Stephen Colbert announces 'Late Show' end
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"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" will come to an end in May 2026, after the upcoming 2025-26 TV season, Colbert announced on Thursday
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will end in May 2026, Colbert and CBS announced on Thursday. The company said it will retire "The Late Show" franchise, and called it "purely a financial decision.
In a major announcement, Stephen Colbert revealed CBS plans to cancel “The Late Show” next year after more than three decades on the air. Colbert made the announcement himself on social media, marking a significant turning point for the broadcast industry.
The problem began at the tail end of the station's prime time programming at 9:13 p.m., but it didn't interfere with the 10 p.m. newscast because that's locally generated, Chastain said. The station put up a crawl,
After being welcomed to the late-night show by Letterman successor Stephen Colbert, Phoenix reflected on the awkward 2009 interview, in which he appeared on "The Late Show" sporting long hair, an unruly beard and sunglasses.
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