The Nielsen ratings for his speech are in, and Trump's talk-a-thon saw an 11% decrease from last year. Donald Trump is really dragging down broadcast television. I mean, if I were CBS, I'd cancel him.
It's true that Cooper has a ton of other jobs to keep him busy, most notably hosting a weeknight show on CNN. And, in his statement about leaving the news magazine show, Cooper said he wanted to spend more time with his family. (Don't people always say that?) But Status' Oliver Darcy also reported that "Cooper had grown increasingly uneasy with the rightward direction the network has charted under" CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and David Ellison's ownership of CBS' parent company, Paramount.
Meanwhile, the network has decided to retain a controversial health expert who was brought in by the new leadership, despite the fact that he is now under fire for his ties and gross emails with Jeffrey Epstein. He recently apologized for those ties and isn't accused of criminal wrongdoing. But others have faced consequences for just associating with Epstein. I mean, given all of that, it's no wonder that CBS made the decision to bow to Trump's FCC.
Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert said that an attorney from the CBS network said "in no uncertain terms" that his show could not broadcast his interview with pro-LGBTQ+ state Rep. James Talarico (D), who is running for U.S. Senate, after a threat from Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an ostensibly independent federal agency that President Donald Trump has used to intimidate broadcasters.
When Stephen Colbert said CBS spiked his interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D), it drew swift and sharp condemnation from Democratic members of Congress, many of whom vowed to launch investigations into the Federal Communications Commission and President Donald Trump's appointed chair, Brendan Carr. Talarico is running in the Democratic primary for Senate in Texas against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). On the GOP side, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is facing challenges from Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX).
"He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast," Colbert said on his program, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." "Then I was told, in some uncertain terms, that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."
I got a little curious and did a little searching to see if I was in the files and unfortunately I am because one of Epstein's associates was a fan of my old show, The Colbert Report particularly of my explanation of massive anonymous campaign coffers known as Super PACs.
Especially if there's been a shocking tragedy. And there's been another. This morning in Minneapolis, a 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in front of her neighbors. Homeland Security Secretary Noem claimed the slain woman committed an act of domestic terrorism and says the agent acted in self-defense. The mayor of Minneapolis watched the videotape of the killing and said that claim is, and I quote, Bullsh*t..
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Stephen Colbert joined Political Gabfest on stage in New York City for their 20th anniversary show. He sang. He explained why he'd slip into Trump's skin for a day (to resign, obviously). He answered listener conundrums, including which Gabfest host would make the best dictator and what pastry he'd like to be reincarnated as.
Stephen Colbert has panned claims by President Donald Trump's physician that men in his age group benefit from MRI scans as scrutiny around the president's health intensifies, with the Late Show host prescribing his own medicine for the commander-in-chief: Retiring!
During the red carpet for the GQ Man of the Year party ( note: this is not a party for the Lorde song), How Long Gone podcast hosts Jason Stewart and Chris Black asked Colbert the questions we were dying to know the answers to, like how much money he has in his 401k after retiring ("By retiring, you mean firing") and if he was going to grow a beard like David Letterman ("I am going to stop waxing from the neck down.").
I worked this up for you because I wanted to thank you, personally and publicly for all you did for me for these past nine and a half years, Midler told Colbert on Tuesday. And I mean this from the bottom of my heart, I would not I'm going to cry I would not have made it through without you. I really wouldn't have. You're a voice of sanity and reason and, most important, honor.
Scotty Bristol, is a successful late-night host/miserable human being played by outgoing host of The Late Show and national treasure Stephen Colbert. Scotty is a real prince: He's nasty and ungracious to his staff, doesn't bother to prepare for interviews with his guests, and torments his writers by making sure they can see and hear him shredding their joke pitches.
With that announcement on Sunday night from 7-time Emmy award winning actor Bryan Cranston, the crowd at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles went absolutely wild. For nearly a full minute, the audience celebrated Colbert as the CBS late night host and members of his team made their way to the stage. Stephen! Stephen! The crowd chanted as the Late Show with Stephen Colbert won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Sunday night, its first victory in the category after eight straight losses.
Stephen Colbert might be off CBS's late-night schedule, but he won't be off New Yorkers' radar anytime soon. Today, September 8, MoveOn is staging a very New York protest-slash-celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert -and to rail against CBS's sudden cancellation of the top-rated late-night show. The hook is a Colbert lookalike contest where bespectacled superfans compete to see who can best channel the host's trademark arched eyebrow and deadpan delivery. Judges include a few surprise celebrity names, and prizes will be doled out alongside plenty of Colbert-inspired swag.
