You Won't Believe Who CBS is Replacing Colbert With
Robert Reich | Substack • • entertainment
Key Points:
- CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show, allegedly for financial reasons, but critics argue it was to appease Trump and facilitate the network’s sale to Skydance, whose owners are seen as Trump supporters.
- David Letterman condemned CBS’s decision to cancel Colbert as a “huge mistake,” highlighting the end of Colbert’s 1,800+ episode tenure marked by courageous political satire.
- Byron Allen, a billionaire media mogul with a non-political comedy approach, is set to replace Colbert in the 11:35 pm slot, leasing the time from CBS and keeping advertising revenue, signaling a shift toward profit-driven media models.
- The replacement reflects broader concerns about media privatization, declining public service broadcasting, and the merging of corporate greed with authoritarian influences in U.S. media.
- The author urges a boycott of Byron Allen’s show and CBS in response to these changes, framing them as a betrayal of media integrity and public interest.