Quote of the day: This must be some new use of the term "explaining" I wasn't previously aware of

In explaining the decision, Comedy Central president Kent Alterman said Monday it came down to the show's inability to register with viewers. "Unfortunately, it hasn't connected with our audience in ways that we need it to," Alterman tells The Hollywood Reporter, "both in the linear channel and in terms of multiplatform outlets and with shareable content and on social platforms as well."

- That's the head of Comedy Central "explaining" why Larry Wilmore's The Nightly Show was abruptly canceled.

"Both in the linear channel and in terms of multiplatform outlets"?

"In terms of multiplatform outlets and with shareable content and on social platforms as well"?

General David Sarnoff would have chased this guy up a tree and set fire to it.