Stephen Colbert shares a pointed message after President Trump celebrated CBS's stunning decision to end 'The Late Show.' Late-night hosts Jon Stewart, John Oliver and others rally behind Colbert.

Colbert’s late show on CBS has never won a TV Academy prize. The president could well now have changed that. The video plays like a cave painting from the Neolithic era or, even more distantly, from when late-night television still mattered: Stephen Colbert sits in the host chair and makes amends with Donald Trump.

Jon Stewart is questioning whether CBS’s decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s late-night show was purely financial. He points to Paramount’s recent $16 million settlement with Donald Trump as a sign the company may be trying to smooth a deal and stay in Trump’s good graces.

The CBS television network will end its top-rated late-night talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert in 2026, a move announced just days after the comedian criticized parent company Paramount over a $16 million settlement with Donald Trump.

In his first episode since announcing the cancellation of "Late Show," Stephen Colbert had choice words for Trump, who'd celebrated the news.

Trump again celebrated the canceling of Colbert’s show on Tuesday, hinting that he may have had something to do with it. He also took aim at ABC host Jimmy Kimmel and NBC’s “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.

Radio host and podcaster Megyn Kelly tried to take a victory lap after the announcement last week that Stephen Colbert ’s Late Show would be canceled by CBS after 10 years on the air and despite it being the highest-rated show in its time slot.

Stephen Colbert’s show is being canceled just as a major media merger requiring Trump administration approval moves forward — raising fears of political pressure on the press. On Morning Joe, Molly Jong-Fast calls the moment “really scary” and points to a broader fight: Rupert Murdoch,