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After much media consternation and criticism over the cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, CBS chief has spoken up about the company’s decision to end the television institution after 32 years. Speaking at a press conference following the takeover of Paramount by the media conglomerate Skydance, George Cheeks, the chair of TV media at the company, attributed the …

Stephen Colbert has reportedly already secured his next gig following the recent cancellation of “The Late Show.” The comedian, 61, is staying put in the world of late-night after signing on as a guest star in the CBS series “Elsbeth,” Vulture reports. Colbert will portray a late-night talk show host in the comedy series, which made its debut last summer. Stephen Colbert has …

Kim Cattrall is seemingly addressing news that And Just Like That has been canceled. On Friday (August 1), it was announced that the Sex and the City spinoff series would be ending after season 3, which is currently airing on HBO Max. Hours after the cancellation news was announced, the 68-year-old Golden Globe winner took to Instagram to share a …

And just like that, the Sex and the City reboot has reached a bitter end—and Kim Cattrall is breathing a sigh of relief. And Just Like That, the follow-up to the award-winning HBO series, reunited original stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon. Cattrall, who played fan favorite character Samantha Jones, was absent from the spin-off due to …

Sex and the City icon Kim Cattrall posted a cryptic message on social media amid the cancellation of And Just Like That… after three seasons. On August 1, the actress behind Samantha Jones took to Instagram with a short post that spoke volumes to fans. “It’s the end of a very long week ❤️💋,” she captioned the update alongside a …

Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS First on LateNighter: Stephen Colbert’s Late Show days may be numbered—but he just set a new ratings record. According to Nielsen Live+3 data, Colbert captured an average weekly share of 12.63% among total viewers last week—his first full week of shows since CBS announced the show’s cancellation. That’s the highest weekly share The Late Show with Stephen …

Ever since Stephen Colbert’s Late Show was canceled earlier this month, the industry has been locked in an existential debate about whether CBS’ decision had to do with politics or was purely financial, as the network itself claimed. To Colbert’s former Daily Show colleague Samantha Bee, it’s a little from column A, a little from column B.  “I think both …

Former “Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee has weighed in on CBS’s decision to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” calling it “awful” but ultimately unsurprising and “such a no-brainer” for the network. Bee, during an appearance on the latest episode of Tom Papa’s “Breaking Bread” podcast, said she was “shocked but not surprised” at the nixing of the late-night …

David Letterman harshly criticized his former network home CBS after it canceled Stephen Colbert’s Late Show. He called CBS and David Ellison’s Skydance company “goons” amid their impending merger. Letterman also speculated that Colbert’s Late Show was axed for political reasons. David Letterman, a former titan of late-night television, has come to the defense of his successor amid controversy surrounding …

David Letterman slammed “gutless” CBS over the “sad” cancellation of The Late Show — as well as his former employer’s cowering to the Trump administration amid the Skydance merger — in his first public comments since the network axed the late-night institution. Earlier this month, CBS announced that The Late Show — which Letterman brought to air in August 1993 …