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CBS will end "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and retire "The Late Show" franchise in May 2026, the company announced Thursday.

In the week after CBS/Paramount cancelling "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert repeatedly hit back — with backup from his rivals and David Letterman.

David Letterman is questioning the motivations behind the shock cancellation of his former CBS home, "The Late Show." Speaking with former "Late Night with David Letterman" colleagues Barbara Gaines and Mary Barclay in a July 25 clip from "The Barbara Gaines Show" on Letterman's YouTube channel,

What’s happening now is not only wrong, it goes against what we must stand for as a nation," said Robert Suttmann, president of Local 802 American Federation of Musicians.

Former late-night host David Letterman slammed Paramount and CBS on Friday for their treatment of Stephen Colbert, suggesting the cancellation may be linked to avoiding trouble with Trump.

David Letterman blasted his former network home CBS and the 'goons' at Skydance as he speculated that Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' was canceled for political reasons: 'Bottom feeders.'

Signs like “I Support Colbert” were also waved by a group that reportedly calls itself Refuse Fascism. The protest comes after CBS revealed last week that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end its run in May.

A review by Fox News Digital found that left-wing journalists and other media figures made hundreds of appearances on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

Conservative pundit Bill O'Reilly said he predicted the demise of Stephen Colbert one day before the network canceled him and "The Late Show." CBS announced Colbert's cancellation on July 17, something O'Reilly predicted in a video apparently recorded earlier but posted to his YouTube channel on July 18.