Tapping his Thursday’s show, Host Stephen Colbert made a surprising announcement that CBS is ending his late night show in May.

Live audiences at the Ed Sulivan Theater in New York gave birth to the news that this would be the final season of the show.

“Yes, I share your feelings,” that told Viewers. “This is not the end of our show, but it’s the end The late show On CBS. I am not being replaced. All this is just going away. ,

Collbert has hosted the top-lined show since 2015, taking over for David Letterman.

The news came a few days after Collbert criticized the CBS company, Paramount Global, to pay $ 16 million to settle the case filed by the then presidential candidate Donald Trump, which Kolbert regularly scores in his monothe. Trump claimed that the network intervened by editing one in the 2024 election 60 minutes Interview with her opponent, Kamla Harris.

Shutter decision Late night with Stephen Colbert At the same time, the Federal Communications Commission comes in the form of Paramount Global. With Skydance Media, $ 8.4 billion agreement.

In a statement, the network stated that ending the show was a financial decision, “No way related to the show’s performance, content or other matters in paramount.”

But fans suspect. California Democratic Rape. Adam Shif, who was a guest on Thursday’s show, called for more transparency on the decision. “If Paramount and CBS finished the show late due to political reasons, the public knows,” they posted on X. “And deserves better.”

Democratic Sen of Massachusetts.