Inside Politics Around Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation
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Jon Stewart has gone full-scorched Earth on his own parent company. The Daily Show host used the opening of his Monday night show to give his hot take on the cancelation of his old friend Stephen Colbert’s Late Show.
Jon Stewart addressed the speculation that his late-night Comedy Central talk show might be canceled as the network’s parent company, Paramount Global, prepares to merge with Skydance Media. The comedian’s remarks came the same day that CBS announced its plan to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” after the program’s next season.
Colbert’s cancelation is a victory for comedy. Let me give you three reasons. Well, four, if you include, “It gives CBS a chance to put a comedy show in late night for the first time in decades.”