CBS’s cancellation of The Late Show and ouster of host Stephen Colbert drew praise from President Trump himself, who posted: “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired,” on Truth Social. This reaction highlights how mainstream networks are finally paying the price for liberal bias.
President Trump didn’t stop there. He added, “His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined,” flaunting his belief that conservative voices like Greg Gutfeld outperform their leftist counterparts.
Colbert’s featured guest lineup—Mayor hopeful Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Adam Schiff—underscores his deep dive into far-left politics. CBS insists the decision to end the show in May 2026 was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night” and “not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.” Yet Colbert himself accused the network of kowtowing to pressure on the settlement, labeling it a “big fat bribe.”
Meanwhile, Fox News Channel’s Gutfeld! surged to 3 million viewers, outpacing Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NBC’s Tonight Show. That surge confirms Reagan’s maxim: when opinions lean left, audiences follow the other way.
