Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha continued to recommend that CBS fire Late Show host Stephen Colbert immediately to “save money and save face.” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is slated to have its final episode in May 2026.

CBS will end "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and retire "The Late Show" franchise in May 2026, the company announced Thursday.

Former late-night host David Letterman slammed Paramount and CBS on Friday for their treatment of Stephen Colbert, suggesting the cancellation may be linked to avoiding trouble with Trump.

David Letterman delivered a fiery rant against CBS and parent company Paramount for cancelling Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” calling the decision “gutless” and “pure cowardice” as he labeled his successor a martyr of the network.

David Letterman took aim at his former employer, CBS, over the cancellation of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

For Stephen [Colbert], I love this, because he gets to be a martyr,” former Late Show host says of his successor

David Letterman blasted his former network home CBS and the 'goons' at Skydance as he speculated that Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' was canceled for political reasons: 'Bottom feeders.'

On Monday, July 21, Letterman’s official YouTube channel uploaded a compilation video of clips from various “Late Show With David Letterman” shows dating as far back as 1994. The clips all had one thing in common: Letterman threw shade at CBS in each of them.

David Letterman is subtly showing support for his successor Stephen Colbert after CBS' shock cancellation of "The Late Show."

The co-creator of The Daily Show has called out CBS for canceling Stephen Colbert’s late-night program, saying it indicates the network is “afraid.” Lizz Winstead appeared on MSNBC on Sunday after authoring a scathing op-ed in Rolling Stone on Friday that cast doubt on CBS’ assertion that it canceled The Late Show purely for financial reasons.