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Stephen Colbert speaks during the 2026 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony at Edison Ballroom on March 08, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America East)

Colbert: This isn't the Red Scare

Alex Galbraith
Bari Weiss' tenure at CBS News has been tumultuous (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

CBS meltdown goes beyond Bari Weiss

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump says "Humbug" to late-night hosts

Alex Galbraith
Prince Harry (R) crashes Stephen Colbert's monologue for political jabs and a role in a Christmas movie. (Scott Kowalchyk courtesy of CBS Broadcasting Inc.)

Harry’s Colbert cameo lights up audience

CK Smith
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(Michael Buckner / Variety via Getty Images)

Colbert: I'm no "lefty"

Alex Galbraith
Stephen Colbert branches out from being a nice-guy talk show host to playing a villainous talk show host. It marks the beginning of his assumed transition back into acting roles after his late show will end in May 2026. (Michael Parmelee / CBS )

Colbert plays villainous host on Elsbeth

CK Smith
Demonstrators protest the suspension of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show on Sept. 18, 2025, outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Hollywood where the show is performed. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Media censorship is a structural problem

Jeff Cohen
Stephen Colbert accepts the Outstanding Talk Series Award for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Stephen Colbert's satisfying Emmys win

Alex Galbraith
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Bari Weiss' tenure at CBS News has been tumultuous (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

Weiss close to top role at CBS News

Blaise Malley
Greg Gutfeld (left) and Stephen Colbert (right) on the sets of their respective shows. (Photo illustration by Salon / Roy Rochlin / Getty Images / Scott Kowalchyk / CBS )

Greg Gutfeld will never outshine Colbert

Sophia A. McClennen
Donald Trump reacts to Taylor Swift publicly endorsing Kamala Harris (Anna Barclay/Getty Images)

Trump wants the stars to shine for him

Andi Zeisler
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and guest Vice President Kamala Harris during Thursday’s July 31, 2025 show. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

Harris to Colbert: America is "broken"

CK Smith
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Jay Leno performs at the Orpheum Theatre on May 08, 2025 in Wichita, Kansas. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

Late-night was always political, Jay

Melanie McFarland
"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (left) and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (right) (Photo illustration by Salon / Bettmann / Getty Images / Scott Kowalchyk / CBS )

Colbert wasn’t CBS’s first sacrifice

Sophia A. McClennen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

Colbert's firing tests free expression

Heather Digby Parton
Dozens of anti-Trump protesters gathered outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, home of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, to protest CBS's reported decision to fire the longtime host. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Getty Images)

Trump celebrates end of “The Late Show”

Cheyenne McNeill
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David Letterman on pit road prior to the NTT IndyCar Series 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500. (Photo by Khris Hale/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Letterman shares supercut of CBS disses

Alex Galbraith
Stephen Colbert (CBS)

The cruel joke of ousting Colbert

Melanie McFarland
Stephen Colbert takes part in a conversation with Paul Giamatti during the 2024 North To Shore Festival at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on July 26, 2024 in Newark, New Jersey. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Colbert fired over politics, critics say

Blaise Malley
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

Colbert's "Late Show" to end

Alex Galbraith
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Wednesday’s November 6, 2024 show. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

Stephen Colbert jokes about fleeing U.S.

Nardos Haile
Anderson Cooper speaks onstage during the 17th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at The American Museum of Natural History on December 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN)

Cooper jokes about Robinson porn scandal

Griffin Eckstein
US actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2ndL) and members of the "Veep" cast speak onstage during the 71st Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on September 22, 2019. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Colbert hosts "Veep" reunion at WisDems

Gabriella Ferrigine
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow (Getty Images)

Maddow: Trump is repeating Nazi lie

Griffin Eckstein
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