This one is just silly they're pretending it was just money and had nothing to do with Trump but they literally agreed to pay off CBS, over the 60 minutes show, the exact same amount as Colberts annual salary.
They bent the knee to Trump, Colbert complained both privately and publicly they had caved to pressure and it made it difficult for him to do his job, 4 days later they announce May 2026 is it for the show. Colbert said they are NOT replacing me, they're getting rid of the whole thing. CBS said they don't make enough money on it anymore late night is dying but literally mid 2023 they said his show was by far the most profitable show they had on CBS at night and they had cut OTHER shows that weren't performing but Colbert's show was.
I mean we all know what actually happened. Trump complained aobut 60 minutes, CBS caved. Colbert was really the main guy on CBS that Trump was mad at so they picked his annual salary as the amount of the settlement. Which was a message to CBS this is NOT over, we're going to continue to go after you like we are others who caved to Trump. Colbert called them out and allegedly said he might just start a podcast instead and CBS decided to just cut the show because they are hoping Trump will back off