{"id":4478,"date":"2025-07-21T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:30:00","slug":"stephen-colberts-the-late-show-to-conclude-after-decade-long-run-sparking-online-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=4478","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert\u2019s \u2018The Late Show\u2019 to Conclude After Decade-Long Run, Sparking Online Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CBS has announced it will end\u00a0<em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>\u00a0in May 2026, concluding a decade-long run. Colbert broke the news to his audience during a taping on July 17, 2025, revealing that the network would not continue the franchise with a new host. Colbert expressed deep gratitude to CBS and his 200-member team, saying, \u201cWe get to do this show for each other every day, all day.\u201d<br \/>\nDespite strong ratings\u2014the show led late-night programming for nine straight seasons\u2014CBS cited financial challenges as the reason behind the decision, not performance or content. Premiering in 2015 after David Letterman\u2019s retirement, Colbert brought a politically sharp tone to late-night television, moving away from his satirical\u00a0<em>Colbert Report<\/em>\u00a0persona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS has announced it will end\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u00a0in May 2026, concluding a decade-long run. Colbert broke the news to his audience during a taping on July 17, 2025, revealing that the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4480,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions\/4480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}