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Stephen Colbert Drops REALITY CHECK On Sudden CBS Reversal After Trump Blow - The Damage Report
Stephen Colbert drops stunning reality check on CBS, during interview ahead of the final month of his late show, over how his position dramatically reversed with the network following Trump's legal blow against them and Colbert's comments on Trump. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. - 07/17/2026.
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Colbert Reveals How CBS Turned on Him: ‘Something Changed’ - https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/colbert-reveals-how-cbs-turned-on-him-something-changed/
"Stephen Colbert isn’t willing to say his show was cut because his network bent the knee to Trump—but he’s still suspicious about the timing.
The Late Show host, 61, told the New York Times that before his show was suddenly axed, just days after calling out CBS’s parent company, Paramount, for the “big fat bribe” he called its $16 million settlement to the president over its 60 Minutes interview with a political opponent, the network had tried to lock him into a contract as long as five years.
Paramount called ending The Late Show a “purely financial decision” at the time, as it awaited approval from Donald Trump’s administration to merge with Skydance.
“Less than two years before they called to say it’s over, they were very eager for me to be signed for a long time. So, something changed,” told the Times. The host ultimately opted for a three-year contract instead, which will end with his show on May 21.