There was a late night unity show Monday night Party Comrades from host Stephen Colbert said on CBS that he canceled his plan in 2026.
Thursday's announcement was shocked and harshly criticized, with many suggesting it was another concession from U.S. President Donald Trump 60 minutes Selectively edited an interview with his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris.
Colbert has been highly critical of Trump for years and agreed to a $16 million U.S. settlement with the president for a lawsuit he filed against the company earlier this month.
The settlement surprised many legal experts, who believed the lawsuit had little chance of success in court.
Trump said the settlement was paid to him on Tuesday, although the money should be allocated to his future presidential library.
Then-public presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared on a late show with Stephen Colbert in 2015, but recently celebrated news that the plan had cancelled the plan last week. (John Paul Filo/CBS/AP)
CBS and Colbert both announced be lateThe cancellation was cancelled on Thursday, but Colbert seized the opportunity in his opening monologue Monday night, questioning the motive for the decision.
He joked that “cancellation culture has gone too far” but said he could now share his “no difference” view of Trump.
“I don't care about him,” Colbert joked that the president was be late The guests were also the first year of Colbert’s inauguration during their first election in 2015.
The landlord talked about his “bubbly” criticism of the settlement, which he aired a few days before the announcement of the cancellation. Although he did not explicitly tie the two incidents together, he questioned that it could be a “financial decision” when his plan was rated in the late night category. (Although stores like the Wall Street Journal point out that despite its high ratings, the show is no longer profitable.)
Watch | Colbert talks about CBS’s “kill” his show in Open Monologue:
Colbert acknowledged potential restrictions on the network, especially after millions of dollars in spending, but also mentioned how Trump celebrated the cancellation of the show in posts about socializing in truth.
“I absolutely love Colbert being fired,” Trump wrote.
“He’s even less talented than he has. I heard Jimmy Kimmel is next. Performance tonight. ”
On Monday night, Colbert responded to Trump: “Go yourself.”
Watch | Questions around cancelled post-performance:
Why does CBS place post-performances on: ratings or politics?
Regarding whether the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's late performance was politically motivated or purely financial. Colbert hints at “bribery” related to Trump’s lawsuit and corporate deals.
Stewart Savages
Except Colbert, Daily performanceJon Stewart has the most harsh comments on CBS.
He admitted that late-night TV was struggling: “We basically run a big kiosk in the tower,” he joked.
But he said CBS “lost the benefit of doubt” after the solution, which the network and others across the industry have criticized and linked to Paramount’s pending merger with film and television studio Skydance, which needs to approve the Federal Communications Commission.
Watch | Stewart Grand Slam CBS (including profanity) in Daily Show Monologue:
“This is purely financial, or the path with the least resistance to your $8 billion [US] Merge? Stewart said, adding that Paramount Global also has a network where he works for Comedy Center.
“But understand that. Indeed, you are now looking to cancel, review and control the show – in a value of $8 billion, that's not a significant part.
A little love from Letterman?
Colbert first dipped his toes with Stewart Daily performance From 1999 to 2005, before launching your own comedy central show Corbert Reportran for 10 years. He eventually landed in the current show after the original show be late Host David Letterman retires.
Although Letterman did not make any official statement, he appeared to have taken a stance on Monday.
A 20-minute video appeared on his YouTube channel, which included clips of it, including him on CBS Post-production show with David Letterman over the years.
Watch | Letterman laughed at CBS over the years:
Letterman Late Night with David Lettermanbroadcast Show tonight 11 years.
On NBC, Jimmy Fallon joked Monday night that he was still Show tonight“At least tonight.”
Fallon praised Colbert for running be late The host, but took a lighter tone, joked that boycotts would cause CBS to lose millions of viewers, and “watch tens of thousands of viewers on Paramount Plus.”
Host Jimmy Kimmel is currently on the summer vacation of a show on ABC, despite reacting to what happened on Instagram last week, saying: “F – You and All Sheldons CBS” who quoted the character Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon.
People participated in a protest called “Colbert”! Trump must leave! Outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York on Monday. (Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images)
However, Colbert has no love, from one of the highest late night (actually late) hosts: Greg Gutfeld of Fox News Channel, Trump praised him in a post celebrating Colbert’s cancellation and hosted the show Gutfield!
Gutfeld dismissed the claim that Colbert was under scrutiny, saying CBS was “freely fired someone as notorious as they were in the dumps in the agricultural products department.”
He also touts that his show is higher than Colbert's performance (although that's also possible because his show airs about an hour and a half before the main late night show).
Right-wing comedian and commentator Gutfeld swung at Colbert because Fox News Channel is usually good for Trump, and that's no surprise.
But, as Stewart pointed out in his rant, Trump also sued Rupert Murdoch To the current sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Watch | How will Colbert’s cancellation change late-night TV?
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After 33 years of airing, CBS will cancel Stephen Colbert's late performance. Host Stephen Colbert made the announcement to the audience in a recording Thursday, just days after he spoke with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS.