{"id":171694,"date":"2025-07-18T11:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=171694"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:35:58","slug":"stephen-colberts-program-to-be-retired-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=171694","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert’s program to be retired in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The Late Show” host, Stephen Colbert, announced that his program was going to end its run next year. The audience booed this announcement. The network insisted that this move was purely financial given the challenges that this show faced with other late-night programs. Show ratings across the networks suggest lower ratings. Lower ratings contribute to a lower desire for advertisers to reach specific audiences.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

CBS will cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in 2026, the network announced Thursday, insisting it’s a “financial decision” and has nothing to do with a looming ownership change.<\/p>\n

“‘THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT’ will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season,” CBS said in a statement. “We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire ‘THE LATE SHOW’ franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.”<\/p>\n

CBS said it was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night,” adding, “It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”<\/p>\n

“I found out just last night, next year will be our last season,” host Stephen Colbert told his studio audience in a video posted on Instagram. “The network will be ending ‘The Late Show’ in May.”<\/p>\n

“It’s not just the end of our show, but it’s the end of ‘The Late Show’ on CBS. I’m not being replaced. This is all just going away,” Colbert continued.<\/p>\n

In the opening clip released by “The Late Show,” Colbert’s audience could be heard booing the announcement.<\/p>\n

“I do want to say that the folks at CBS have been great partners,” Colbert said. “I’m so grateful to the Tiffany network for giving me this chair and this beautiful theater to call home. And of course, I’m grateful to you, the audience, who have joined us every night in here, out there, all around the world.”<\/p>\n

“The Late Show,” which Colbert took over from David Letterman in 2015, leaned into liberal politics in the Trump era and had became a major platform for Democratic politicians. Last month, Colbert welcomed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani before the socialist hopeful clinched the Democratic nomination.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wulfsohn, J. A. (2025). CBS cancels ‘The Late Show,’ Stephen Colbert to end program in May 2026. Fox News<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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