Comedian and political commentator Stephen Colbert announced Thursday night on air that CBS will cancel his “The Late Show” starting in May 2026.

Though CBS said in a statement that canceling the show was “purely a financial decision” not related to its performance or content, the announcement follows Colbert’s criticism of a settlement between President Donald Trump and Paramount Global, CBS’s parent company.

Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit over edits to an October 2024 interview conducted on CBS’s “60 Minutes” with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Colbert, who frequently skewered Trump on his show, called the settlement a “big fat bribe” on air this Monday.

Trump cheered the end of the show Friday on Truth Social, his social media site, saying that he “absolutely loves” the decision.

“His talent was even less than his ratings,” he said. “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.”

Press freedom groups and advocates said Trump’s lawsuit, which accused CBS of editing the interview to portray Harris more favorably, was “frivolous” — and the settlement, according to them, will further embolden the president’s attacks against the media.

Some Democratic politicians accused Paramount of engaging in a quid pro quo with the Trump administration to get it to approve the company’s pending multi-billion dollar merger with Skydance Media.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who had “just finished taping” with Colbert, said America “deserves better.”

“If Paramount and CBS ended the late show for political reasons, the public deserves to know,” he wrote on X Thursday.

The Writers Guild of America — which represents some “The Late Show” employees — on Friday said in a statement that while cancellations are “part of the business,” this show is one of the most “successful, beloved and profitable” CBS programs.

The WGA called on New York State Attorney General Letitia James to join California to investigate what they call is a “bribe” meant to sacrifice free speech “to curry favor with the Trump administration.”

Colbert alluded to the settlement made by Paramount earlier in the week.

“I don’t know if anything, anything will repair my trust in this company,” Colbert said Monday on his show. “But, just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.”

On Thursday, he said that “The Late Show” would end, as he is “not being replaced. This is all just going away” — as the audience responded with loud boos.

“The Late Show” was first aired in 1993, and Colbert took over as host in 2015.

Heißt Andersrum 89% der Abgeordneten stehen fälschlicherweise nicht im Lobyregister

I thought these were bottles

Makoto Furukawa

He voiced a hundred anime guys I don’t know shit about and saitama from one punch man

Ist jetzt ein sehr schlechtes Zeichen, aber ich dachte auch es wäre Photoshop als ich es gepostet habe, bevor ich das Wasserzeichen gesehen habe

Connie klaut ihre memes von Facebook Screenshots

(Die hochwualitäts Connie memes die ich gefunden habe waren alle AI generiert)

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Ich würde sagen du kannst bei den meisten beliebten Büchern ein abstraktes Bild zeigen mit dem man auf den Titel kommt