CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump
US television presenter Stephen Colbert says his commercially successful and acclaimed "The Late Show" will end in May 2026. The timing follows his sharp criticism of CBS parent Paramount over a legal deal with Trump.
Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night."
Why did CBS cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," one of the most-watched late-night talk shows? Here's what to know about the network's decision and political backlash.
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the most-watched late-night program on U.S. broadcast television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at Republican President Donald Trump, will end its 10-year
CBS announced on Thursday that 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' would end in 2026, but the timing, coincidental or not, comes as Paramount tries to sell itself to Skydance.
[The Right] saw a fading genre getting one last round of applause before the curtain fell, and a Democratic Party so deep in its echo chamber, it probably thinks canceling a late-night show is a threat to democracy.
The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes" story.
In a surprising move on Thursday, CBS announced that it will cancel The Late Show in May 2026. The show, which debuted in 1993 with host David Letterman, is currently hosted by Stephen Colbert.
The announcement came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global, the parent company of his network, for settling with President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” story.
(CNN) — In a shocking move, CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year, potentially exiting the late-night television business altogether. The cancellation will take effect in May 2026, the normal end of the broadcast TV season, the network said Thursday evening.
In a shocking move, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May. “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season," CBS brass said in a statement.
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