Critics Are Suspicious As To CBS’ Reason For Canceling “The Late Show”

Stephen Colbert’s show was canceled three days after he called out Paramount, CBS’s parent company, for folding to Trump with a $16M settlement for a lawsuit that even they called “without merit.”

People deserve to know if this is a politically motivated attack on free speech.

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) July 18, 2025