CBS Cancels ‘Late Show,’ Ending Stephen Colbert’s Run After Decades On Air
CBS has announced that it’s canceling “The Late Show” — its late-night franchise that began under David Letterman in 1993 — and looks to end the program currently hosted by Stephen Colbert in May 2026.
In a statement, CBS claimed that the move is “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night” and said it’s not related “in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”
Hmm. What a curious disclaimer. What other matters happening at Paramount could possibly affect The Late Show? Surely not this?
CBS’s once-proud “60 Minutes” bungled its interview last fall with presidential candidate Kamala Harris, engaging in questionable editing practices and then sandbagging when asked to explain what happened. As could be expected, Donald Trump filed a $20 billion lawsuit claiming election interference in favor of his political opponent. The money will be paid by Paramount, the parent company of CBS.
The settlement was cleverly announced by CBS News just before the Fourth of July holiday, a move clearly designed to hide the surrender from Americans who were traveling, cooking hotdogs and watching fireworks. The announcement made a point to indicate that CBS made no apology as part of the settlement. So, apparently, CBS just randomly hands over millions of dollars when it has done nothing wrong.
CBS also claimed in the announcement that “the lawsuit was completely without merit.” CBS is quite right in that contention; journalists have broad First Amendment protections when it comes to broadcasting and editing interviews. There is virtually no chance Trump could have won this case in court.
But CBS caved anyway.
Ah. ‘Twould appear to be exactly this matter, which Colbert attacked on The Late Show directly a few nights ago, calling it a “big fat bribe”… cos apparently Paramount (who own CBS) is looking to do a merger with some other company, and they need the approval of the FCC to do that so they’re obviously trying to keep in with the big boss despite having said themselves the lawsuit was clearly bullshit. Funny how CBS calling time on a program hosted by a noted Trump critic (who Trump himself has specifically targeted) comes just three days after he accused them of selling out to Mushroom Cock, eh.
I mean, maybe it isn’t pulling in the revenue like it used to, but if it’s that much of a money sink, why are they carrying on until next May with it? Maybe if they axed it immediately it would look obviously political… but it clearly already IS, and letting it go on for another ten months doesn’t make it look less so. I hope Colbert takes the opportunity to blast Dampnut and his gang as much as possible, cos there doesn’t seem to be much else to lose if The Late Show is a lame duck anyway…
