“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will be ending in 2026, CBS announced on Thursday.
“I found out just last night, next year will be our last season,” host Stephen Colbert told his studio audience. “The network will be ending the Late Show in May.”
“It’s not just the end of our show, but it’s the end of the late show on CBS. I’m not being replaced. This is all just going away,” Colbert continued.
“‘THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT’ will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season,” CBS said in a statement. “We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire ‘THE LATE SHOW’ franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.”
“This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount,” the company added.
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