The late-night legend took aim at his former network home and David Ellison's media company, speculating that Colbert's show was canceled for political reasons.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs on CBS, whose parent company, Global, is in the midst of a merger with Skydance. The reported $8 billion deal was delayed by a la

“Luminarieses,” Colbert repeated as the audience laughed. “Somebody’s ‘brain power’ is in low battery mode.” He rolled a clip of Trump complaining about the term “artificial intelligence” because “I don’t like anything that’s artificial.” Given the president’s famous love of fast food and Diet Coke, Colbert found that claim hard to swallow.

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.

Bob Odenkirk is 'not remotely concerned about' Stephen Colbert despite the cancellation of 'The Late Show,' and thinks his career will mirror Conan O'Brien's: 'We're gonna see lots more.'

David Letterman took aim at his former employer, CBS, over the cancellation of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

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."

Two weeks before CBS dropped the bombshell that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was being cancelled next year, former late-night legend Jay Leno weighed in on just how political various talk shows should get,