Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a changing media landscape and removing from air one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s most prominent and persistent late-night critics. Thursday's announcement followed Colbert's criticism on Monday of a settlement between Trump and Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, over a “60 Minutes” story. Colbert told his audience at New York's Ed Sullivan Theater that he had learned Wednesday night that after a decade on air, “next year will be our last season. ... It's the end of ‘The Late Show’ on CBS. I’m not being replaced. This is all just going away.” The audience responded with boos and groans. “Yeah, I share your feelings," the 61-year-old comic said. Three top Paramount and CBS executives praised Colbert's show as “a staple of the nation's zeitgeist” in a statement that said the cancellation “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 haWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times