CBS will end "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and retire "The Late Show" franchise in May 2026, the company announced Thursday.

Samantha Bee is not convinced that Paramount decided to end The Late Show only to please Donald Trump, saying Tuesday that Stephen Colbert’s show was “hemorrhaging money.” “It’s so much easier for them to cut it loose with this merger coming down the pike,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday distanced himself from the firing of The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, suggesting that Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon could be next on the chopping block. Following news earlier this month that CBS would be canceling Colbert’s The Late Show,

Piers Morgan ruthlessly mocked Stephen Colbert over the cancellation of his CBS show during an appearance on Fox News' Outnumbered.

Since then, Colbert has been ripping into Donald Trump with renewed relish, often while also flaying CBS and its parent company, Paramount. By doubling down on attacking his most powerful enemy, at a time when network execs are facing such intense scrutiny for what many believe was a politically motivated firing,

CBS’ recent cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” has had a reverberating effect on the television landscape.

Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha continued to recommend that CBS fire Late Show host Stephen Colbert immediately to “save money and save face.” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is slated to have its final episode in May 2026.

The co-creator of The Daily Show has called out CBS for canceling Stephen Colbert’s late-night program, saying it indicates the network is “afraid.” Lizz Winstead appeared on MSNBC on Sunday after authoring a scathing op-ed in Rolling Stone on Friday that cast doubt on CBS’ assertion that it canceled The Late Show purely for financial reasons.