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Post-Stephen Colbert, CBS still wants an original late-night show

Post-Stephen Colbert, CBS still wants an original late-night show

Published by Sam Flores

CBS hasn’t given up on producing an original late-night show — despite easing Stephen Colbert out the door. “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” ends next month after CBS canceled the popular program, citing financial pressures. The network’s top two executives told reporters during a press briefing in Hollywood on Wednesday that the network still wants to be a player in the 11:35 p.m. hour. CBS struck a one-year deal with media mogul Byron Allen to bring his “Comics Unleashed” syndicated show to the prominent time slot once occupied by David Letterman until Colbert took the mantle a decade ago. President Trump, in social media posts, has taken credit for getting Colbert, whom he dislikes, tossed off the air. Colbert’s final broadcast will be May 21. Beyond the stop-gap arrangement with Allen, network executives acknowledged they don’t have a long-term plan for the late-night hours — but development executives are working on it. “We are still going to develop other ideas, other concepts,” said George Cheeks, whose role as chair of TV Media at Paramount …

Stephen Colbert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are OUT. Who is IN? The quiz knows : NPR

Stephen Colbert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are OUT. Who is IN? The quiz knows : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

From left: Arsenio Hall, Stephen Colbert, Zendaya. Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Monica Schipper/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Monica Schipper/Getty Images Big news! Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, has — maybe — been unmasked. Coupled with the recent revelation of Banksy’s — maybe — true identity, two subjects have been swept from the table of reliable quiz fodder. So if you keep up with secret identities, you’ll get at least one question right this week! Source link

Stephen Colbert reacts to Trump’s Easter threats to Iran over Strait of Hormuz’s closure

Stephen Colbert reacts to Trump’s Easter threats to Iran over Strait of Hormuz’s closure

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Stephen Colbert has reacted to President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges. Posting to Truth Social on Easter Sunday, Trump announced that the U.S. would attack Iran on Tuesday, stating that “There will be nothing like it!!!” As Colbert noted, Trump going “100 percent cage-free crazy on the internet” didn’t make for a very festive Easter atmosphere. “Open the Fuckin’ Strait [of Hormuz], you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH!” Trump wrote (emphasis original). “Praise be to Allah.” “You know, it is not often that a network has to bleep the words of a sitting president,” Colbert quipped. “Hasn’t happened since [President Harry S.] Truman put that famous sign on his desk: The bleep stops bleep.” SEE ALSO: Watch a jar of Nutella make space history alongside Artemis II astronauts Quickly running through Trump’s recent history regarding his messaging on Iran, Colbert noted that just last week the president said reopening the Strait of Hormuz was not an issue the U.S. was interested in being involved …

CBS reveals how it will replace Stephen Colbert in late-night schedule

CBS reveals how it will replace Stephen Colbert in late-night schedule

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter CBS has filled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s spot in the late night schedule. The network announced Monday that Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen will take over the 11:35 p.m. slot starting May 22 — the day after Colbert’s Emmy-winning Late Show airs its final episode. Comics Unleashed is a comedy talk show featuring Allen, a media mogul and the founder of Allen Media Group, as well as comedians including Nate Bargatze, Sebastian Maniscalco, Tiffany Haddish, Gabriel Iglesias and Cedric the Entertainer. It first premiered in September 2006 and has been airing in the 12:35 a.m. hour since After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson ended last June. The roundtable show will air two half-hour episodes back to back from Monday to Fridays for the 2026-2027 season as part of an expanded time buy agreement. Then, the 12:35 a.m. slot will be …

Stephen Colbert mocks Pam Bondi with Epstein-themed farewell after Trump sacking

Stephen Colbert mocks Pam Bondi with Epstein-themed farewell after Trump sacking

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Stephen Colbert has some choice parting words for US Attorney General Pam Bondi after she was fired by Donald Trump. In a Truth Social post on Thursday (2 April), Trump announced that he had fired Bondi from her post as head of the Department of Justice. Her 14-month tenure at the DOJ was marked by controversy over her management of investigations tied to the dead convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including her handling of the Epstein Files. In what became a significant political setback for the administration, Bondi went back on her earlier promises to reveal those named in the Epstein files. When the Justice Department was forced by Congress to release the files to the public, they did so in chunks and with heavy redactions. Colbert addressed the news of her firing during Thursday night’s episode (2 April) of his …

Stephen Colbert is Writing a New Lord of the Rings Movie

Stephen Colbert is Writing a New Lord of the Rings Movie

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Stephen Colbert is Writing a New Lord of the Rings Movie! Late-night host and Tolkien superfan Stephen Colbert is set to co-write a new Lord of the Rings movie with his son! His love of all things Tolkien is well known, and includes a cameo in The Hobbit and a good grasp of the Elvish language. Swords and Spaceships Sign up to Swords and Spaceships to receive news and recommendations from the world of science fiction and fantasy. Subscribe to Selected No Thanks Now the news has been announced that Colbert and his son are going to contribute to the newest LOTR movie, with the working title Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past.  “Colbert on Monday revealed that the film will be based on ‘Fogs on the Barrow-downs,’ the eighth chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, where Hobbits are trapped by a Barrow-wight in an unnatural fog. The story also includes a fan favorite character omitted from …

Stephen Colbert To Write Next Lord Of The Rings Sequel Script

Stephen Colbert To Write Next Lord Of The Rings Sequel Script

Published by Sam Flores

US broadcaster Stephen Colbert has big plans to keep himself busy when his talk show goes off the air in May. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, it was announced that Colbert will be co-writing a new instalment in the Lord Of The Rings franchise, based on the eighth chapter in JRR Tolkien’s novel The Fellowship Of The Ring. Filmmaker Peter Jackson announced the news in a social media video, ostensibly about the next film in the big-screen series, The Hunt For Gollum, in which he teased that “that’s not the only Tolkien movie that we’re developing”. Per Deadline, the film will be called The Lord Of The Rings: Shadow Of The Past, and will be set 14 years after the death of Frodo, with Sam, Merry and Pippin reflecting on the very beginnings of their adventures in Middle Earth. Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd and Sean Astin in the first Lord Of The Rings movie New Line/Saul Zaentz/Wing Nut/Kobal/Shutterstock Colbert, a Lord Of The Rings superfan, told the director: “You know what …

Stephen Colbert Co-Writing New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

Stephen Colbert Co-Writing New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stephen Colbert has found his post-Late Show job. The comedian has been tapped to pen a new Lord of the Rings movie, alongside Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, which will be the second of two upcoming films in the blockbuster franchise. Colbert joined Peter Jackson to announce the news on social media Tuesday night. “The thing I found myself reading over and over again were the six chapters early on in The Fellowship [of the Ring] that y’all never developed into the first movie back in the day,” Colbert said in the video (below). “It’s basically chapters ‘Three Is Company’ through ‘Fog on the Barrow-downs,’ and I thought, Oh wait, maybe that could be its own story that could fit into the larger story. Could we make something that was completely faithful to the books while also being completely faithful to the movies that you guys had already made? “And I started talking it over with my son Peter, who’s also a screenwriter, and we worked out what we thought would work, especially as a …

Stephen Colbert Rejects Blacklisted Writer Comparison, Praises Staff

Stephen Colbert Rejects Blacklisted Writer Comparison, Praises Staff

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stephen Colbert was honored at the 2026 Writers Guild Awards with the Walter Bernstein Award, given to someone who has used creativity, grace and bravery to confront social injustice in the face of adversity. But the Late Show host, known for his sharp criticism of the Trump administration, whose show is coming to an end in a little over two months for what network CBS called a “purely financial decision” amid a challenging linear TV environment, rejected comparisons between himself and Bernstein. Talking about researching Bernstein ahead of receiving the award, Colbert said he wasn’t sure why he didn’t realize that the Hollywood “blacklist was not a government policy.” He continued, “The blacklist wasn’t a law or a regulation or an executive order. It was a voluntary industry-wide agreement to deny work to left-leaning artists out of fear that certain members of the government might publicly attack the parent corporation of these artists for the union that they belong to. It was that threat, only the threat, of trouble, that ended so many careers. And …