US EditionStephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ is canceled by CBS and will end in May 2026
UNITED STATES, JUL 18 – CBS will retire The Late Show brand after May 2026 amid financial pressures despite Colbert's high ratings averaging 2.4 million viewers per episode, executives said.
- On Thursday, CBS announced 'THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT' will end in May 2026, with Colbert sharing the news at a taping.
- Facing economic pressures, CBS described the cancellation as a purely financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.
- During his monologue, Colbert said he was 'offended' by the $16 million settlement and called it a 'big fat bribe'.
- Political figures like Senator Adam Schiff said 'America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons' and CBS also recently canceled After Midnight.
- Once the current season concludes, the show will be retired without a replacement and CBS will be without a late-night comedy talk show for the first time since 1993.
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In an unforeseen turn of events, CBS has decided to pull the plug on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Amid shock waves, the network states that the decision wasn’t taken lightly and the termination is not based on performance or content, but due to economic reasons. An intriguing twist to the tale is that CBS is not just showing slugger Stephen Colbert the door, instead they aim to retire the entire Late Show franchise by May 2026. Such a mov…
CBS's flagship broadcast will end in May 2026. Since 2015, the host, his satirical tone and his very sharp look on America have given rise to some mythical sequences.
The Late Show cycle on CBS will come to an end in May 2026, according to the network itself in a statement that attributes the decision to economic factors.
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