CBS canceled the Late Present with Stephen Colbert for monetary causes.
The present will finish after the following season in Could 2026.
Selection reported:
TV’s ongoing issues with late evening have come for Stephen Colbert, with CBS saying Thursday that it plans to finish his “Late Present” after the following TV season, citing a “monetary determination.”
The choice — which ends years of unique late-night programming at CBS that began when the community lured David Letterman from NBC in 1993 — comes because the economics of wee-hours TV have begun to speed up, with media corporations rising cautious of the excessive value tags concerned in producing the exhibits whereas the younger viewers they attempt to appeal to watch extra of them by way of digital video.
“We take into account Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and can retire ‘The Late Present’ franchise” in Could of 2026,” CBS executives stated in a press release. “We’re proud that Stephen known as CBS residence. He and the printed might be remembered within the pantheon of greats that graced late evening tv. That is purely a monetary determination towards a difficult backdrop in late evening. It’s not associated in any strategy to the present’s efficiency, content material or different issues taking place at Paramount.”
Earlier this yr, self-important loser Stephen Colbert stated Trump would pull him off the air.
“Yeah, it’s been a superb run. It’s been a superb run, Joe. Thanks. Thanks for all of your efforts. The following time you all see me, Donald Trump might be president. And it’s possible you’ll not see me,” the anti-Trump comic advised viewers.
“Tonight, it’s just a bit, little, somewhat little bit of candy and bitter, somewhat semi-sweet chocolate chip. It’s the top of an period, as a result of that is our final present of the Biden Administration.”
WATCH:
Colbert: “The following time you all see me, Donald Trump might be president. And it’s possible you’ll not see me.” pic.twitter.com/A5v92TEXZQ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 17, 2025
