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A new report is putting a spotlight on the finance of “The Late Show” as critics have speculated that CBS cancellation was a political move to silence its anti -Trump host Stephen Collbert.
Pak News’ Matt Beloni lost the “late-night show” for CBS “$ 40 million per year” and had a budget of more than $ 100 million per season “per season,” was opposite with the network day and primetime programming, which he had “still profitable”.
“Late Show, ‘set for specific projects with its topical comic and celebrity interviews, fought on paramount+. And in three networks late-night shows,’ Late Show ‘is the smallest digital footprint on YouTube and other platforms so far,” Beloni wrote“So from a professional point of view, the cancellation is understood.”
CBS Cancelles the Late Show, ‘Stephen Colbert to and Program in May 2026
The CBS announced on Thursday that it canceled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and would end his run in May 2026. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Image)
Beloni said that the sources with whom he spoke in CBS and Skydance Media is ready to buy the network’s original company Paramount Global as a part of a $ 8 billion merger, insisting that Kolbert’s cancellation was based on economics “Arthashastra, not politics,” not politics, “not politics,” not politics, “not politics.
Beloni said, “Nevertheless, two other people with a deep relationship with CBS show late, otherwise suspicious.” “Finally, when a network decides that a show is very expensive, the authorities usually go to major talent and ask them to take payment, people setting fire, or otherwise slash costs. It did not happen here – although it was not said between $ 15 million and $ 20 million per year with Collbert, not a salary cut problem.”
Experienced entertainment journalist suggested that political motivations may occur in the game if the paramount also goes to cancel the “The Daily Show”, which airs CBS’s sister cable network on Comedy Central, but stressed, “for now, I carefully (and doubt) assume that it was mostly an economic decision.”
Shif, Warren demanded to know if CBS Stephen is ending the ‘late show’ for ‘political reasons’ or not.
He said, Beloni asked if this broadcast on television was “bursting” late at night, suggesting that Jimmy Kimmel in ABC along with Jimmy Follen and Seth Mayors in NBC could be next.
“I felt that the network is first reluctant to pull the trigger on the cancellation of all historical time slots. CBS has now removed the initial shot, and it is worth doubting that NBC and ABC will follow,” Belloni wrote. “No, I do not sleep well tonight if I have kimmel or fall, although both have big digital footprints and do a lot for their respective networks. Follen and mayors have also been preserved by Lorn Michaels, who produce both of their shows, although I can also recognize if Lorn can also recognize that 12:30 Slots, no person, no person, no one can recognize, no”
President Donald Trump, in his true social post, anticipated the future of the late night hosts, “The late show” celebrated the cancellation.
“I completely love that Colbert was fired,” he said. “His talent was less than his rating. I have heard that Jimmy Kimmel is next. There is less talent than Kolbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them, including Moran on NBC, who once wasted the great tonight.”
The “The Late Show” was damaging $ 40 million per year for CBS and according to a report by Pu’s Matte Beloni, there was a $ 100 million budget per season. (Spencer Plot/Getty Images)
The CBS said in its statement on Thursday that announcing the cancellation that it was “purely a financial decision against a challenging background,” adding, “it is not related to the show’s performance, content or other matters in the paramaront in any way.”
In a very message breaking the news to his studio audience, Colbert said, “CBS people have been a great partner.”
However, he hit a separate voice on Monday, slamming the recent agreement of Paramount with Trump on Monday.
“I believe that such a complex financial feeling with a government official is a technical name in legal circles. It is ‘Big Fat Bribe’,” said Collbert. “Because all this comes because the Trump administration, owner of Paramount, is trying to approve the sale of our network a new owner, Skydance!”
There was worry within paramount or not Trump’s settlement Will prevent its Skydance merger, which requires FCC approval.
CBS and its core company Paramount Global held a $ 20 billion election intervention in the $ 20 billion election by President Donald Trump, in their “60 -minute” interview with the then Vice President Kamla Harris in an election day last October. (Getty image)
Skydance Media CEO David Alison, who will control CBS after the employed merger, is believed to have a desire for a low biased operation.
Liberal critics, including several top Democrats, expressed their displeasure with CBS, stating that Colbert’s show was canceled due to political reasons.
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