Stephen Colbert, Trump and Late Show
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In his monologue, Colbert snapped back at President Donald Trump for hailing the cheering of the cancellation of ‘The Late Show.’
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has never won any Emmy in its previous nine seasons despite some notable streaks of excellence. (It has been nominated 31 times.) For much of that period, it competed in late-night’s top category against Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which Emmy voters love the way Oliver loves a minor-league baseball team .
Stephen Colbert’s show is being canceled just as a major media merger requiring Trump administration approval moves forward, raising fears of political pressure on the press. On Morning Joe, Molly Jong-Fast calls the moment “really scary” and points to a broader fight: Rupert Murdoch,
The 57-year-old host shared a photo of himself at an anti-Trump protest with his family just days after the president threatened his show could be “next.”
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Fans are in an uproar about the cancellation, claiming that Colbert was iced after he on the air criticized CBS’s $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump over the editing of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris last year.
Liberal lawmakers asked David Ellison, chief executive of Skydance Media, which is set to merge with CBS owner Paramount, about alleged promises on conservative ad content.
President Donald Trump was gleeful over Stephen Colbert's cancellation, saying his "talent was even less than his ratings" on Truth Social.