CBS previously called the move "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night"

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Veteran host says format may not last as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ends its 33-year run amid controversy

Ahead of the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, former network late-night host David Letterman said that he would be “surprised” if other shows in that format last too much longer.

Letterman, 79, made the remark in an interview with the New York Times that was published on Tuesday, in which he also described his “disbelief” upon learning Colbert’s show had been cancelled.

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Things aren't looking good for much of the late-night TV landscape, according to David Letterman, who says he'd be "surprised" if some programs last "more than a year or so." Letterman, who launched "The Late Show" in 1993 and served as its host until 2015, opened up about its forthcoming finale in an interview with The New...

The late-night host will mark his final night on the CBS talk show on May 21

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Stephen Colbert recently told The New York Times that, after an uneven first couple of months of “The Late Show,” his producer encouraged him to lean back into his political roots. Colbert said at first, the plan was to back away from politics after his transition from “The Colbert Report” to “The Late Show.” He […]

George Clooney is speaking out in defense of Jimmy Kimmel after Donald Trump’s latest attempt to pressure ABC to fire the late-night host. The president blasted Kimmel’s “despicable call to violence” on Monday, referring to a joke about Melania having the glow of an “expectant widow.” The comment was made during a skit on “Jimmy […]

Divas? In show business? Groundbreaking.  Although Anne Hathaway's The Devil Wears Prada character, Andy Sachs, would likely award the biggest diva title to Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl...