US EditionStephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ is canceled by CBS and will end in May 2026
UNITED STATES, JUL 24 – CBS cites financial challenges for ending the 33-season 'Late Show' franchise despite Stephen Colbert's show maintaining the top late-night ratings for nine consecutive seasons.
- The Late Show’s end in May 2026 was announced Thursday at the Ed Sullivan Theater.
- Amid a challenging late-night landscape, CBS executives said the cancellation is purely financial, unrelated to the show’s performance or content, as Paramount pursues an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media.
- Most recent Nielsen data show Colbert draws about 2.417 million viewers across 41 episodes, making it the only late-night show to gain audience this year, while Gutfeld’s show averaged 3.1 million viewers through July 20, 2025.
- The live audience booed, as Colbert declared, `I am offended,` during his Thursday taping.
- After more than three decades on air, the franchise that began in August 1993 with David Letterman and was helmed by Colbert since 2015 will retire.
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