CBS, Stephen Colbert and Trump
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Paramount announced last week that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” would be ending in May 2026. While the company claimed the move was a purely “financial decision,” speculation has swirled over whether Colbert’s sharp criticism of Trump had anything to do with his ouster as Paramount looked to get its merger approved.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro and Stephen Colbert, both critics of President Donald Trump, spoke about a variety of topics on the show, which is slated to end next year.
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor" who reports directly to the president of Paramount.
Stephen Colbert criticized Paramount's lawsuit settlement with Donald Trump on The Late Show just days before the show was canceled “I believe this kind of complicated financial
Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and John Oliver -- and other famous faces -- joined in with "The Late Show" bit.
Recently, comedian Stephen Colbert—whose popular CBS Late Show will be cancelled next May despite being No. 1, in what many view as censorship due to his jokes about Trump—pointedly mocked the settlement the first chance he got, AP News reported.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr made an appearance on Fox's America's Newsroom this Thursday, and was asked about CBS cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and whether Trump was directly involved, and Carr refused to give host Bill Hemmer a straight answer:
Hours after CBS-owner Paramount announced a "South Park" deal, the show's creators showed they're not afraid to bite the hand that feeds them.