As âThe Late Showâ nears its final bow, #StephenColbert opens up about the cancellation that shocked the industry, the win of going out as a âmartyrâ and his next act in Middle-earth.â
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Last July,
@colbert looked straight to camera and announced that his 11th season of 'The Late Show' would be his last. CBS, whose parent company, Paramount, was in the midst of closing a multibillion-dollar merger with David Ellisonâs Skydance that required the Trump administrationâs approval, insisted it was âpurely a financial decision.â But the choice to cancel the No. 1 show in late night raised more than a few eyebrows, particularly as it came just two weeks after Paramount had agreed to pay Trump $16 million to settle a controversial lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview.â
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"I know that the show had to end at some time. I did not expect it to end this way." Read the full cover story at the link in bio.â
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