{"id":2463777,"date":"2025-07-18T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancellation-justified-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-was-doing-even-worse-than-you-can-imagine\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T22:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T02:02:29","slug":"cancellation-justified-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-was-doing-even-worse-than-you-can-imagine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancellation-justified-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-was-doing-even-worse-than-you-can-imagine\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancellation Justified: &#8216;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8217; Was Doing Even Worse Than You Can Imagine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcancellation-justified-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-was-doing-even-worse-than-you-can-imagine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2463777&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that CBS has decided to cancel &#8220;The Late show with Stephen Colbert.&#8221; The show not only struggled as a source of entertainment but also reportedly cost the network over $40 million annually due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-ceo-warns-employees-layoffs-are-coming-soon-if-more-of-them-dont-voluntarily-quit\/\" title=\"Washington Post CEO issues layoff warning, urges voluntary resignations\">declining ad revenue<\/a> and poor streaming performance on Paramount+. Stephen Colbert himself announced the cancellation, emphasizing that his show would not be replaced but simply ended.<\/p>\n<p>The piece criticizes Colbert for acting more as a political propagandist than an entertainer, citing his strong promotion of the COVID-19 vaccine and persistent attacks on former President Donald Trump. This political stance led to reactions from prominent Democrats like Senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff, who expressed outrage and suggested the cancellation had political motivations, especially given Colbert&#8217;s recent criticism of CBS regarding a settlement with Trump over a disputed &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously occurring, Trump welcomed the news of Colbert&#8217;s cancellation, disparaging the host&#8217;s talent and ratings. The article concludes that Colbert&#8217;s role as an establishment figure contributed to the show&#8217;s financial losses and eventual cancellation, implying that true entertainers would have been more commercially triumphant for CBS.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Colbert, an establishment propagandist who has spent years masquerading as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lgbtq-critics-denounce-james-cordens-golden-globe-nomination\/\" title=\"LGBTQ Critics Denounce James Corden\u2019s Golden Globe Nomination\">late-night comedian<\/a>, will have his show cancelled. On merit alone, that should have happened a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, we have learned that CBS&rsquo; &ldquo;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,&rdquo; in addition to functioning as a nightly comedic wasteland, caused its network to hemorrhage money.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/was-colberts-cancellation-really-economic-for-cbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puck<\/a>, Colbert&rsquo;s stinkbomb of a show has cost CBS &ldquo;more than $40 million a year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stephen-colbert-done-cbs-ending-liberal-late-night-show-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colbert<\/a> announced the cancellation while taping his show on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not being replaced; this is all just going away,&rdquo; the host said.<\/p>\n<p>And not a moment too soon for the bean counters. &ldquo;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,&rdquo; in fact, has struggled in several areas, including diminished ad revenue and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-teacher-pleads-guilty-after-mailing-white-powder-threats-to-elementary-school-staffers\/\" title=\"Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty After Mailing White Powder Threats To Elementary School Staffers\">poor performance<\/a> on the streaming service Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So from a business perspective, the cancellation makes sense,&rdquo; Puck reported. Indeed it does.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, television executives cancel shows all the time. This cancellation, therefore, should not cause controversy outside the entertainment world.<\/p>\n<p>And it would cause no such controversy had Colbert functioned as an entertainer. But he did not. Instead, he acted as an establishment shill.<\/p>\n<p>No one on television, for instance, pushed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stephen-colbert-covid-2nd-time-3-weeks-just-thanked-vaccine-efficacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID vaccine<\/a> on the public more aggressively than did Colbert.<\/p>\n<p>Like other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-juneteenth-comment-enrages-jimmy-kimmel-leftists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grating and talentless late-night hosts<\/a>, Colbert has also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >spent years obsessively ranting<\/a> against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-congratulates-gutfeld-tears-competitor-colbert-highly-overrated-loser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For that reason, prominent Democrats such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Adam Schiff of California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/telling-democratic-senators-freaking-stephen-colberts-cancellation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">howled with outrage<\/a> over the political ramifications of Colbert&rsquo;s show receiving the ax.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the senators suggested that Paramount, CBS&rsquo; parent company, might have cancelled Colbert&rsquo;s show for political reasons only three days after Colbert criticized the company for reaching a $16 million settlement with Trump over the president&rsquo;s charges that CBS&rsquo; &ldquo;60 Minutes&rdquo; had engaged in deceptive editing of an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-adds-insult-injury-stephen-colbert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, on the other hand, bid his late-night antagonist a not-so-fond farewell.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I absolutely love that Colbert&rsquo; got fired,&rdquo; the president posted Friday on his social media platform . &ldquo;His talent was even less than his ratings.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In sum, the fact that Colbert&rsquo;s cancellation prompted such commentary from political figures confirmed the host&rsquo;s status as a propagandist.<\/p>\n<p>Had he functioned instead as an entertainer, perhaps he could have made CBS money, instead of costing it $40 million annually.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Recently, it was revealed that CBS&#8217;s &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8221; not only failed to deliver humor but also cost the network over $40 million annually. Colbert announced the cancellation during a recent taping. The show struggled with declining ad revenue and poor streaming performance on Paramount+, making the cancellation financially sensible. While TV shows are often cancelled without much fuss, this case sparked political debate because Colbert acted more as a political mouthpiece than an entertainer-most notably promoting COVID vaccines aggressively and frequently attacking former President Donald Trump. Some Democrats accused CBS&#8217;s parent company of politically motivated cancellation shortly after Colbert criticized their settlement with Trump over a disputed interview editing issue. Trump himself celebrated the firing, mocking Colbert&#8217;s talent and ratings. Ultimately, the controversy highlights how deeply intertwined politics were in Colbert&#8217;s role; had he focused on entertainment instead, he might have been profitable rather than costly for CBS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2463778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-Colbert-cancellation-justified.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6124,59448,38026,39326,51275],"class_list":["post-2463777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cancellation","tag-show-decline","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-the-late-show","tag-tv-ratings"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Stephen-Colbert-cancellation-justified.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2463781,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463777\/revisions\/2463781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}