Skydance, the movie studio trying to buy CBS and Comedy Central parent company Paramount, appears eager to rid CBS of “a liberal taint.”

There is little in Paramount Global’s recent earnings report to indicate that the finances of its television division had eroded so precipitously that jettisoning one of its trademark programs would be a necessary solution.

CBS announced on Thursday that "The Late Show" and Stephen Colbert would end in 2026, but the timing, coincidental or not, comes as Paramount tries to sell itself to Skydance.