Schiff, Warren demand to know if CBS is ending Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' for 'political reasons'

Sen Adam Schiff D-Calif and Sen Elizabeth Warren D-Mass reported the society deserves to know whether CBS s decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday was politically motivated Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who reported his show was cancelled If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons the community deserves to know And deserves better Schiff wrote Warren added CBS canceled Colbert s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its M settlement with Trump a deal that looks like bribery America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons Watch and share his message CBS PARENT COMPANY SPARKS MASSIVE OUTRAGE WITH TRUMP LAWSUIT SETTLEMENTCBS noted in a comment that the long-running late-night show will end in May but it was purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night adding It is not related in any way to the show's performance content or other matters happening at Paramount There had been speculation about the future of the Paramount-owned late-night programs which also includes The Daily Show on Comedy Central as its planned corporate merger with Skydance Media is expected to take place later this year Colbert was outspoken against the settlement calling it a big fat bribe He joked about being pressured by studio heads earlier this week Chosen of the TV typers out there are blogging that once Skydance gets CBS the new owners desire to please Trump will put pressure on late-night host and frequent Trump critic Stephen Colbert Colbert joked OK but how are they going to put pressure on Stephen Colbert if they can t find him Several journalists and commentators have also speculated that CBS and Paramount s newest lawsuit settlement with President Donald Trump earlier this month could create a slippery slope for news broadcasters Trump sued for electoral process interference over a Minutes interview edit of his opponent Kamala Harris and Paramount was lambasted for settling the suit that its lawyers had called baseless CBS STAFFERS REVOLT OVER PARAMOUNT'S 'SHAMEFUL' TRUMP SETTLEMENT 'BETRAYAL' TO THE NETWORK'S JOURNALISTS The Late Show which Colbert took over from David Letterman in leaned into liberal politics in the Trump era and had became a major platform for Democratic politicians Last month Colbert welcomed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani before the socialist hopeful clinched the Democratic nomination The Late Show first began airing with Letterman in CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News Digital reached out to Schiff and Warren for comment