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Stewart, Colbert slam CBS, Trump for cancellation of late night franchise: ‘Fear and pre-compliance’  Politico Stephen Colbert mocks CBS’s reasoning for canceling ‘The Late Show’  The Washington Post David Letterman takes subtle aim at CBS amid Colbert ‘Late Show’ cancellation  USA Today Jon Stewart slams CBS for decision to cancel ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’  CNN Jon Stewart rips Paramount, CBS in profanity-laden …

David Letterman has not officially gone on record reacting to CBS‘ shocking decision to cancel “The Late Show,” which Letterman started in 1993 and hosted for 22 years before passing the baton to Stephen Colbert, but his thoughts on the matter are quite clear thanks to a 20-minute supercut his team posted on the official Letterman YouTube channel. The clip …

Stephen Colbert declared to Donald Trump that “the gloves are off” in his first broadcast since his Late Show was cancelled amid a political firestorm, as his fellow hosts lined up to defend him with Jon Stewart scathingly denouncing Paramount for trying to “censor and control” its hosts. Colbert, the top-rated late-night talk show host in the US, said last …

CNN  —  Stephen Colbert gained a little help from his friends and late-night rivals on Monday, his first night back on “The Late Show” since announcing that CBS is ending the legendary show. NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, HBO’s John Oliver, and Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart were among the faces in the “Late Show” crowd during a spoof of the now-famous “Coldplay …

Jon Stewart backed Stephen Colbert during Monday night’s monologue on The Daily Show, joining a chorus of voices slamming CBS after its abrupt decision to end The Late Show in 2026, which Colbert has hosted for a decade. In a statement last week, the network claimed the cancellation was financial. However, the decision to axe Colbert‘s top-rated show  drew backlash, since the announcement came days after …

Stephen Colbert was feeling all the love and support from some of his late-night allies and famous friends on Monday night after it was announced that The Late Show had been canceled. “Some people see this show going away as a sign of something truly dire, and while I am a big fan of me, I don’t necessarily agree with …

Jon Stewart lambasted CBS’ decision to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Monday’s episode of “The Daily Show,” ripping their shared parent company, Paramount Global, for what he called a capitulation to President Donald Trump. Stewart referred to Paramount’s intended merger with Skydance in an $8 billion deal, which is pending government approval, and said shows like “The …

Stephen Colbert had a succinct message to President Trump, one that involved an anatomical impossibility. In his monologue opening Monday’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” Colbert referred to Trump’s celebrating CBS‘s sudden decision to axe the show. The U.S. president, in a post on Truth Social last Friday, wrote, “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was …

The family of NFL player-turned-war hero Pat Tillman acknowledged Monday that his brother Richard Tillman was arrested and accused of driving into a California post office Sunday. No one was injured in the collision at 2:30 a.m. in San Jose, but the crash damaged the building and may have destroyed some mail, San Jose Fire Battalion Chief Josh Staley said. …

The anger over CBS’ decision to shutter The Late Show with Stephen Colbert continues: On Monday, protesters gathered outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City to shout “Colbert Stays! Trump Must Go!” Signs like “I Support Colbert” were also waved by a group that reportedly calls itself Refuse Fascism. The protest comes after CBS revealed last week that …