MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) announced on Thursday that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will be ending in May 2026.

Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night." ...

(CNN) — In a shocking move, CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year, and apparently exiting the late-night television business altogether.

Does the end of Colbert's show in May 2026 relate to the Paramount-Skydance merger? To Colbert's criticism of Donald Trump? To the demise of late night television? Who's to say?

CBS announced on Thursday it plans to end “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next May, citing a “financial decision.” Colbert took over hosting duties in 2015 following the retirement of ...

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 ...

This is the end of a very long run for 'The Late Show.' But what happens to all the old shows? Can you still stream Letterman and Colbert?

Video shows Brooklyn auto shop apparently operating with expired license A license suspension, a fine from the state and a series of CBS News New York investigations apparently isn't enough to get ...

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

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speculated Stephen Colbert's liberal late-night show on CBS was canceled for political reasons.

CBS PARA 0.69% 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 ...

Jamie Bennett, a television executive at CBS and Walt Disney who developed shows including “Live With Regis and Kathie Lee,” died July 6 of cancer. He was 78.