CBS Honcho violates silence on the cancellation of “Late Show” Stephen Colbert

CBS TV chief violated his public silence about the decision to cancel ‘late show Stephen Colbert“The echo that reflects on the company on Thursday that the program will be closed for purely economic reasons.

Chairman of the Paramount TV Media George Shiks spoke about the cancellation of the Colbert show during a press conference after the closure of a long-planned merger that put a parent company CBS under new property. The cheeks, one of the few executives of the previous regime that adheres after the media that had gathered, oversee all CBS when the decision was made to cancel the program.

“We are big fans Colbert, we love the show. Unfortunately, the economy has made the problem for us to continue to go,” Shiks told reporters in his first public comments about Kolbert, as it was found that the program would end in May 2026, and the Late Night brand will be retired.

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“Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will end in May 2026. (Screenshot/colbert)

“The task in the late night is that the advertising market is in a significant fall,” Shiki continued.

CBS said it was “a purely financial decision against a difficult background at the end of the night” when last month announces strange plans.

“Late Show” which Kolbert took over David Letteman In 2015, it is known to rely on Trump’s liberal policy and became the main platform for democratic politicians.

Colbert was open with his criticism Paramunta settlement of President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the campaign over an entry into an interview with 60 minutes CBS with then Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the election. Paramount set up a lawsuit last month, and FCC approved a long -planned merger of $ 8 billion with Skydance shortly afterwards.

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Paramouunt Chairman of the Television Media George Shiks. (Christina Bumfra/Diversity via Getty Images)

Many call this decision, assuming it was done to calm Trump and FCC, but all participants showed up directly on the final line of the show.

“This is by no means related to the performance, content, content or other issues that are happening in Paramount,” the network said when announced the “late show” for the first time.

Puck News Matt Benny said the late night show “loses more than $ 40 million a year” for CBS and that he had a “more than $ 100 million per season”.

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Broketing the public silence, the cheeks did not confirm the exact amount, but admitted that the “late show” lost considerable money.

“After all, it just didn’t be steadily,” he said.

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Joseph A. Woolfson Fox News Digital contributed to this report.