Stephen Colbert contract to expire May 2026 - CBS-Paramount will end the "LATE SHOW" most-watched talk show hour

HIS Next talk show is 11:35 p.m. Eastern time

MONDAY 7/21/2025 

Surprise announcement

Thursday July 17, 2025

11:35 p.m. Eastern Time Zone

details:

nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/stephen-colbert-late-show-ending.html

afterthought -- Trump as quoted in the WASHINGTON POST dot-com

says : I absolutely love that Colbert got fired

Friday evening 18 July 2025