Stephen Colbert gets solidarity from fellow late-night hosts
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Stephen Colbert gained a little help from his friends and late-night rivals on Monday, his first night back on-air since announcing that CBS is ending the legendary show.
Stewart said CBS was hoping to get into President Donald Trump's good books by cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Welcome To The Late Show OR The Mentalist by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on YouTube. His monologue included a bit with CBS President Leslie Moonves, who jokingly held a switch that could ...
The problem began at the tail end of the station's prime time programming at 9:13 p.m., but it didn't interfere with the 10 p.m. newscast because that's locally generated, Chastain said.
Colbert followed “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart’s attack of the deal one week earlier. Stewart works for Comedy Central, also owned by Paramount, making the two comics the most visible internal critics of the $16 million settlement that was announced on July 1.
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 14, 2021 The Late Show has been producing episodes remotely since March 16, 2020, and has since produced more than 200 shows remotely, 15 of which were live.
Stephen Colbert went off on his employer, Paramount, on Monday after the company decided to settle with President Trump in his lawsuit against the network.