdi Hassan
Stephen Colbert
PBS
NPR
and now Howard Stern—CANCELLED.
I voted for this.
I haven’t listened to Stern in years—I can’t listen to the show during work—but whatever the case, the man who made the shock jock a permanent schtick has made plenty of money and could’ve retired eons ago.
