Stephen Colbert announced "The Late Show" was cancelled three nights after revealing his summer mustache on air. Coincidence?

Anderson Cooper and other celebrities rallied behind "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert after CBS announced it was cancelling the liberal late-night program.

Unlike Stephen Colbert’s late-night TV contemporaries, four of whom—Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon—showed up on his The Late Show on Monday night, David Letterman hasn’t made an official statement about the late-night series he originated back in 1993’s

From its 1993 inception with host David Letterman through its most recent decade under Stephen Colbert, CBS' The Late Show has hosted a who's who of musicians, both on the couch for interviews and on the stage for performances.

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin feared that CBS's decision to cancel Stephen Colbert's show could threaten First Amendment rights if it was politically motivated.

The CBS television network will end its top-rated late-night talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert in 2026, a move announced just days after the comedian criticized parent company Paramount over a $16 million settlement with Donald Trump.