CBS alarmed many after saying the tip of its decade-long late-night program, The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. Some on the social media platform X are trying to attach CBS’s and Paramount International‘s resolution to finish the Late Present after Stephen Colbert known as out the community’s mum or dad firm for reportedly bending the knee to President Donald Trump.

To watch out in our reporting, it’s being stated that the choice from CBS comes over, quote, “monetary” causes and never political, as assumed by many throughout social media.

From Paramount’s press web site:

“‘THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT’ will finish its historic run in Might 2026 on the finish of the published season.We think about Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and can retire THE LATE SHOW franchise at the moment. We’re proud that Stephen known as CBS residence. He and the published might be remembered within the pantheon of greats that graced late evening tv.

That is purely a monetary resolution in opposition to a difficult backdrop in late evening. It isn’t associated in any solution to the present’s efficiency, content material or different issues occurring at Paramount.

Regardless of the assertion from Paramount, the timing is questionable contemplating a latest $16 million settlement the corporate made with President Donald Trump and Colbert making a joke in regards to the matter earlier this week. If true, it will observe a sample of presumed strikes by the Trump administration to silence any dissenters the president disagrees with.

Simply this week, Trump railed in opposition to the Wall Avenue Journal and needs to sue the publication for working a narrative in regards to the ongoing Epstein recordsdata state of affairs that’s hanging over the administration. Legal professional Common Pam Bondi, as soon as an advocate for unsealing the recordsdata on Jeffrey Epstein, has claimed that there is no such thing as a so-called “consumer record.”

On X, previously Twitter, fan response to CBS ending The Late Present with Stephen Colbert in 2026 isn’t sitting effectively with some. Try the reactions under.

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