CBS parent Paramount insists that this week's decision to cancel Steven Colbert's “Late Show” was strictly financial, and had nothing to do with politics.

The award-winning news comedy show, which propelled Jon Stewart to fame and saw him return as a one-day-a-week anchor in 2024, is adding a new rotating host to its lineup.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will be taken off the air after its upcoming 2025-2026 season, with its final episode slated for May 2026. That leaves Colbert plenty of time to shake things up without conventional pressures and speak even more freely.

The Daily Show ’s Jon Stewart, who recently called Paramount Global’s settlement with President Donald Trump “shameful”, has weighed in on the future of the late-night show.

Jon Stewart is raising alarm bells over his own fate at Comedy Central following the cancellation of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

Is Stephen Colbert’s former Daily Show boss also in danger of losing his late-night perch? One week after Status reported that Colbert and Jon Stewart were both on thin ice, and hours before CBS announced that it was cancelling The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,