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,

Piers Morgan is weighing in on the cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” On Sunday morning, the TV personality took to X to say that most late-night hosts have become nothing more than “hyper-partisan activist hacks” for the Left and that it’s really “no wonder” why Stephen Colbert got the boot.

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

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Stephen Colbert, both critics of President Donald Trump, spoke about a variety of topics on the show, which is slated to end next year.

The union says of the Colbert cancellation, "Now, more urgently than ever, is a time for courage, not cowardice."

Paramount announced last week that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” would be ending in May 2026. While the company claimed the move was a purely “financial decision,” speculation has swirled over whether Colbert’s sharp criticism of Trump had anything to do with his ouster as Paramount looked to get its merger approved.

Supporters of Stephen Colbert took to the streets of New York City following the cancellation of The Late Show. The demonstrators gathered outside the Ed Sullivan Theater and marched to Paramount’s Times Square headquarters.

The FCC chairman called out at the "partisan left's" reaction to Stephen Colbert's cancellation by CBS on Monday, saying they were acting like they were losing a "loyal" spokesperson.