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Rogue Energy

He’s Out in May But CBS Might Wish Colbert Would Leave Early

Rogue Energy

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Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.04.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The network already announced it’s ending “The Late Show” in May, and now Stephen Colbert is making clear he’s not going quietly.  On his show this week, he claimed the network refused to let him air an interview with a Texas Democrat. The network fired off a statement saying that’s not true. And last night, Colbert fired back…

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Hey there, folks. It is Wednesday, February 18th. Stephen Colbert. He is leaving the late show

1:21.0

in a few months, but he is not going to go quietly, apparently, And a public war of words and statements has erupted.

1:31.6

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ.

1:34.2

CBS versus Colbert is playing out quite publicly.

1:38.1

This is, I don't know.

1:40.1

It's not necessarily funny.

1:41.6

He's made some funny remarks, but you hate to see this.

1:44.5

But I appreciate his freedom. He is free. He is free to say what he wants because he has already been told bye.

1:54.1

And so now he actually sits in a very comfortable spot. It's that place when you know you literally have nothing to lose. And if he wants to burn the house down as he goes, he kind of can. You know what? He, um, you know what? We want to make sure. And you'll let you hear it all if you haven't heard. But he, he's not burning down the house. I thought, I, no, he could have. I thought he brought the temperature down a little bit on night too.

2:19.8

And what we're talking about, folks, Stephen Colbert, a late show host, of course, has publicly accused CBS of squashing an interview he had scheduled for Monday's show.

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