Letterman, Stephen Colbert and CBS
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Since then, Colbert has been ripping into Donald Trump with renewed relish, often while also flaying CBS and its parent company, Paramount. By doubling down on attacking his most powerful enemy, at a time when network execs are facing such intense scrutiny for what many believe was a politically motivated firing,
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.
It’s a line of criticism we’ve now heard a few times from various Paramount employees. In April, months before the final settlement amount was reached, 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley laid bare the stakes of the deal,
Supporters of Stephen Colbert took to the streets of New York City following the cancellation of The Late Show. The demonstrators gathered outside the Ed Sullivan Theater and marched to Paramount’s Times Square headquarters.
This week, 'South Park,' Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert all savaged the same (tiny?) thing as the company faces an uprising over its handling of, well, just about everything.
Multiple Democratic members of Congress have weighed in to demand Colbert's reinstatement, from Bernie Sanders to Elizabeth Warren.
Stephen Colbert announced "The Late Show" was cancelled three nights after revealing his summer mustache on air. Coincidence?