CBS to End ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ in 2026

expectationlost

CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’ https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/

Technically its a non-renewal of his contract.

Right after the owners make a deal with Trump… settling a bogus lawsuit because they don't want their merger blocked by Trump.

This was Stephen Colbert monologue the other day…

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Paramount’s Trump Settlement: A Big Fat Bribe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvx3L3DQb8

Jack Daw

The show was costing $100 million per annum to produce and has a staff of 200.Which is completely insane.It was losing $40 million a year.

The entire argument about it being cancelled because of his criticism of Trump is bogus, if anything he's lucky the show was tolerated with such a poor performance for so long.

Also it's interesting that almost all the people defending the show are people who liked it because he criticized Trump and platformed critics of Trump which tells you that it obviously wasn't delivering on what it was supposed to be which is to a late night comedy talk show.

expectationlost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123650764#Comment_123650764

Poor performance it was the number one late show, the lessening of TV ad revenue wasnt his fault.

They could certainly cost cut.

Bogey Lowenstein

The two Jimmy's are circling the drain as well.

https://robshuter.substack.com/p/exclusive-jimmy-in-trouble-both-fallon

This late night format is dying off in America probably because more and more people are online instead.