American comedian David Letterman, who once hosted \u2018The Late Show,\u2019 roasted CBS for ending the iconic, most-watched late-night satire programme.<\/p>\n
CBS recently announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end its 10-year run in May 2026. Colbert took over as host in 2014, following David Letterman\u2019s 22-year tenure.<\/p>\n
CBS said the decision was \u201cpurely financial,\u201d and \u201cnot related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an apparent dig at the channel, Letterman shared a montage of the many times he had roasted his own network over the years, when he was still working for CBS.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t spell CBS without BS,\u201d the caption on the video read.<\/p>\n
Also Read<\/strong> | ‘It\u2019s the end. I\u2019m not being replaced’: Stephen Colbert\u2019s Late Show to end<\/a><\/p>\n Check out the video here:<\/p>\n Colbert said the show would be retired, emphasising that the 61-year-old comedian was not being replaced. \u201cI’m not being replaced. This is all just going away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Jon Stewart<\/a>, \u2018The Late Show\u2019 veteran, lambasted CBS for cancelling the program.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that CBS didn\u2019t try to save their No. 1 rated late-night franchise that\u2019s been on the air for over three decades is part of what\u2019s making everybody wonder \u2026 was this purely financial or maybe the path of least resistance for your $8 billion merger,\u201d Stewart said on his Comedy Central program.<\/p>\n Also Read<\/strong> | Stephen Colbert fires back after Trump\u2019s gloating over show\u2019s cancellation<\/a>\u2018Cancel culture has gone too far\u2019<\/p>\n Ever since the news, several comedians have appeared on Colbert\u2019s show.<\/p>\n During a spoof of the now-famous \u201cColdplay cam<\/a>\u201d on Monday, NBC\u2019s Jimmy Fallon<\/a>, HBO\u2019s John Oliver, and Comedy Central\u2019s Jon Stewart joined the crowd of The Late Show.<\/p>\n \u201cSome people see this show going away as a sign of something truly dire,\u201d Colbert said Monday night.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile I am a big fan of me, I don\u2019t necessarily agree with that statement,\u201d he continued. \u201cBecause we here at \u2018The Late Show\u2019 never saw our job as changing anything other than how you felt at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n Colbert also took a dig at CBS for ending the show for \u201cpurely financial\u201d reasons. Through humour, he raised an eyebrow at news reports about the show becoming unprofitable, though he didn\u2019t directly dispute that.<\/p>\n \u201cFolks, I\u2019m going to go ahead and say it: Cancel culture has gone too far,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n Also Read<\/strong> | ‘My family and friends will need a new show’: Jimmy Fallon ‘sad’ over cancellation of Stephen Colberts The Late Show<\/a>Legal woes and merger for Paramount<\/p>\n