CBS staffers aren’t buying the network’s claims that the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s top-rated, late-night show was purely a “financial decision,” but rather a continuation of the “Trump shakedown” that began with parent company Paramount’s settlement of the 60 Minutes lawsuit, according to multiple sources.
Despite The Late Show averaging 2.4 million total viewers on a nightly basis and handily beating rival networks’ late-night competition, Paramount and CBS executives announced in a joint statement Thursday that Colbert’s long-running program would come to an end next year.
