Stephen Colbert Ends Late Show Run With Paul McCartney Finale
The finale featured Paul McCartney and dozens of celebrity guests as CBS ended the 11-year run after citing financial losses.
- On Thursday, Stephen Colbert concluded his 11th season of "The Late Show" with a final broadcast featuring Paul McCartney, marking the end of the 33-year franchise at the Ed Sullivan Theater.
- CBS announced the cancellation last July, citing a "purely financial decision" against a challenging late-night backdrop; critics questioned whether political motives influenced the choice given Colbert's outspoken criticism of President Trump.
- Despite cancellation, the program remained most-watched in its time slot, averaging 2.70 million viewers, while Colbert highlighted the "joy" he and his team experienced creating more than 1,800 episodes.
- Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed" will replace the show in the 11:35 p.m. ET time slot, while Colbert is already writing a script for a new "Lord of the Rings" movie with director Peter Jackson.
- The show's set is being donated to the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, as late-night television faces declining viewership with programs seeing 70% to 80% drops since 2015.
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Stephen Colbert Last Show: Comedian's Critics And Supporters Speak in the Aftermath
Stephen Colbert last show subverted critics' expectations by omitting one of the host's favourite hot topics from his final monologue. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert aired its final episode on a high note on Thursday, almost a year after CBS announced its cancellation. Colbert started the show with his traditional monologue, ribbing on topics like AI, the hantavirus, and the Catholic Church. The speech was also relatively apolitical, lacking…
Last summer, it was announced that the program would be taking off the air after 33 years. For years, it was the most-watched late-night show in the US.
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