Colbert’s late show on CBS has never won a TV Academy prize. The president could well now have changed that. The video plays like a cave painting from the Neolithic era or, even more distantly, from when late-night television still mattered: Stephen Colbert sits in the host chair and makes amends with Donald Trump.

"It's not a great look when you fly on the pedophiles plane enough times to earn Diamond Pervert Status," the "Late Show" host says

O’Leary predicted on CNN’s “NewsNight with Abby Phillip” that CBS will immediately fire Colbert after he told Trump to “go f--- yourself” during Monday night’s monologue. Colbert was responding to Trump’s latest insults after Paramount announced “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” would be ending in May 2026.

As host of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the comedian has been successful, receiving critical praise and leading the program to regularly becoming the top-rated late-night show, outpacing his younger rivals Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel — albeit against the backdrop of what Reuters termed “late-night TV’s fade-out.

Trump called for his late-night foes Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon to have their shows canceled, saying the hosts are "destroying" the genre.

Rosie O'Donnell launched a TikTok rant against President Trump, claiming he would arrest artists and suggesting he's responsible for Stephen Colbert's show cancellation.

CBS has claimed that the cancellation of Trump-bashing show was a ‘financial decision’ despite timing of merger

Schiff reminded viewers of Trump’s attacks on him. “Ever since I led his first impeachment, he’s threatened me with jail, prosecution, called me a traitor, accused me of treason… blah blah blah,” he said. Then Schiff turned directly to the camera with a message for the president.