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Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

washingtonpost.comStephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.

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Regardless of what they're claiming, I see this as part of the PAYOFF deal to Trump made by Sherri Redstone to get him off her back. Colbert is left of center and Trump wanted him off the air.

Another pithy comment from the first of the legendary print media to bow to a dictator. The capitulation amongst our media is the greatest tragedy as America falls. Truly disgusting & sad.

Absolute chicken shit CBS. Ok, which big-wigs at CBS are on the Epstein list. I have no respect for CBS any more. You are flushing America down the toilet kowtowing to Trump!! Traitor!

Boycott CBS! They too, bend the knee to the felon. I will never understand how one sociopathic corrupt a-hole can damage the entire fabric of this once great country. At 70 yrs of age, I am seriously considering moving to Canada with my 94yr old mother whom I care for because this is just not right.

The Late Show was the only show I watched on CBS. Nothing else interesting. The payout and now The Late Show cancellation is the nail in the coffin. Not to everyone mention stupid Paramount +. I’m sure that payout was totally worth it. Buh bye

I hope everyone stops watching paramount shows. Losing the Colbert show will be devastating. At least he, his writers, and cast will be free to peruse other endeavors. Never pay off a bully bc it’s never enough. Choices were made!

Yep, already did! We cancelled back when they capitulated to tangerine mussolini’s extortion. Hope Colbert can speak more freely and creatively once he’s out from under corporate dominance.

When Colbert leaves the air I will no longer watch CBS. Anything else owned by Paramount - no thanks. This is obviously part of the taco deal. So done with anyone or anything that bends the knee to this regime.

Trump thinks this will kick Colbert's voice out. But Trump is stupid and old school. CBS is no longer one of 5 Television channels. It's a rotting, decaying, desperate relic. Whatever Colbert does next will have more followers than CBS. Their prostitution at Trump's fascist feet will be fatal.

Why are so many powerful people so afraid of an old, beat up, ignorant, diaper wearing, lying asshole. There's one of him, billions of us around the world. If we push back enough, whenever we get a chance, we can beat him. Keep at it, never stop.

This only applies to people with actual morals. The people who run Paramount/CBS have none. Their sole driving force in life is greed. They stand to make $billions$ with their merger (which requires Trump's approval), so sacrificing a few million dollars and the Late Show means nothing to them.😑

They probably don't like him talking. What about late-night TV? I remember being kept up by it. I, as a teenager, had a 'be-in-bed' order that didn't apply to the rest of the family. So I had to listen to them laughing, and wonder what they were laughing about.

Paramount's so desperate for their GOP-backed Skydance merger, they paid Trump hush money and axed Colbert — selling out journalism and the 1st amendment to appease an autocrat and his billionaire enablers 👇 bsky.app/profile/that...

That's the Fact, Jack!@thatsthefactjack.bsky.social

🔥 Paramount & Trump’s Quid-Pro-Quo Let’s say the quiet part out loud — since the media won’t. 📺 CBS’s parent company, Paramount, just gave Trump $16 million to settle a bogus defamation lawsuit over a 60 Minutes piece with Kamala Harris. No apology. No fault. Just a fat check. 🧵(1 of 7)👇

Seemingly separate, the obvious bending of the knee that is CBS parting ways with the top-rated generational talent of Colbert is veery much tied to the attacks on independent data acquisition, science, and education. Apparently, the road to dictatorship is greased with Regression.

There's a Spanish saying that goes "Para lo que me queda en el convento, me cago dentro". In English, it doesn't rhyme, but it translates as "For the rest of my time in the convent, I'll shit inside it". But I think you get the point. Hopefully he will put it into practice... #TheLateShow #Colbert

People hate Maher because he craps all over the Democrats while he does the usual riffs on Trump. What the audience fails to understand is that Maher would probably die before he ever votes GOP

A had it and cancelled until another Yellowstone series comes out but I just decided yesterday, I'll find another way to watch it that doesn't include giving streams or $$ to Paramount/CBS and if I can't find another way, I'll just find something else to watch.

I hope Colbert go completely scorched earth on them and make them cancel his show before that date, for "financial reasons". Colbert doesn't need any more money, and we all know he will land on his feet anyways

@cbsnews.com ...F*ck you CBS for kissing the Nazi's ring!... You will be losing RATINGS big time because of your Stupidity and chosen attachment to a damn Anti-American Dick-tator! ...What the hell is wrong with you?... Oh well, I will NOT watch ANYTHING on CBS except Colbert until next May!

The modern equivalent of feudal censorship. American democracy is fading fast in the hands of big money, big tech and huge media powerhouses. Most of the American people don't even realize what is being destroyed right now because they are undereducated.

I’m surprised he survived so long (probably number 1 rating) because ABC has been compromised for years … they can’t handle the truth. I’m sure some network will scoop him up and we will see him again….he just too talented. ABC’s huge loss

Another news station breaks under weak pressure of the dictator/ authorism fascist in control in the Felon Trump.. SAD for the country and @CBS.. they have shown they are weak.. STAND THE FUCK UP ,,, RESIST,,, RESIST...

Read an article about a month ago where WB bent the knee and called it the “price of doing business.” I’ll see if I can find and repost. I have friends there will check with them too. Wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if their biggest shareholder John Malone is friendly with Trump.

Any network should pick him up that doesn’t have cost per month! He has fantastic shows! I watch him on YouTube as won’t ever pay for cable again. I use internet to watch TV as it’s $30 a month!

Assuming you don’t live in the boonies, Colbert is on over the air “free” to tune in to watch TV. No Cable required… In Canada Global carries his show.

1,000,000,000% it was. It'll come out. Now the Daily Show is in jeopardy because of a possible merger with Skydance. They're looking to merge with Paramount Global, who owns Comedy Central. I won't make it theough this administration without those 2 on the air somewhere, that's for sure.

And who wants to bet part of the settlement is that the show would be dissolved as the dictator doesn't like anyone speaking out against him, nor providing a soapbox for others to be interviewed and speak out against policies and possible bills? 😼

I need to post this quote again: "If you don't consider your main job to be stopping the existential crisis of fascism, you should get a new job and stop being a journalist". - Abner Hauge, "Make Journalism Antifa Again"

How is this a 1A, free press issue? What happened to all the people that supported Disney when they failed to renew Gina Carano’s contract for something she said? She didn’t even say it at work and got let go and leftists said that it wasn’t a 1A issue.

“As the second quarter of 2025 wrapped, late-night’s pecking order held mostly steady—with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert topping the 11:35 PM hour in total viewers” CBS is either corrupt or run by cowards.

Today's Stockexchange is the poison for all companies, it seems. As soon as they get there, the end is near. Greed has always existed! Yet today a mere stagnation is considered a failure, loss. NOTHING in life goes up only, but only spoiled brats try denying that.

The restrictions would apply if a corporation were to buckle under pressure from the government, and we know Trump has called for Colbert's cancellation publicly. The only way to know if a violation occurred here would be through legal action - but it's not an unrealistic assumption.

Then nothing, I suppose. USA has become autocracy where laws are more like suggestions and apply only to the people beneath the ruler, never to the ruler him/herself. Much like it used to work when Tzars ruled Russia: serfs suffered the law, boyars ruled over the serfs and Tzar was above all law.

Sounds like someone got their feelings hurt. Truth is a tough thing to hear sometimes. Oh Paramount, you need a timeout to reflect on your actions. May Colbert be successful in his new endeavors…and make lots of money.

EVERY American should be waking up to the obvious. Trump is an Authoritarian seizing control of every aspect of our formerly free lives. I don’t watch Bannon, Rogan, Kirk, Fox. I CHOOSE a different channel, not slither in the fine print of a deal and cancel them.

During COVID, the missus and I started watching the Late Show with Stephen Colbert because we no longer had to get up at 7am. We’ve kept watching ever since. I’m cancelling Paramount+ very soon and I will only watch Colbert on CBS. Just trying to do what little I can do. #colbert #boycottcbs