Colbert Reflects On CBS’s Shock Cancellation — And Theories About Why It Happened
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The "Late Show" host ruminated on the network's surprise decision, and the end of his show, in a new interview with GQ.
Why would CBS cancel the No. 1 late night show for nine years running?
Stephen Colbert isn’t sure.
The “Late Show” host ruminated on the network’s surprise decision in an expansive interview with GQ, published Monday, in which he declined to say CBS fired him for political reasons ― but pointedly stopped short of telling others not to stick with their own opinions.
The long-running show is set to end in May 2026. CBS announced the programming change in July, just days after Colbert ripped parent company Paramount Global for settling a lawsuit with President Donald Trump for between $16 and $32 million that CBS’s own attorneys previously dismissed as “meritless.”
Colbert called the payout a “big fat bribe” on his show. At the time, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, appointed by Trump, was threatening to block the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media unless they agreed to terminate diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
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