CBS Ending Late Show after 2025-26 Season

[TennTV1983 870]

18 hours ago, mre29 said:

Guess who's interested in the 11:35pm time slot?

 

Yup, Byron Allen.

 

With all due respect to Mr. Allen, he needs to sit his arse down and reflect on his crumbling media empire rather than trying to cozy up with CBS.

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

3 hours ago, TennTV1983 said:

 

With all due respect to Mr. Allen, he needs to sit his arse down and reflect on his crumbling media empire rather than trying to cozy up with CBS.

 

At least with someone like Perry Sook, he's just LARPing as a media mogul. 

Not only is Byron Allen LARPing as a wanna-be media mogul, he's been trying to be a comedian his whole career as well....

[johnothy 53]

Will CBS stations just be airing syndicated programming after 11:30 next year with no network programming provided? 

[AmericanErrorist 267]

1 hour ago, johnothy said:

Will CBS stations just be airing syndicated programming after 11:30 next year with no network programming provided? 

Nothing has been announced, and the scuttlebutt is that the network will produce a cheaper talk show from the Broadcast Center without an audience or band or musical guests (as above, Bryon Allen has also announced his interest in that slot). 

[GodfreyGR 812]

5 hours ago, AmericanErrorist said:

the scuttlebutt is that the network will produce a cheaper talk show from the Broadcast Center without an audience or band or musical guests

And there is a litmus for this in the Late-Late interim between Ferguson and Corden where the couple weeks Regis Philbin hosted, CTM's set was used and Regis did the 1 on 1 longform interview. The current Morning set could easily handle that on the daily.

[PhillyWatch 248]

Adam Pally also hosted a fantastically absurd episode from the CTM set with no audience

[Megatron81 343]

I hope CBS doesn't give Byron Wann-be Media Mogul Allen 11:30PM timeslot which CBS isn't giving back to the local stations which I thought they would've done when After Midnight ended. But gave it to Byron Cheapskate Allen and his Comics show that isn't new from 2006 & 2014 or was it 15 when they put out new Comics show. 

 

I think that CBS should maybe put a Nightline type show or go with Inside Edition show in that 11:30PM timeslot I don't think a long form interview will work in this day in age in late night in my opinion. 

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

1 hour ago, Megatron81 said:

I hope CBS doesn't give Byron Wann-be Media Mogul Allen 11:30PM timeslot which CBS isn't giving back to the local stations which I thought they would've done when After Midnight ended. But gave it to Byron Cheapskate Allen and his Comics show that isn't new from 2006 & 2014 or was it 15 when they put out new Comics show. 

 

I think that CBS should maybe put a Nightline type show or go with Inside Edition show in that 11:30PM timeslot I don't think a long form interview will work in this day in age in late night in my opinion. 

If he does pay his way onto CBS, better hope that it's cash up front, and not a check (that's likely to bounce)

[mre29 1967]

4 hours ago, Megatron81 said:

I hope CBS doesn't give Byron Wann-be Media Mogul Allen 11:30PM timeslot which CBS isn't giving back to the local stations which I thought they would've done when After Midnight ended. But gave it to Byron Cheapskate Allen and his Comics show that isn't new from 2006 & 2014 or was it 15 when they put out new Comics show. 

 

I think that CBS should maybe put a Nightline type show or go with Inside Edition show in that 11:30PM timeslot I don't think a long form interview will work in this day in age in late night in my opinion. 

 

For the record, the first episode of every night's pair of CU episodes is new, though on Fridays and when the show's on a break week, it's a repeat from the current run. The second episode of the night (1:07am?) is always from the show's original, pre-CBS run.

 

Also, if CBS decides to start up a new, cheaper talk show in the 11:35 slot, that will only reignite the controversy over whether or not Colbert's show was canceled because of Trump. I kinda doubt Paramount and/or CBS want the PR mess that would result from such a move.

 

 

[GodfreyGR 812]

1 hour ago, mre29 said:

Also, if CBS decides to start up a new, cheaper talk show in the 11:35 slot, that will only reignite the controversy over whether or not Colbert's show was canceled because of Trump. I kinda doubt Paramount and/or CBS want the PR mess that would result from such a move.

Counterpoint... If they start one up with a cheaper host, use studio space they already own in the broadcast center with no audience, no house band- then they show that it was (in part) really because Colbert was losing money. The reality is there that Tonight, Kimmel, and Late Show all have ungodly overheads and declining viewership.

 

6 hours ago, Megatron81 said:

I don't think a long form interview will work in this day in age in late night in my opinion. 

Respectfully disagree. If they go longform interview without the monologue or comedy bits, there is possibly a place for it- especially at CBS. Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes have always been their cornerstones and both are more longform. Bonus points if they can take excerpts and repack them for Mornings or 24/7. It would be a good opportunity for a show that throws softballs a la Larry King... People don't want hard news and political lectures late night.

[TVNewsLover 861]

CBS had the long form format with the original incarnation of the Late Late Show with Tom Snyder. 

[nomadcowatbk 188]

5 hours ago, mre29 said:

Also, if CBS decides to start up a new, cheaper talk show in the 11:35 slot, that will only reignite the controversy over whether or not Colbert's show was canceled because of Trump. I kinda doubt Paramount and/or CBS want the PR mess that would result from such a move.

does Skydance care after Babi Weiss? Could they lure Gutfeld?

[TVLurker 389]

4 hours ago, nomadcowatbk said:

does Skydance care after Babi Weiss? Could they lure Gutfeld?

At least it would destabilize "The Five" since he is a key part of that show.

[GodfreyGR 812]

7 hours ago, nomadcowatbk said:

Could they lure Gutfeld?

It would have to be a hella lucrative offer and offer him complete and total control over his timeslot. Between The Five and Gutfeld!, evidence is there that he gets to command just about any negotiation. I don't think CBS has the money, nor the willingness to give a host that kind of power. Someone more down-ballot at Fox News is possibly fair game.

[GodfreyGR 812]

Not Late Show, but Late Night in the Paramount family... Jon Stewart has been renewed through December 2026. Then again, aside from South Park reruns, what else does Comedy Central have?

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/media/jon-stewart-paramount-daily-show-comedy-central-cbs 

[AmericanErrorist 267]

On 10/14/2025 at 6:05 AM, GodfreyGR said:

It would have to be a hella lucrative offer and offer him complete and total control over his timeslot. Between The Five and Gutfeld!, evidence is there that he gets to command just about any negotiation. I don't think CBS has the money, nor the willingness to give a host that kind of power. Someone more down-ballot at Fox News is possibly fair game.

It is more likely that they will give the job to a Jimmy Fallon type or even someone as political but willing to do a cheaper show (Jon Stewart and Comedy Central have just re-upped for another year, despite how the group treated his longtime comedy partner.)

[Georgie56 3661]

The series finale of The Late Show is May 21.

[mre29 1967]

@Georgie56's link is to this very page, but here's a better link.

 

[nomadcowatbk 188]

12 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

The series finale of The Late Show is May 21.

the day after May sweeps ends, Leterman's final show was on the last night of May sweeps

[AmericanErrorist 267]

Comics Unleashed is moving up to Colbert's slot as Funny You Should Ask is taking the 12:30 position:

 

https://deadline.com/2026/04/cbs-late-night-plans-the-late-show-comics-unleashed-1236782678/

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

1 hour ago, AmericanErrorist said:

Comics Unleashed is moving up to Colbert's slot as Funny You Should Ask is taking the 12:30 position:

 

https://deadline.com/2026/04/cbs-late-night-plans-the-late-show-comics-unleashed-1236782678/

Great to see CBS doubling down on their stupidity.  On the bright side, maybe this will finally bankrupt Byron Allen once and for all.

[GraphicsMan 345]

5 hours ago, AmericanErrorist said:

Comics Unleashed is moving up to Colbert's slot as Funny You Should Ask is taking the 12:30 position:

 

https://deadline.com/2026/04/cbs-late-night-plans-the-late-show-comics-unleashed-1236782678/

Ewwww. The Tiffany Network cannot be this disgusting.

[NYAZSporty 196]

5 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Great to see CBS doubling down on their stupidity.  On the bright side, maybe this will finally bankrupt Byron Allen once and for all.

Might as well CBS just give late night to the affiliates to fill time if this was what they were planning on as replacement programming.

[Dave Lampstein 286]

2 hours ago, NYAZSporty said:

Might as well CBS just give late night to the affiliates to fill time if this was what they were planning on as replacement programming.

Nobody needs an 11:30p newscast. 

[mre29 1967]

2 hours ago, Dave Lampstein said:

Nobody needs an 11:30p newscast. 

 

People who work evening and don't get home till after 11:00pm might disagree with you on that.