“This thing is losing money left and right,” said one person close to Skydance. “I hear it’s on the way to lose more than $50 million and they would have killed it sooner if they were in charge. This guy pisses off more than half the country.”

In a blistering segment this week, the 'Daily Show' host criticized his show's parent company for abruptly canceling the long-running late-night franchise.