Jimmy Kimmel irate over Colbert cancellation, criticizes CBS ending 'Late Show'

Stephen Colbert’s college classmates reflect on political comedy career after ‘Late Show’ cancellation

Stephen Colbert (Communication ’86) has long gravitated toward what one of his friends called “playful danger.” He leaned into this instinct for the past decade on CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which he recently announced would go off the air in May 2026. Colbert catapulted the late-night talk show to the top of...

Here's what all the late night hosts said about Stephen Colbert and 'The Late Show' being cancelled

A roundup of what the late night hosts have said in response to Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" being canceled.

Off the news: Curious timing for Colbert cancellation | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Despite his perch atop the ratings for late-night programming, Stephen Colbert has joined the ranks of media figures jettisoned to improve a company’s bottom line. Calling it “purely a financial decision,” CBS announced it would end “The Late Show” altogether in May.

Old Media Dying: Waning CBS Cancels Colbert. Is Kimmel Next?

by Selwyn Duke, The New American: “So, for the first time in history, Americans have stopped watching NBC, CBS TV, and ABC,” reported commentator Bill O’Reilly Thursday. “Their viewing level has fallen below 20 percent — unheard of.” “And it’s because they’re boring and they’re far left,” O’Reilly elaborated. “That’s the two reasons.” The latest casualty […]

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' is canceled by CBS

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump's most prominent late-night critics. The announcement came three days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount…

Economics taking a toll on late-night television

CBS says its decision to end Stephen Colbert's late-night comedy show is financial, not political. Yet even with the ample skepticism about that explanation, there's no denying the economics were not working in Colbert's favor.