CBS canceled The Late Show in July 2025, just days after Colbert criticized the network's parent company, Paramount, for its $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump. (Trump sued CBS' 60 Minutes, accusing the show of deceptively editing an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris .)

A sign from Stephen Colbert's talk show was recently sold in an auction, raising questions about the iconic marquee outside the Ed Sullivan Theater.

The curtain is coming down on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The final episode of the long-running late-night TV series is set to air. Colbert announced during an episode in July 2025 that CBS canceled the show after 33 years on the air.

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Stephen Colbert's final "Late Show" episode delivered a star-studded send-off, less than a year after its surprising cancellation. The show opened ...

What will Stephen Colbert's legacy be? The story of the quintessentially American comedian did not end on May 21, in spite of the funerary pomp and circumstance surrounding the finale episode of "The Late Show" on CBS, which Colbert has hosted since 2015.

The canceled program won the Outstanding Talk Series category last year.

Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter. The final episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” aired Thursday night, featuring skits about the future of late-night programming, jabs at CBS and Paramount and more than a dozen ...

Amanda M. Castro is a Network TV writer at Collider and a New York–based journalist whose work has appeared in Newsweek, where she is an Associate Editor, and The U.S. Sun, where she previously served as a Senior Consumer Reporter. She specializes in ...

Stephen Colbert has broken his social media silence nearly two months after The Late Show’s cancellation. The former late-night host, 62, posted on Instagram for the first time since his CBS show was pulled from the air.