NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in Could 2026, the host advised an viewers at a taping Thursday.
The announcement got here two days after Colbert spoke out in opposition to CBS World settling with President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” story.
“I am offended,” Colbert mentioned in his monologue Monday night time. “I don’t know if anything — anything — will repair my trust in this company. But, just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.”
He mentioned the technical identify in authorized circles for the deal was “big fat bribe.”
The information of the present being canceled was additionally introduced in a press launch despatched from CBS with a hyperlink to a clip of Colbert’s announcement on Instagram.
The comic and TV persona started by telling the viewers he was sharing one thing he discovered the night time earlier than, that “Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending the Late Show in May… it’s the end of the Late Show on CBS. I’m not being replaced. This is all just going away.”
The newest rankings from Nielsen present Colbert as profitable his timeslot, with about 2.417 million viewers throughout 41 new episodes. It additionally mentioned his late night time present was the one one to realize viewers up to now this yr.
