4 d. ago Stephen Colbert jokes about joining Netflix following The Late Show cancellation

The late night host also said he would ‘entertain offers from Amazon’

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6 d. ago ‘The economics made it a challenge’: CBS boss talks Stephen Colbert cancellation

As the Paramoung-Skydance merger is made official, George Cheeks has finally spoken about the controversial decision to end The Late Show after 32 yearsAfter much media consternation and criticism over the cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, CBS chief has spoken up about the company’s decision to end the television institution after 32 years.Speaking at a press conference following the takeover of Paramount by the media conglomerate Skydance, George Cheeks, the chair of TV media at the company, attributed the cancellation to financial headwinds faced by the format. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 'Superb' BBC drama fans say is 'as good as it gets' is finally coming to iPlayer

The three-part drama from Stephen Poliakoff boasts an all-star cast including late actor Michael Gambon and Succession's Matthew MacFadyen.

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9 d. ago Stephen Colbert lands new role following The Late Show’s cancellation

‘The Late Show’ host will be testing his acting skills

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9 d. ago Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath review – uproarious tales of a midlife cataclysm

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe charismatic standup rails against middle age with inventive and sometimes lurid material about the perimenopauseDesiree Burch is 46. For most comedians, this is the time to deliver your mildly grumpy show about middle age: the bodily decay; the annoying habits of the generation coming up behind you. That all features in The Golden Wrath, but it’s ratcheted up to the nth degree. For Burch, middle age isn’t a mild development, it’s a cataclysm. The perimenopause apparently has 66 separate symptoms, and Burch’s mind and body are weathering not a slow decline but an all-out attack. All-out attack is Burch’s performance style too, in a show that hurls at us her experience of hormonal female midlife.It’s a blast – because our host is a charismatic, bombastic stage presence, and because she textures the comedy of ageing with moral indignation alongside the physical indignity. Burch sets the scene by placing herself generationally, holding up her own gen X experi...

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3 w. ago Democrats condemn CBS for axing Colbert show: ‘People deserve to know if this is politically motivated’

Lawmakers note cancellation follows Colbert’s criticism of parent company Paramount for settling Trump suitDemocrats are condemning CBS for its recent decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, noting the news comes just a few days after its host criticized the network’s parent company, Paramount, for settling a $16m lawsuit with Donald Trump.Senator Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who appeared as a guest on Colbert’s show on Thursday night, later wrote on social media: “If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Did money or politics cause Colbert cancellation? Either way, the economics are tough for TV

CBS parent Paramount insists that this week's decision to cancel Steven Colbert's “Late Show” was strictly financial, and had nothing to do with politics

Economics

3 w. ago Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show

Writers Guild of America requests New York attorney general investigate ‘potential wrongdoing’ after shock cancellationThe Writers Guild of America has called on New York state officials to launch an investigation into Paramount following its sudden decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.In a strongly worded statement issued on Friday, the Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West asked New York state attorney general Letitia James to investigate Paramount over “potential wrongdoing” after the company announced the cancellation of the ‘Late Show’ on Thursday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Democrats say ‘public deserves to know’ if Stephen Colbert cancellation linked to Trump

Democrats are questioning timing of CBS cancellation of The Late Show days after Colbert criticized parent company Paramount for settling with TrumpTrump launches fresh defense of inaction in Epstein case following report he sent birthday letterIt was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a “terrific guy”. Epstein believed himself to be Trump’s “closest friend”, and praised the future president as “charming”.The relationship would eventually break down, the men falling out over a bidding war on a property in Florida. And after Epstein was convicted of child sex offences in 2008, Trump distanced himself from the financier, claiming he was “not a fan” and wondering, in recent days, why his supporters would “waste time and energy” on demanding that FBI and Department of Justice files on Epstein be released. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Stephen Colbert's The Late Show cancelled after 8 years as fans fume at decision

The popular US late night talk show host previously comically "backed" Scottish independence in one of his 2014 skits

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3 w. ago Trump trolls Colbert after CBS firing and predicts which 'moron' late

President Donald Trump trolled Late Show host Stephen Colbert after CBS pulled the plug on the long-running show.

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3 w. ago CBS staff in turmoil over ‘Trump shakedown’ after Stephen Colbert and The Late Show are canceled

Exclusive: Multiple CBS staffers who spoke with The Independent said they aren’t buying the company’s claim that Colbert’s cancellation was a ‘financial decision,’ adding that the demise of the show has left ‘everyone stunned.’

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3 w. ago ‘I am extremely sad’: celebrities react to the end of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show

Ben Stiller, Rachel Zegler and Judd Apatow are among the names expressing disappointment at the decision to axe the long-running showThe end of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show is a concerning nail in the coffin for comedyCelebrities have expressed disappointment and anger at the controversial decision to end the long-running Late Show, bringing an end to host Stephen Colbert’s award-winning tenure.The late-night comedy show has been on CBS for 33 years and the news arrived just days after Colbert called out the network’s parent company Paramount for settling a “frivolous” lawsuit with Donald Trump for $16m. Paramount is seeking approval for a $8.4bn merger with Skydance, a company ran by David Ellison, son of close Trump ally Larry Ellison. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Severance stars Adam Scott, Ben Stiller lead celebrity outrage over CBS axing The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Network claimed move was a ‘financial decision’

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3 w. ago The end of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show is a concerning nail in the coffin for comedy | Jesse Hassenger

The long-running US television staple is coming to an end, signalling the slow death of late-night comedy and the worrying cultural power of TrumpThe idea that the political career of Donald Trump would be a goldmine for comedy died a long time ago, with the coffin accepting stray nails for the past five years. The latest and possibly last such nail is the cancellation of The Late Show, the CBS late-night talkshow hosted by Stephen Colbert since the fall of 2015, and originated by David Letterman when the network poached him from NBC in 1993. At this point, Trump hasn’t just made topical late-night comedy look outdated, hackneyed and an insufficient response to his reign of terror; he’s also made a chunk of it flat-out go away.There will be time to eulogize Colbert’s particular talkshow style later; the Late Show isn’t leaving the air for another 10 months, when his contract is up. Surely that leaves plenty more time to savage the president – and Colbert has been in this slot since ...

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3 w. ago Stephen Colbert’s Late Show shockingly cancelled after 33 years

CBS pulls the plug on The Late Show amid political firestorm over Paramount’s $16 million Trump pay-out

Events

3 w. ago Celebrities voice dismay over 'bulls** t' axing of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS revealed the popular late-night US chat show has been axed entirely and Colbert will not be replaced

Politics

3 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel lashes out at CBS for cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

‘This is all just going away,’ said Colbert after confirming the end of his long-running show

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3 w. ago Stephen Colbert's The Late Show cancelled by CBS after 8 years on air leaving fans fuming

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been cancelled by CBS with the show's final season set to air in May 2026. Fans hav been left devastated by the news with one saying "Stephen Colbert deserves better"

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3 w. ago CBS to cancel Late Show with Stephen Colbert just days after host blasted company's settlement with Trump as 'big fat bribe'

CBS executives have announced that they have canceled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert , just days after the host blasted the network's settlement with President Donald Trump .

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