What’s behind the cancelling of Stephen Colbert?
Full Story · 2025-07-22
The Late Show on CBS will come to an end next year after a 33-year run. The news came just days after the TV host referred to a $16m settlement between Trump and CBS parent company Paramount over an interview on their network as a “big fat bribe”. CBS has described the show’s cancellation as “purely financial”. But, as the Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief David Smith tells Reged Ahmad, others are not so sure. You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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