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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

HISTORICAL FACTS: Late night hosts unite to support stephen colbert with coldplay kiss cam spoof after cancellation | History Defined

Fresh from announcing the cancellation of his show last week, late-night host Stephen Colbert was joined by a star-studded line-up of celebrity guests to spoof the network on Monday.

Colbert revealed last week that CBS would be axing The Late Show from May 2026, a move the network said was “purely a financial decision” but which came just days after its parent company Paramount agreed to pay $16m to Donald Trump after he complained that a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris last year was manipulatively edited.

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