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

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air ...

Colbert’s cancellation came days after he mocked Paramount, which owns CBS, for its $16 million settlement with Trump in a ...

The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million settlement paid by CBS News parent Paramount to ...

CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after ...

After more than three decades on air, CBS announced on Thursday that its famed "Late Show" franchise is coming to a close.

Stephen Colbert announced Thursday night that CBS is ending “The Late Show” in 2026. “I’m not being replaced. This is all ...

The network claimed that the move was a "purely a financial decision" as it set the end date for the late-night program.

The network has called the cancellation “a purely financial decision”—but it feels like only the beginning of the end for an ...

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

CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night ...

The show is the most-watched late-night program on U.S. broadcast television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at Trump ...