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CBS is ending ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ next year

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Normally this would be simply entertainment news but this comes after Colbert made a series of jokes about his employer settling a lawsuit brought on by Trump.

CNN - In a shocking move, CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year, potentially exiting the late-night television business altogether.

The cancellation will take effect in May 2026, the normal end of the broadcast TV season, the network said.
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CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’

CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night
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TV’s ongoing problems with late night have come for Stephen Colbert, with CBS announcing Thursday that it plans to end his “Late Show” after the next TV season, citing a “financial decision.”

The decision — which ends years of original late-night programming at CBS that started when the network lured David Letterman from NBC in 1993 — comes as the economics of wee-hours TV have begun to accelerate, with media companies growing wary of the high price tags involved in producing the shows while the young viewers they try to attract watch more of them via digital video.
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Financial decision, is what you call it when you have no viewers so you make no money?

Good riddance to an unfunny man who sold out ages ago.
 
Financial decision = it costs money to live a broadcast license.
 
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Normally this would be simply entertainment news but this comes after Colbert made a series of jokes about his employer settling a lawsuit brought on by Trump.

CNN - In a shocking move, CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year, potentially exiting the late-night television business altogether.

The cancellation will take effect in May 2026, the normal end of the broadcast TV season, the network said.
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My really good friend works on that show. Been working with Colbert since day one of Colbert Report.

It’s kind of a shock.
 
Colbert is really free to speak out now.

His audience will go to other later nighters to make 'em stronger.

If no one else picks him up out of fear Vegas may become his new hometown. Colbert will be making his own new future over the coming months into next year.
 
I record Colbert, Kimmel and Meyers every night and watch them the next day. Colbert is always the first one I watch. Not only is his the top-rated show, he was just nominated for an Emmy. He is 60 now so he may decide to pull a Jon Stewart. I hope not. I need more of both.
 
dseag2 said:
I record Colbert, Kimmel and Meyers every night and watch them the next day. Colbert is always the first one I watch. Not only is his the top-rated show, he was just nominated for an Emmy. He is 60 now so he may decide to pull a Jon Stewart. I hope not. I need more of both.
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I record Colbert and Kimmel and also watch Colbert first.

I also record Fallen but find his opening monologue pretty lame.
 
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Allan said:
Like what - Big Brother?
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Is there anything good on ABC/CBS/NBC now? Other than sports (and even that is starting to go away). Been so long since I've watched anything on those networks. Would much rather watch Netflix, HBO, AppleTv+, etc.
 
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