His egoism won't let him admit this. If hew as smart he'd just hand the reigns over to his underlings and make money off them doing it.
I just do not see him having the ability to loosen control that much. Even when he is away, Tim has them play pre-recorded ad reads on
IRL where he does them. Either the contracts are very specific that Tim do the promotions, or the beanie boy does not trust others to read a scripted segment. An example being in this post's episode:
& as you are certainly missing Tim's incisive insight on
IRL, here he is opining on the Republicans' future, based upon a local Texas election going to the Democrats:

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On the face of it, reading the results for the Texas State Senate District 9/Tarrant County does show a change from the 2024 presidential election:

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To the outcome, now:

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However, this does omit some important context which even my cursory research unveiled. First, this was a runoff election caused by having two Republicans running against each other, as well as the Democrat candidate, in the November 2025 election cycle. If one of the Republicans had dropped out, it would have seen them retain the seat:

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Second, there was a recent
severe winter storm which caused issues across parts of the United States, including Tarrant County. This may explain the upset victory of Taylor Rehment over Leigh Wambsganss, due to depressed turnout from inclement weather conditions making travel to polling stations less appealing for those not highly politically motivated:

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Third, the Texas Senate has an unusual schedule. It only operates in regular sessions during odd-numbered years. Meaning that Taylor is only going to be in the Senate for a few months,
starting in January 2027, before leaving in May of that same year. Then, there is another election scheduled for the seat in November 2027.
Whilst this is concerning for the right-of-centre side of the aisle, it is not nearly enough to rule the Republicans "cooked", as the beanie boy does.
On 3 February, Tim remained absent, so former Rep. George Santos took the hosting post, with Jennifer Lawrence (no relation to the actress), co-founder of the conservative group, American Mission; as the guest.
Ian, Phil, & Sean the producer, were the co-hosts.
With George on-set, it was full frontal flamboyancy, the entire show. So, if that is not your cup of tea, it may turn you off it, even if you like outings without Tim.
Clip Collection:
-A super-chatter says that Tim was actually hiding his homosexuality under his beanie, after seeing George in the main chair, tonight. Ian jokes that the beanie boy was always gay, people just now noticed:
-Speaking of Tim's controlling habits, Phil notes that Libby, one of the co-hosts & experienced in the theatre world, "badly" wished to talk about
the odd relationship between Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo, which recently fell apart. Unfortunately, that must not have fit into Tim's tight schedule of regurgitating the same news stories he discusses during his morning segment, so it was pushed into a small portion of the paywalled section: