The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ending: Hit CBS talk show cancelled
The curtain is coming down on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
Host Stephen Colbert broke the news to his studio audience during a taping of the popular CBS talk show on Thursday.
“Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending our show in May,” he said, according to reports, as some in the audience booed.
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“It’s the end of The Late Show on CBS. This is all just going away.”
The unexpected news comes days after Colbert spoke out on-air against the parent company of CBS, Paramount, settling a lawsuit with US president Donald Trump over a 60 Minutes story the network aired.
“I am offended,” the host and comedian in his monologue on Monday’s show.
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“I don’t know if anything, anything, will repair my trust in this company. But, just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.”
In a statement, Paramount and CBS executives said the cancellation of the show “is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night”.
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“It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”
The Late Show franchise has been part of CBS’ lineup for three decades; Colbert took over as host in 2015 when David Letterman left the post.
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