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Perth Now
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Jimmy Fallon 'shocked' by The Late Show's cancellation
Jimmy Fallon feels "shocked" by the cancellation of The Late Show. Stephen Colbert, who hosts the programme, recently has confirmed that The Late Show will ended in 2026, and Jimmy has taken to social media to voice his support for his showbiz pal. The 50-year-old comedian - who hosts The Tonight Show - wrote on Instagram: "I'm just as shocked as everyone. Stephen is one of the sharpest, funniest hosts to ever do it. I really thought I'd ride this out with him for years to come. I'm sad that my family and friends will need a new show to watch every night at 11:30. But honestly, he's really been a gentleman and a true friend over the years — going back to The Colbert Report, and I'm sure whatever he does next will be just as brilliant." Seth Meyers has also expressed his support for Stephen. The TV star said on Instagram: "For as great a comedian and host he is, Stephen Colbert is an even better person. I'm going to miss having him on TV every night but I'm excited he can no longer use the excuse that he's 'too busy to hang out' with me." Stephen announced the axing of The Late Show on Thursday's (17.07.25) episode. The 61-year-old presenter confirmed that CBS has pulled the plug on his nightly talk show, with the final episode set to air in May. He said: "Before we start the show, I want to let you know something that I found out just last night. Next year will be our last season, the network will be ending The Late Show in May." Stephen - who replaced David Letterman at the helm in 2015 - added: "I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away. I do want to say that the folks at CBS have been great partners … And I'm grateful to the audience, you, who have joined us every night, in here, out there, and all around the world. "I am extraordinarily, deeply grateful to the 200 people who work here. We get to do this show. We get to do this show for each other every day, all day, and I've had the pleasure and the responsibility of sharing what we do every day with you in front of this camera for the last 10 years."
Atlantic
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Atlantic
What the End of The Late Show Really Means
When CBS embarked on the project of replacing David Letterman as the host of The Late Show, in 2014, the network spared no expense. It hired Stephen Colbert, who had collected Emmys and acclaim while hosting his Comedy Central talk show, The Colbert Report; gave him total creative control; and fully revamped Manhattan's Ed Sullivan Theater so Colbert could make the show's longtime venue his own. After a shaky first year, Colbert found his footing in the lead-up to the 2016 election by focusing his opening monologues more pointedly on politics. The Late Show soon became the highest-rated talk show in America— a crown it has not relinquished since. Ten years on, CBS has snatched the crown off its head. The network appears to have grown so dismayed with the state of late-night television that it has unceremoniously canceled one of the genre's most successful stalwarts: In a statement Thursday night, CBS announced that not only will this season of The Late Show —set to air through May 2026—be the program's last, but the franchise will also be retired entirely. ('We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable,' the statement offers as explanation.) The decision quickly prompted plenty of speculation among industry observers, given Colbert's recent, unvarnished scorn for CBS's parent company, Paramount, after it settled a lawsuit with Donald Trump; the president had accused 60 Minutes, the network's venerated TV news magazine, of deceptively editing an election-season interview with Kamala Harris. (CBS News, which produces 60 Minutes, denied the claim.) But whether or not there was some political motivation behind the cancellation (the network called the reason purely financial), the underlying point is clear: The Late Show is no longer valuable enough for CBS to bother protecting it. As the business of television changes, late-night talk shows have found themselves in a particularly awkward spot. For one, people have stopped flocking to linear television as their evenings wind down. If they do turn the TV on, it's often to check out what's new to stream rather than to put up with a somewhat staid format interrupted by many commercial breaks. The customary celebrity chats and musical performances typically appear online not long after they air, and said celebrities now have many other outlets for plugging their projects: video podcasts, YouTube shows. The cost of producing one of those alternatives is also far smaller than the budget for a glitzy affair like The Late Show. These arguments always get trotted out as nightly programs drop off the map—like when The Late Show 's lead-out, The Late Late Show, didn't survive its host James Corden's departure; and when its follow-up, the Taylor Tomlinson–hosted variety show At Midnight, lasted just over a year before the comedian decided to return to performing stand-up full time. Questions about the genre's relevance are also why Late Night With Seth Meyers had to get rid of its house band to survive, and why Comedy Central chose not to replace The Daily Show 's former host Trevor Noah. Instead, the cable channel was satisfied with bringing back Noah's predecessor Jon Stewart for one night a week, rotating the other episodes amongst the current cast. And yet: Even though Puck reported that Colbert's program was losing more than $40 million a year for CBS, there's something quite shocking about a network simply giving up a foothold as established as The Late Show. Brand names are hard to come by in television, and The Late Show was a big one: Letterman built it up over the course of the 1990s, after NBC passed him over as Johnny Carson's successor to The Tonight Show. Colbert then inherited a program defined by its past host's curmudgeonly brand of snark and fundamentally remade it into a much more thoughtful and authentic show. He's proved capable of deep, empathetic interviews with guests and spiky, aggressive political joke-making (by broadcast TV's rigid standards). Still, Colbert would never be able to achieve the ubiquity that Carson and Letterman enjoyed before the advent of streaming. The occasional clip might go viral, and entertainment sites will write up the best parts of the monologue; the talk-show desk, however, no longer comes with a seat of cultural power. Colbert was once the most irreverent member of his late-night brethren (people forget what a bomb-thrower his satirical The Colbert Report character could be), but he has since become more of a fatherly figure—one I value as part of the TV firmament but who doesn't exactly scream 'cutting edge.' Then again, 'cutting edge' is not something CBS has sought in a long time. It's hard to know what could possibly take over for The Late Show when it vanishes in mid-2026. Sitcom reruns? Movies you could just as easily catch on Netflix? The point of network television is to offer something that has a live jolt to it—sports, stand-up, the occasional drama or comedy shows that become appointment viewing. As the medium dissolves from relevance, its owners instead seem content not to create anything of cultural importance. The Late Show is not the juggernaut it once was, sure. But what's most tragic is to think of it being replaced by nothing at all.
North Wales Chronicle
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
Stephen Colbert announces Late Show cancelled by CBS
The announcement followed Colbert's criticism on Monday of a settlement between Mr Trump and Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, over a 60 Minutes story. Colbert told his audience at New York's Ed Sullivan Theatre that he had learned on Wednesday night that after a decade on air 'next year will be our last season', adding: 'It's the end of The Late Show on CBS. I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away.' The audience responded with boos and groans. 'Yeah, I share your feelings,' the 61-year-old comic said. Three top Paramount and CBS executives praised Colbert's show as 'a staple of the nation's zeitgeist' in a statement that said the cancellation 'is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night', adding: 'It is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.' In his Monday monologue, Colbert said he was 'offended' by the 16 million dollar settlement reached by Paramount, whose pending sale to Skydance Media needs the Trump administration's approval. Mr Trump had sued Paramount Global over how 60 Minutes edited its interview last autumn with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Critics say the company settled primarily to clear a hurdle to the Skydance sale. Colbert took over The Late Show in 2015 after becoming a big name in comedy and news satire working with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show and hosting The Colbert Report. The most recent ratings from Nielsen show Colbert gaining viewers so far this year and winning his timeslot among broadcasters, with about 2.41 million viewers across 41 new episodes. On Tuesday, Colbert's Late Show landed its sixth nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding talk show. It won a Peabody Award in 2021. David Letterman began hosting The Late Show in 1993. When Colbert took over, he deepened its engagement with politics. Alongside musicians and film stars, Colbert often welcomes politicians to his couch. Democratic senator Adam Schiff, of California, was a guest on Thursday night. Mr Schiff said on X that 'if Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better'.
Daily Record
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
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 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will disappear from TV screens in a year's time after being cancelled. Stephen rose to fame presenting the satirical news show The Colbert Report on Comedy Central from 2005 until 2014. He succeeded David Letterman as presenter of The Late Show on CBS, a subsidiary of Paramount Global. On July 17, CBS announced that The Late Show will end its " historic run" in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season. "We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire the 'THE LATE SHOW' franchise at that time," a CBS spokesperson said. "We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late-night television." The broadcaster explained the reasoning behind the move, stating: "This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. "It is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount." Colbert himself delivered the news to his viewers during Thursday's programme, announcing: "Before we start the show, I want to let you know something I found out just last night. Next year will be our last season. "The network will be ending 'The Late Show' in May." Supporters flocked to social media to voice their outrage over the programme's axing. "I'm absolutely not ready to NOT have Stephen Colbert on my TV at night," one fumed on X, previously Twitter, while another said: "CBS letting Stephen Colbert go is BS! Boycott CBS," reports the Mirror. Back in 2014, Colbert comically backed Scottish independence and even played out the famous scene from Braveheart of Mel Gibson on his programme - with a minor edit to the dialogue. "Folks, any time people are angrily demanding something and I don't entirely understand why, I am with them," Colbert said in a night segment on The Colbert Report. "I stand with my secessionist brothers... Today, I, Stephen Colbert, am a proud Scotsman. Ich bin ein Edinburgher." He added: "They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom to calculate pension benefits, rates of inflation or earnings. Whichever is higher." Multiple viewers have speculated that the programme's termination could be connected to the broadcaster's recent legal agreement with President Trump, considering Stephen's vocal condemnation of the President. Paramount Global is presently combining with Skydance Media, a transaction that needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. "Just days after Paramount announces it settles the lawsuit Trump brought against them, they announce they are cancelling Stephen Colbert. Can't help but think the cancelling of Stephen Colbert's show was part of the settlement that Paramount agreed to. It's so obvious," one viewer remarked. Another expressed their unease: "I'm not going to pretend that Stephen Colbert is perfect or anything, but it really does not sit right with me that this news comes just after Paramount settled with Trump and in the midst of merging with Skydance Media. This just feels like textbook censorship, plain and simple."
Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stephen Colbert's ‘The Late Show' Will End in 2026: ‘Purely a Financial Decision'
The Late Show will cease to exist next year. On Thursday, CBS announced that it will end its late-night talk show, hosted by Stephen Colbert over the last decade, in May 2026, amid financial issues at the network. 'We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire The Late Show franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late-night television,' CBS wrote in its statement Thursday. 'This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.' More from Rolling Stone Late-Night Hosts Joke About Trump's F-Bomb: 'Talk About Dropping a Big Load' Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander Promote 'Politics of the Future' on 'Colbert' Late-Night Hosts Take Aim at Trump's Feud With Musk: 'Blew Up Faster Than a SpaceX Rocket' Colbert addressed the decision in a video posted to Instagram, saying he had just 'found out last night,' ahead of tonight's episode featuring Senator Adam Schiff. 'I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away. I do want to say that the folks of CBS have been great partners,' he said amid boos from the live audience, later adding: 'I wish somebody else was getting it.' Colbert thanked the vast audience of the show and acknowledged the '200 people that work here. We get to do this show for each other every day.' In its statement, CBS lauded the show for being the top-rated late-night show for nine seasons, calling it a 'staple of the nation's zeitgeist.' It also promised that it would honor Colbert in the months leading up to its last show. Schiff, who is scheduled to appear on Thursday's episode, addressed the cancellation on X, speculating: 'If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.' (CBS' statement claimed the cancelation is over finances.) Colbert started hosting The Late Show, taking the baton from David Letterman, in 2015, after hosting the news satire show The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. As of July, Colbert has hosted the show for 10 seasons on CBS, filming at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. The first iteration of The Late Show started airing in August 1993 with Letterman as host. The show airs live to tape at 11:35 p.m. ET and PT. 'Our admiration, affection, and respect for the talents of Stephen Colbert and his incredible team made this agonizing decision even more difficult,' the CBS statement read. 'Stephen has taken CBS late night by storm with cutting-edge comedy, a must-watch monologue and interviews with leaders in entertainment, politics, news and newsmakers across all areas.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century Solve the daily Crossword
