Sam Bee Nails A Brutal Truth Of Colbert’s Cancellation

Former “Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee has weighed in on CBS’s choice to cancel “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert,” calling it “terrible” however in the end unsurprising and “such a no brainer” for the community.

Bee, throughout an look on the newest episode of Tom Papa’s “Breaking Bread” podcast, stated she was “shocked however not shocked” on the nixing of the late-night franchise.

“These legacy reveals, they’re hemorrhaging cash with no actual finish to that in sight,” she stated. “Individuals are simply not tuning in, even remotely, comparatively, to how they used to. Individuals are actually on their telephones on a regular basis, for one factor, so they really don’t essentially want a recap of the day’s occasions. They’re very well-versed in what has occurred.”

Papa had famous how “The Late Present,” on which Colbert regularly pokes enjoyable at and slams Trump, was shedding a reported $40 million a yr. CBS father or mother firm Paramount had additionally been looking for the approval of the Trump administration over its now-approved merger with Skydance, he added.

“When the president of the USA has to provide his sign-off on a company merger, the factor you may’t do is make jokes about him,” stated Bee. “He’s a thin-skinned fool. We all know he’s like a pernicious most cancers and he cares about that stuff.”

Reflecting on her personal expertise at TBS — the place her present was canceled in 2022 after seven seasons — Bee stated mergers typically make late evening reveals susceptible.

“It was a continuing supply of dialog,” she stated. “When an enormous company merger is going on, no person desires to trigger hassle. Enterprise trumps all the pieces. It doesn’t matter what your values are, it doesn’t matter how essential you assume legacy media is, none of that fucking issues if you end up speaking about millionaires and billionaires making their enterprise transactions.”

In Colbert’s case, she urged there had been conversations held to attempt to flip across the monetary plight of the present however she argued it will have been “a lot simpler for them to chop it free with this merger coming down the pike.”

CBS has introduced “The Late Present” will finish in Might 2026.

For the reason that cancellation information broke, Colbert has more and more leaned into mocking each Trump and the community, strikes which have prompted hypothesis that his time helming this system might come to an finish earlier than the scheduled time.

Papa urged Colbert might comply with within the footsteps of former Fox Information host Tucker Carlson, who launched a brand new platform after his firing and who now continues to have “an enormous voice.”

Bee agreed, saying she was certain Colbert would have a number of doorways open to him.