US President Donald Trump used the Christmas period to harshly criticize the most famous evening talk show on US television and attacked the satirist and presenter Stephen Colbert. The US broadcaster CBS, which broadcasts Colbert’s show The Late Show should “put them to sleep,” Trump wrote in his online service Truth Social. “It’s the only humane thing you can do,” he said.
Colbert has “actually gotten worse” since announcing the cancellation of his show, Trump said. The satirist is a “miserable disaster.” In another post on his online service he askedwhich of the channels – ABC, CBS or NBC – which produces the worst evening shows and thus renewed his criticism of the media. Most recently she had US government produced a websitewhich publicly denounced journalists and broadcasters if, in the opinion of the White House, they allegedly reported falsely about the US government under Donald Trump.
Colbert’s show
is scheduled to be discontinued in May 2026. CBS had these Decision announced in July. That same month, the broadcaster agreed to pay the president $16 million in a legal dispute with Trump. According to CBS, the cancellation of the show was “a purely financial decision.” Stephen Colbert said it was $16 million on his show in July “big fat bribe”a big fat bribe to Trump.
Most popular late night talk
After the announcement of the deletion of the Late Show With Stephen Colbert Numerous politicians and television stars were present placed behind the satirist. Democratic US Senator Adam Schiff wrote on X that parent company Paramount Global and the broadcaster should CBS If there was a political motive for removing the show from the program in 2026, “the public deserves to know.”
The Late Show has existed since 1993 and was in this year too the most popular talk show on US television. The show was made famous by former host David Letterman. Since 2015, the show has been hosted by Colbert, a comedian and satirist who has also made a name for himself through his political stance and his criticism of Donald Trump.
Letterman sees “broken democracy”
Letterman himself appeared on the talk show in mid-December Jimmy Kimmel Live about the role of talk shows in the USA. To Jimmy Kimmel, whose show was temporarily canceled in September The 78-year-old said: “People like you and like Stephen and like Seth” were doing “such an excellent job in defending our democracy.” In addition to Stephen Colbert, he was referring to Seth Meyers, who also hosts a late-night show in the USA. “I think that’s how it has to be in a democracy that appears to be so broken,” Letterman said.
CBS’ parent company, Paramount Skydance, is led by David Ellison, the son of billionaire Trump ally Larry Ellison. After Ellison took over this year, the company named conservative journalist Bari Weiss editor-in-chief.
The US government has been going for months against independent reporting in the country. US President Trump has also recently attracted increasing attention for personal insults from journalists and reporters when they asked him critical questions.
