"Next year will be our last season,” the late-night talk show host announced Thursday, July 17. "The network will be ending 'The Late Show’ next May."

CBS cancelará "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" en mayo del próximo año, cerrando una institución televisiva de décadas en un panorama mediático cambiante y eliminando del aire a uno de los críticos más prominentes y persistentes del presidente Donald Trump en la televisión nocturna.

In a statement on Thursday, the network said the late-night talk show was being canceled for financial reasons. Those reasons are associated with Paramount's proposed merger with Skydance Media, which requires Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval under the Trump administration. Paramount is the parent company of CBS.