Trump, Colbert and Paramount
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President Donald Trump gleefully announced on Tuesday that Paramount had paid its $16 million settlement—while confirming that he expected millions more in a side deal. “BREAKING NEWS! We have just achieved a BIG AND IMPORTANT WIN in our Historic Lawsuit against 60 Minutes,
Kicking off Monday’s show with a joke about Trump wanting to change the name of the Washington Commanders NFL team (the “Washington Epsteins,” Colbert suggested), he walked into the Ed Sullivan Theater to loud cheers and said “This is going to be fun.” It certainly was.
The CBS late night host breaks his silence on his parent company's deal that was announced during his vacation.
Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is wading into the backlash surrounding The Late Show’s cancellation with nasty insults. Carr took to X Tuesday morning to mock the “partisan left,
Stephen Colbert went off on his employer, Paramount, on Monday after the company decided to settle with President Trump in his lawsuit against the network.
A shocking change in late-night TV. A salacious story about Jeffrey Epstein. What do they have in common? Donald Trump.
The cancelation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert emerged last week like a dagger through the heart of late-night. Would others be next? How would Colbert’s friends fare if the most-watched show in late-night can be axed for “financial reasons”?