US EditionTapper hits CBS parent over Colbert cancellation: Paramount in a ‘bend-the-knee phase’
UNITED STATES, JUL 19 – CBS cites $40 million annual losses and declining viewership as reasons to end Stephen Colbert's Late Show amid industry changes and a pending corporate merger.
- Earlier this week, CBS confirmed the show will end in May 2026, Colbert said `This is all just going away`.
- Puck News reported that Colbert's show operates at a $40 million annual loss, with viewership halving Letterman's, amid declining late-night industry revenue.
- Despite no evidence, Tapper linked Colbert's cancellation to Paramount's Trump settlement, admitted he had no evidence, and an anonymous former CBS executive said `The timing seems so obvious and keeping with Paramount's quid pro quo theme.`
- On Truth Social, President Trump said `I absolutely love that Colbert got fired`, adding `I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next`.
- Late-Night television faces declining ad revenues, shifting viewer habits, and rising production costs, with industry analysts noting ongoing financial challenges amid merger uncertainties.
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Trump’s Ugly New Attack on Stephen Colbert Reveals Dark Side of Firing - The DSR Network
As you’ve heard, CBS has ended “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Troublingly, this comes just after Paramount, which owns CBS, settled President Trump’s frivolous lawsuit against it by paying out $16 million dollars. Only days before the firing, Colbert called the deal a “big fat bribe.” Now Trump has just praised the firing in a vile new attack on Colbert. Trump laughably …
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has called on the New York Attorney General's Office to open an investigation into the circumstances that led to the cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, citing "potential corruption" at Paramount.
Jon Stewart Uncertain About 'The Daily Show' Future Amid Paramount-Skydance Merger and Colbert Cancellation
In a candid episode of his podcast, The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, the veteran comedian and host of The Daily Show expressed uncertainty about the long-running satire program's fate following the recent cancellation of Stephen Colbert's The Late Show and the impending merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media. Stewart, who has been a staple of Comedy Central since 1999 and returned as a part-time host in 2024, shrugged off concerns b…
Schiff: ‘Donald, Piss Off’ But First Release Epstein Files
If Thursday night’s show is any guide, Stephen Colbert is not pulling punches just because CBS is pandering to Donald Trump by cancelling the show. Just hosting Trump nemesis Sen. Adam Schiff on the same night Colbert announced his show’s cancellation was a bit of a middle finger to CBS and Trump authoritarianism. Schiff didn’t pull any punches, either, to put it mildly. He talked about the climate of fear and menace Donald Trump is deliberately…
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