CBS is ending 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' next year

Good.  About time to get rid of this asshole.

In a shocking move, CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” 
next year, and apparently exiting the late-night television business 
altogether.

The network, citing financial pressures, said the cancellation will take 
effect in May 2026, the normal end of the broadcast TV season.

The decision is particularly surprising because “The Late Show” is 
typically the highest-rated show in late-night. And the timing is bound 
to raise questions because it comes just two weeks after the parent 
company of CBS, Paramount, settled a lawsuit lodged by President Trump 
against CBS News.

The settlement – and Paramount’s pending merger with Skydance Media – 
spurred speculation about Colbert’s future at CBS. Colbert, after all, 
is one of the staunchest critics of Trump on television.

Colbert alluded to the online worrying about his fate when he returned 
from vacation on Monday night. He condemned the Paramount settlement on 
air, likening it to a “big fat bribe,” and he joked that his new 
mustache would protect him from the corporation: “Okay, okay, but how 
are they going to put pressure on Stephen Colbert… if they can’t find him?”

CBS, however, said in a statement that “this is purely a financial 
decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related 
in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening 
at Paramount.”

The corporate financial pressures are real; Paramount laid off another 
3.5 percent of its workforce just last month.

Due to plunging ad revenue, “The Late Show” is no longer profitable, 
according to a source close to the network.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/media/cbs-cancels-stephen-colbert