The cancellation is against a backdrop surrounding broadcaster CBS’s $16 million settlement with Donald Trump.

CBS will end The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May 2026, citing financial reasons. This follows a $16 million lawsuit settlement with Donald Trump.

US television presenter Stephen Colbert says his commercially successful and acclaimed "The Late Show" will end in May 2026. The timing follows his sharp criticism of CBS parent Paramount over a legal ...

The cancellation comes shortly after Paramount, on July 1, agreed to pay President Donald Trump a $16 million settlement over ...

Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show", long a staple of late night US television, will end in 2026, the CBS network said Thursday ...

Several Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff, questioned if Colbert’s show was canceled due ...

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026 after 33 years on air, the CBS television network announced in a ...

The late-night host had scoffed at a decision by CBS’s parent company to pay the U.S. president $16 million over a disputed interview.