By Mark D. Zimmerman
MELVILLE, New York — Paramount, the parent company of CBS, announced that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was being canceled as of May, 2026, upon the end of Colbert’s current contract. CBS executives stated that the cancellation was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.”
George Cheeks, the president of CBS and a co-chief executive of Paramount stated clearly that the cancellation was in no way based on Paramount’s recent $16 million settlement with Donald Trump regarding a 60 Minutes broadcast. They also said that neither the content of the show nor Paramount’s proposed merger with Skydance Media (which needs approval from the Trump administration to proceed) were factors. Many observers suspect otherwise, however.
The Writers Guild of America asked New York Attorney General Letitia James to investigate the cancellation. Senator Elizabeth Warren said that “America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.” And Colbert has received huge support from other late night talk show hosts–Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and others.
On an episode of Colbert’s former show, The Colbert Report, which fell on Ash Wednesday, Colbert, who is Catholic, announced that he would be giving up Catholicism for Lent. Then, realizing he missed religion, he popped a yarmulke on his head and declared himself converted to Judaism. What did he then decide to give up for Lent as a Jew?
A. He decided to give up wearing beanies, so he took off the yarmulke and put on a straw hat, announcing his conversion to “Amish-ism.”
B. He decided to give up his table sponsorship at the UJA dinner.
C. He decided to give up not eating bacon.
D. He decided to give up his Catholic wife Evie, until she then walked onto the set looking very angry, at which point he ripped the yarmulke off his head and recited the Hail Mary.
E. He decided to give up getting circumcised.
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Mark D. Zimmerman is an author and freelance writer.