CBS launched “The Late Show” in 1993 after it wooed Letterman away from NBC, where he had lost a competition with Jay Leno to succeed Johnny Carson as host of “The Tonight Show.” ...

CBS announced its plan to cancel “ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ” after the next TV season in a statement on Thursday, July 17. The network claimed it was “purely a financial decision.” ...

CBS has decided to end The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and with it, the late night franchise as a whole. After more than a decade on the air, Colbert's helm of CBS' The Late Show franchise ...

CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026, the host told an audience at a taping Thursday.The announcement came two days after Colbert spoke ...

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will be ending in 2026, CBS announced on Thursday. "I found out just last night, next year will be our last season," host Stephen Colbert told his studio audience.

Stephen Colbert appeared saddened but reassuring Thursday night while sharing the news that CBS is canceling "The Late Show," with its final episode scheduled to air in May 2026. Telling the live ...

NEW YORK (AZFamily) — CBS will end The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May 2026, marking the conclusion of a nine-season run for the top-rated late-night program. The network confirmed the ...

(NewsNation) — Bill Carter, who’s written extensively about the late-night TV landscape, joins “CUOMO” to analyze the decision by CBS to cancel “The Late Show” as a proposed media ...

CBS PARA -0.23% is pulling the plug on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”—and on the entire late-night franchise. The network said the show would end in May, when host Stephen Colbert’s ...

CBS says it will retire "The Late Show" franchise altogether, and has no plans on finding a new host. The statement adds, "We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable ...