Does the end of Colbert's show in May 2026 relate to the Paramount-Skydance merger? To Colbert's criticism of Donald Trump?

Seth Meyers on Thursday offered a sharp explanation for the turmoil that’s currently engulfing Donald Trump’s most loyal base ...

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026 after 33 years on air, the CBS television network announced in a ...

The announcement came after Colbert spoke out against CBS Global settling with President Trump. Network executives said the ...

Late-night comedy shows face a slew of challenges as streaming and hyper-partisan politics puts more pressure on traditional networks and comedy, respectively. Why it matters: Late-night shows used to ...

Jimmy Kimmel blasted CBS for axing “ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ” after 10 seasons while throwing his support behind ...

The end of The Late Show at the end of the 2025-26 season will leave CBS without a late-night presence for the first time since 1993, when David Letterman moved from NBC to launch The Late Show.

CBS “will be ending ‘The Late Show’ in May,” Colbert told his audience on Thursday. He kept the announcement brief and light.

Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was "purely a financial decision ...

Letterman launched “The Late Show” in August 1993 after hosting “Late Night with David Letterman” for more than a decade on ...

The announcement comes three days after Stephen Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, settling ...

The official release sent out by CBS made a point of this being “a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or ...