CBS is canceling Late show with Stephen Colbert In next May, a decades -old TV institute was locked into a changing media scenario and removed one of the most prominent and late night critics of President Donald Trump from air.
Thursday’s announcement on Monday criticized Trump and Paramount Global, a “60 minute” story between the original company of Global, after criticizing Kolbert.
Colbert told his audience at the Ed Sulivan Theater in New York that he had learned on Wednesday night that after a decade in the air, “Our last year will be our last year. … It is the end of the ‘The Late Show’ on CBS. I am not being replaced. All this is just going away.”
The audience responded with boos and groan. “Yes, I share your feelings,” said 61 -year -old comic.
Three top paramounts and CBS officials said Collbert’s show as “a head of the nation”, stating that the cancellation is “a financial decision against a challenging background in a purely late night. It is not any way related to the show’s performance, materials or other matters that are happening in paramount.”
In his Monday’s monologue, Colbert said he was “angry” from the disposal of $ 16 million, which arrived by Paramount, whose Skydance media needs pending sales require the approval of the Trump administration. He said that the technical name in the legal circles for the deal was “Big Fat bribe”.
Colbert said, “I don’t know anything – anything – will repair my trust in this company.” “But, just stabbing it, I would say that $ 16 million will help.”
Trump sued Paramount Global, how “60 minutes” finalized his interview with Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Critics say the company settled mainly to clean a barrier for Skydance sale.
Colbert took over The late show After becoming a big name in comedy and news satire in 2015, working with John Stewart The daily show And hosting The Colbert ReportWhich was a rife on the right -wing talk show.
Nielsen’s most recent ratings show the audience to the audience this year and win their timellet among the broadcasts with around 2.417 million spectators in 41 new episodes. On Tuesday, Colbert Late show Gave his sixth nomination for a Primatime Amy Award for Excellent Talk Show. It won the Pebody Award in 2021.
David letterman started hosting The late show In 1993. When Colbert took over, he deepened his engagement with politics. With musicians and film stars, Colbert often welcomes politicians.
Democratic Sen Adam Shif of California was a guest on Thursday night. Shif said on X that “If Paramount and CBS finished the show late due to political reasons, it is worthy of knowing the public. And deserves better.” Massachusetts’ Democratic Sen Elizabeth Warren issued a similar statement.
Colbert’s counterpart on ABC, Jimmy Kimmered posted on Instagram “Love You Stephen” and directed an explain at CBS.
Actor and producer Jamie Lee Curtis mentioned in an interview at Los Angeles that the House passed a bill as a cancellation, approved by Trump’s public broadcasters NPR and PBS requested to cut funds.
Curtis said, “They are trying to silence people, but it will not work. We will not work. We will just meet loudly.”
Colbert has long targeted Trump. In September 2015, his first show was guest actor George Clooney and Jeb Bush, who was then struggling against Trump in his Republican President’s primary campaign.
“The village Bush was the Governor of Florida for eight years,” Colbert told his audience. “And you would think that so much risk for oranges and crazy people would have prepared him for Donald Trump. Obviously not.”
Late night TV has been facing economic pressures for years; Rating and advertising revenue are bottom, and many young viewers prefer online highlights, which have trouble monetizing the network. CBS recently canceled hosts Taylor Tommininson after midnightWho later aired The late show,
Nevertheless, Colbert had led the late night competition of the network over the years. And while NBC has accepted economic pressures by finishing the band on Seth Mayors show and cutting a night of Jimmy Follen on one night Tonight showNo such visible efforts have been made The late show,
Trump’s tireless criticism of Colbert, his condemnation about settlement, and pending sales of the original company cannot be ignored, Bill Carter said, author, writer, writer Late shift,
“If the CBS feels that people are going to swallow it, they are really seduced,” said Carter.
Andy Cohen, who started his career in CBS and now hosted Look what is live“This is a very sad day for CBS that they are exiting late night race. I mean, they are closing the lights after news,” said in an interview.
Published – July 18, 2025 11:55 am IST
