{"id":2465259,"date":"2025-07-22T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colbert-criticizes-trump-prediction-other-comedy-shows-will-get-axed\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:45:47","slug":"colbert-criticizes-trump-prediction-other-comedy-shows-will-get-axed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colbert-criticizes-trump-prediction-other-comedy-shows-will-get-axed\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert criticizes Trump prediction other comedy shows will get axed"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fcolbert-criticizes-trump-prediction-other-comedy-shows-will-get-axed%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=2465259&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>Late-night host stephen Colbert strongly criticized former President Donald Trump following Trump&#8217;s public festivity of CBS&#8217;s decision to cancel Colbert&#8217;s show, citing financial reasons. Trump mocked Colbert&#8217;s talent and ratings and predicted that other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-get-a-tougher-skin-and-weird-s-happens-im-looking-forward-to-that-greg-gutfeld-on-the-launch-of-his-late-night-fox-news-show-gutfeld\/\" title=\"\u2018You Get A Tougher Skin And Weird S... Happens. I\u2019m Looking Forward To That.\u2019 Greg Gutfeld On The Launch Of His Late-Night Fox News ..., \u2018Gutfeld!\u2019\">late-night hosts<\/a>, including Jimmy Kimmel, might face similar cancellations. In response, Colbert defiantly pushed back on Trump&#8217;s remarks, declaring &#8220;the gloves are off&#8221; until his show ends next year.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert also took aim at Trump over a report from The Wall Street Journal revealing that Trump sent a birthday letter to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Colbert suggested Trump struggled to distance himself from Epstein, implying they shared questionable associations. trump has denied the report and is suing the newspaper and reporters involved.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously occurring, media commentators weighed in, with some dismissing the idea that Colbert&#8217;s show cancellation is a free speech issue, and others noting the uncertainty faced by other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >late-night programs amid corporate mergers<\/a> in the industry. Fellow comedian Jon Stewart expressed concerns about his own show&#8217;s future amid such changes.<\/p>\n<p>the article outlines a heated exchange between colbert and Trump, broader ratings struggles in late-night TV, and the potential impact of industry mergers on comedy shows.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Colbert criticizes Trump prediction other comedy shows will get axed<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2179216\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3475239\/gutfeld-dominates-ratings-cbs-retires-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Late-night television<\/a> host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3476348\/colberts-demise-comes-down-to-these-simple-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> slammed President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3477078\/trump-2026-midterm-elections-one-big-beautiful-bill-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> celebration of the comedian&rsquo;s CBS show getting canceled, saying that &ldquo;the gloves are off&rdquo; until his show is done next year.<\/p>\n<p>CBS announced the cancellation of Colbert&rsquo;s show last Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3475213\/cbs-cancels-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">due to &ldquo;financial&rdquo; reasons<\/a>, which Trump celebrated, saying the comedian&rsquo;s talent &ldquo;was even less than his ratings.&rdquo; Colbert responded on his Monday night episode by asking if &ldquo;an untalented man&rdquo; could tell the president, &ldquo;Go f*** yourself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3478455\/trump-celebrates-rumor-kimmel-fallon-shows-axed-after-colbert\/\">Trump celebrates rumor Kimmel and Fallon will have shows axed after Colbert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3478142\/malcolm-jamal-warner-dead-at-54\/\">Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Theo Huxtable from Cosby Show, dead at 54<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3478055\/billy-joel-inured-woke-criticism-at-this-point\/\">Billy Joel says he&rsquo;s &lsquo;inured&rsquo; to woke criticism &#8216;at this point&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump also criticized other late-night comedians and predicted ABC&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3476548\/trump-celebrates-stephen-colbert-show-cancellation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jimmy Kimmel would have his show canceled next<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nope! No, no, absolutely not, Kimmel! I am the martyr! There&rsquo;s only room for one on this cross, and I gotta tell you: The view is fantastic from up here! I can see your house!&rdquo; Colbert said on <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VIZegLAvK8o?si=X-oGLQV13Jjpl7OR\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Colbert then knocked Trump by discussing the <em>Wall Street Journal&rsquo;s<\/em> report that Trump gave a birthday letter to convicted sex offender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3478067\/epstein-drama-puts-key-house-votes-on-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>. Colbert claimed the president is having &ldquo;a hard time proving he and Epstein weren&rsquo;t buddies,&rdquo; suggesting the two may not have been friends but simply had &ldquo;the same hobbies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump called the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3475150\/trump-sue-wsj-rupert-murdoch-epstein-birthday-letter-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;false, malicious, and defamatory&rdquo;<\/a> last week and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3476214\/trump-sues-wall-street-journal-libel-epstein-birthday-letter-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">suing the paper&rsquo;s owner, publisher, and the two reporters<\/a> who wrote the report. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Senior Reporter Salena Zito shared skepticism over it on Sunday, saying, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3477571\/salena-zito-wall-street-journal-report-trump-epstein-relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not his signature&rdquo;<\/a> and that she didn&rsquo;t believe the report &ldquo;for a second.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3476657\/gutfeld-touts-washington-examiner-report-following-colbert-show-cancellation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GUTFELD TOUTS WASHINGTON EXAMINER REPORT FOLLOWING COLBERT SHOW CANCELLATION, SLAMS DEMS CALLING CBS DECISION POLITICAL PERSECUTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>Senior Writer Joe Concha dismissed the idea that Colbert&rsquo;s show getting canceled is a free speech issue. He suggested some are disappointed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3478008\/joe-concha-colbert-show-late-night-therapy-session-for-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-colberts-show-was-late-night-therapy-session-for-democrats-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Joe Concha: Colbert\u2019s ... was \u2018late-night therapy session\u2019 for Democrats - Washington Examiner\">late-night therapy session<\/a> for Democrats&rdquo; is getting shut down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-d6ac0I3hE0?si=eHUF86iHvfIqPbdQ&amp;start=4155\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Fellow late-night comedian Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central&rsquo;s <em>The Daily Show<\/em>, said Thursday he is uncertain about his show&rsquo;s future amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3463072\/trump-cbs-paramount-payment-lawsuit-skydance-merger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media<\/a>. Stewart said on <em>The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart<\/em> podcast that his show provides the only &ldquo;life&rdquo; to the network but that it&rsquo;s possible the whole network could be sold &ldquo;for parts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2179216\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2179216\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colbert blasts Trump&#8217;s claim more comedy shows will be cut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2465260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Colbert-Cancellation.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16091,59663,3634],"class_list":["post-2465259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-colbert","tag-comedy-shows","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Colbert-Cancellation.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465259","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465263,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465259\/revisions\/2465263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}