CBS cancels Stephen Colbert's late show
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CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026, the host told an audience at a taping Thursday.
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart slammed Paramount for making a deal with Trump, serving notice they won't be silenced by their parent company.
Stephen Colbert went off on his employer, Paramount, on Monday after the company decided to settle with President Trump in his lawsuit against the network.
Colbert followed “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart’s attack of the deal one week earlier. Stewart works for Comedy Central, also owned by Paramount, making the two comics the most visible internal critics of the $16 million settlement that was announced on July 1.
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