Stephen Colbert announced Thursday night that CBS is ending “The Late Show” in 2026. “I’m not being replaced. This is all just going away,” he shared with his audience. Despite an overall decline in late-night ratings,

"Next year will be our last season,” the late-night talk show host announced Thursday, July 17. "The network will be ending 'The Late Show’ next May."

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' ends amid speculation of political motives, following CBS's settlement with Trump. Senators demand answers on the show's abrupt cancellation.

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent late night critics.

CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night

Newsweek has reached out to representatives for Stewart and Colbert via email. The Context. Stewart and Colbert are stalwarts of the television world. Stewart is the long-running

Colbert followed “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart’s attack of the deal one week earlier. Stewart works for Comedy Central, also owned by Paramount, making the two comics the most visible internal critics of the $16 million settlement that was announced on July 1.

Stephen Colbert returned from his summer hiatus on Monday (July 14) and wasted no time calling out CBS’ parent company, Paramount, for its $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump.