The 2025 TV schedule has been a tumultuous time for the world of late night television, including the quiet cancellation of After Midnight in the spring and the shocking cancellation of Stephen Colbert's The Late Show in July.

Stephen Colbert took a baseball bat to President Trump's threat to prosecute Beyoncé on Monday night, imagining the "Formation" singer's clap-back track that the "Late Show" team titled "A Responsé From Beyoncé.

On Thursday, Colbert shocked his studio audience, social media and Hollywood with the news that the long-running late night talk show will end in May. Colbert, who has hosted “The Late Show” since taking over from David Letterman 10 years ago,

David Letterman has finally given his opinion on the cancelation of The Late Show – the franchise that he founded.

CBS announced on July 17 that "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is being cancelled and "The Late Show" will come to an end after a 33-year run in May 2026. While the cancellation may be surprising for those focused on Colbert's ratings success in the linear TV space,

"No wonder Colbert got canned" from "The Late Show," the media personality said, adding, "More will follow." U.K. journalist Piers Morgan believes late-night TV in the United States has shifted from comedy to “partisan political activism.