“Go-Yourself!”: What Stephen Colbert and other late night hosts have to say after their late cancellation
There was a late night unity show Monday night, Party Comrades from host Stephen Colbert said on CBS that he canceled his plan in 2026.
Thursday’s announcement was shocking and criticized by it as a sign of the network and its parent company’s highest global submission to U.S. President Donald Trump 60 minutes Selectively edited an interview with his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris.
Colbert has been critical of Trump for years and prompted the company to agree to a $16 million U.S. settlement with the president earlier this month – a money he said has been paid to him today, although it should be allocated to his future presidential library.
Both CBS and Colbert made the announcement Thursday, but Colbert seized the opportunity in his opening monologue Monday night, questioning the motive for the decision.
He joked that “cancellation culture has gone too far” but said he could now share his “no difference” view of Trump.
“I don’t care about him,” Colbert joked that the president was be late The guests were also the first year of Colbert’s inauguration during their first election in 2015.
The landlord talked about his “bubbly” criticism of the settlement, which he aired a few days before the announcement of the cancellation. Although he did not explicitly tie the two incidents together, he questioned that it could be a “financial decision” when his plan was rated in the late night category.
He recognizes the potential limitations of the network, especially after millions of dollars in spending – but also mentions how Trump celebrates the cancellation of the show in his article on social truth.
“I absolutely love Colbert being fired,” Trump wrote. “He’s even less talented than he has. I heard Jimmy Kimmel is next. Performance tonight. ”
On Monday night, Colbert responded to Trump: “Go yourself.”
Watch | Colbert talks about CBS’s “kill” his show in Open Monologue:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vizeglavk8o
Stewart Savages
Except Colbert, Daily performanceJon Stewart has the most harsh comments on CBS.
He admitted that late-night TV was struggling: “We basically run a big kiosk in the tower,” he joked.
But he said CBS “lost the benefit of doubt” after the solution, which the network and others across the industry have criticized and linked to Paramount’s pending merger with film and television studio Skydance.
“Is this purely financial or the least resistant path to your $8 billion [US] Merge? Stewart said, adding that Paramount Global also has a network where he works for Comedy Center.
Watch | Stewart Grand Slam CBS (including profanity) in Daily Show Monologue:
“But understand that. Indeed, you’re looking for cancellation, review and control of the show now – in a value of $8 billion, that’s not a significant part.
Regarding whether the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s late performance was politically motivated or purely financial. Colbert hints at “bribery” related to Trump’s lawsuit and corporate deals.
A little love from Letterman?
Colbert first dipped his toes with Stewart Daily performance From 1999 to 2005, before launching your own comedy central show Corbert Reportran for 10 years. He eventually landed in the current show after the original show be late Host David Letterman retires.
Although Letterman did not make any official statement, he appeared to have taken a stance on Monday.
A 20-minute video appeared on his YouTube channel, which included clips of it, including him on CBS Post-production show with David Letterman over the years.
Letterman Late Night with David Lettermanbroadcast Show tonight 11 years.
Watch | Letterman laughed at CBS over the years:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rv36xkqojm
On NBC, Jimmy Fallon joked Monday night that he was still Show tonight“At least tonight.”
Fallon praised Colbert for running be late The host, but took a lighter tone, joked that boycotts would cause CBS to lose millions of viewers, and “watch tens of thousands of viewers on Paramount Plus.”
Host Jimmy Kimmel is currently on the summer vacation of a show on ABC, and despite his reaction to what happened on Instagram last week, he said: “F – You and All of Your Sheldons CBS”, who quoted the character Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon.
However, Colbert has no love, from one of the highest late night (actually late) hosts: Greg Gutfeld of Fox News Channel, Trump praised him in a post celebrating Colbert’s cancellation and hosted the show Gutfield!
Gutfeld dismissed the claim that Colbert was under scrutiny, saying CBS was “freely fired someone as notorious as they were in the dumps in the agricultural products department.”
He also touts that his show is higher than Colbert’s performance (although that’s also possible because his show airs about an hour and a half before the main late night show).
Right-wing comedian and commentator Gutfeld swung at Colbert because Fox News Channel is usually good for Trump, and that’s no surprise.
But, as Stewart pointed out in his rant, Trump also sued Rupert Murdoch To the current sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
After 33 years of airing, CBS will cancel Stephen Colbert’s late performance. Host Stephen Colbert made the announcement to the audience in a recording Thursday, just days after he spoke with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS.
