Stephen Colbert, Paramount and The Late Show
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Kicking off Monday’s show with a joke about Trump wanting to change the name of the Washington Commanders NFL team (the “Washington Epsteins,” Colbert suggested), he walked into the Ed Sullivan Theater to loud cheers and said “This is going to be fun.” It certainly was.
The top-ranked show on late-night television, CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has been canceled, just days after Colbert skewered Paramount, the parent company of CBS, for settling a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump.
Local businesses are bracing for a financial hit if “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” ends in May as planned. Akhil Reddy, who works in the NYC Gifts and Luggage next to the Ed Sullivan Theater, says,
Stephen Colbert spoofed that viral Coldplay concert clip with help from several fellow late-night hosts, plus Lin-Manuel Miranda and Weird Al.