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Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said the public “deserves to know” whether CBS’s decision to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Thursday was politically motivated.
“Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled. If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better,” Schiff wrote.
Warren added, “CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.”
CBS PARENT COMPANY SPARKS MASSIVE OUTRAGE WITH TRUMP LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
CBS said in a statement that the long-running late-night show will end in May 2026, but it was “purely a financial decision against a challenging