Paramount, CBS and The Late Show
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Supporters of Stephen Colbert took to the streets of New York City following the cancellation of The Late Show. The demonstrators gathered outside the Ed Sullivan Theater and marched to Paramount’s Times Square headquarters.
Kicking off Monday’s show with a joke about Trump wanting to change the name of the Washington Commanders NFL team (the “Washington Epsteins,” Colbert suggested), he walked into the Ed Sullivan Theater to loud cheers and said “This is going to be fun.” It certainly was.
CBS canceled Stephen Colbert's late night show last week. By not appreciating, defending and nurturing The Late Show Paramount is muzzling its best voices, and diluting its own broadcast future.
Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote a scathing op-ed for Variety on Wednesday, calling out CBS and its parent company Paramount for canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
Jon Stewart has gone full-scorched Earth on his own parent company. The Daily Show host used the opening of his Monday night show to give his hot take on the cancelation of his old friend Stephen Colbert’s Late Show.
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The Daily Express on MSNTrump's FCC chair greenlights Paramount-Skydance Merger after Colbert axeThe FCC has approved an $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, just one week after CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.