Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colbert</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LateShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateShow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cancelled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancelled</span></a> <br>Bill Carter, the author of two best-selling books about the late-night wars, said Thursday night that “the financial side of that business has definitely been under pressure.”</p><p>“But if CBS believes it can escape without some serious questions about capitulating to Trump, they are seriously deluded,” Carter said.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/media/cbs-cancels-stephen-colbert" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/07/17/media/cbs-c</span><span class="invisible">ancels-stephen-colbert</span></a></p>