Next year, CBS will end The Late Show and, in doing so, part ways with its beloved host, Stephen Colbert. The network’s announcement was sudden but the cancellation won’t take immediate effect; Colbert will continue to host until production finally wraps in May 2026. Colbert has hosted The Late Show for more than a decade, succeeding David Letterman during the second presidential term of Barack Obama. His shocking exit comes at a very different time in the media landscape, which has been transformed several times over by the rise of user-generated digital content, as well as a political landscape now further upset by the second election of Donald Trump.
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