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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 …

Now that David Ellison’s Skydance has secured the keys to Paramount Global, what toys await him inside the company’s intellectual property chest? After a nail-biting federal approval process that inspired backlash, Ellison and team have not only secured a legacy distributor, but a trove of content in various stages of production and development. As the new Skydance-Paramount team prepares to …

Former “Late Show” host David Letterman joined his former executive producer Barbara Gaines to give his full unfiltered thoughts on CBS’ cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s iteration of the “Late Show.” “One day, if not today, the people at CBS who have manipulated and handled this are going to be embarrassed,” he said in a YouTube video published Friday. “This is …

Late-night television legend and original Late Show host David Letterman has finally spoken out about CBS’ decision to ax the show he created in 1993, describing the move as “pure cowardice.” Letterman spoke to his former producers Barbara Gaines and Mary Barclay about the decision in a video posted to his YouTube channel on Friday, telling them, “I think one …

David Letterman unloaded on CBS and Skydance on Friday for cancelling “The Late Show,” which he launched 32 years ago, saying the network had mistreated his successor, Stephen Colbert. In an interview posted to his YouTube channel, Letterman said he does not buy the official explanation that the show was cancelled for financial reasons. “This is pure cowardice,” Letterman said. …

David Letterman has finally given his opinion on the cancelation of The Late Show – the franchise that he launched. “I don’t think it was money,” Letterman says on a video on the Letterman YouTube channel hosted by Barbara Gaines, who was previously an exec producer on The Late Show with David Letterman. “This is pure cowardice.” Joking that the …

Former Late Show host David Letterman has made his first direct comments about the cancellation of the CBS late-night franchise — and they aren’t positive. Speaking with his former executive producer, Barbara Gaines, in a YouTube video Friday, Letterman called the axing of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert “pure cowardice” and said he doesn’t believe the official line from CBS …

“Rick and Morty” continues to expand its universe: Adult Swim has picked up a new adult animated comedy set in that universe, “President Curtis.” The news was announced Friday during the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, which included a surprise appearance by David. “Rick and Morty” executive producers Dan Harmon and James Siciliano are behind the series, which sees David …

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — After getting through the initial nerves and big storylines the first day of training camp always provides, the Bills settled in for their second day of work at St. John Fisher University on Thursday. And with it came the camp’s first moment of tempers flaring — a bit earlier than most camps. On a rep during team …

David Ellison’s Skydance Media pledged to abandon all diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Paramount Global in an attempt to win government approval for its $8-billion merger. Paramount already had scaled back diversity programs earlier this year. In a Tuesday letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, Skydance said it would go further to cancel diversity efforts. “Paramount no …