A new poll reported by Yahoo seems to back that viewpoint, as the axing of The Late Show lead to some interesting data. Perhaps the most telling result are the top two results that pollsters pegged for why Paramount/CBS cancelled the almost 10 year program; as well as its legendary late night fixture.

After CBS' shocking cancellation of Stephen Colbert's "Late Show," the comedian is set to play a late-night host elsewhere on the network.

Stephen Colbert is livid about CBS axing The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — and as the host stares down the May 2026 end of his TV reign, he’s secretly aiming to deliver as much payback as possible on his way out the door,

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump's most prominent late-night critics.

Stephen Colbert has joined the cast of a CBS series as a talk show host. The news comes after he announced his exit as the host of the network’s The Late Show. It was also revealed at the time that CBS would retire the Late Show franchise altogether in 2026 with Colbert’s departure.

President Donald Trump repeated his claim that late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel will follow Stephen Colbert and have their shows canceled.

Stephen Colbert managed a joke that made his audience gasp during Tuesday night's "The Late Show," when he temporarily forgot his show has been canceled. The inspiration for the gag was his CBS colleague Gayle King,