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.

Rosie O'Donnell launched a TikTok rant against President Trump, claiming he would arrest artists and suggesting he's responsible for Stephen Colbert's show cancellation.

The East and West Coast branches of the union conveyed concerns that the move may be “sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration.”

CBS parent Paramount insists that this week's decision to cancel Steven Colbert's “Late Show” was strictly financial, and had nothing to do with politics

Here's a look at some of Stephen Colbert's most partisan moments from the past decade after it was announced on Friday that "The Late Show" would end in 2026.

CBS announced that it was going to cancel The Late Show With Stephen Colbert after Colbert’s contract ends in May 2026. The news comes at a politically fraught moment for CBS and its parent company, Paramount Global.