Shari Redstone Says Bari Weiss Would Be “A Good Voice” For CBS, Defends Colbert Cancellation, Paramount Settlement
Shari Redstone highlighted late night TV's long-term financial challenges and expressed hope Bari Weiss would add a fact-based perspective at CBS News amid industry changes.
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Shari Redstone Says Late Night TV Is 'Financially Not Viable' Amid Colbert-Kimmel Upheaval
Shari Redstone does not see a bright future for late night. Speaking Thursday at Axios’ Media Trends Live event, the former Paramount Global chair said that shows like CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” were “financially not viable” and “it had been that way for a long time.” “I can tell you that we had been looking at late night,” she said of CBS and its parent company’s decision to stop airing “The Late Sh…
Shari Redstone Says Bari Weiss Would Be “A Good Voice” For CBS, Defends Colbert Cancellation, Paramount Settlement
In her first public appearance since selling her family company to David Ellison’s Skydance, Shari Redstone complimented Bari Weiss, defended Paramount’s settlement with Donald Trump and, amid the current furor over Disney’s yanking Jimmy Kimmel Live, said, “We all need to be thoughtful of the content we are putting on air.” Disney yanked Kimmel’s late-night […]
Paramount is considering taking the command of the traditional journalist group CBS News to journalist Bari Weiss, according to reports from New York Times and Variety. The reports point out that the choice of the combat profile journalist, which j placed in favor of Israel and criticised movements such as the Black Lives Matter, breaks with the traditional group position. Read more (09/19/2025
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