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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

TBD | A Colbert Report

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Was the Late Show too unprofitable, or too political? Guest: Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and media analyst, Knight Chair, Journalism and Media Ethics, Washington & Lee University. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.7

A quick heads up. As we were putting this show to bed, we learned that the government had formally approved the Paramount Skydance merger.

1:16.9

Okay, here's the show.

1:23.5

Welcome one and all to the late show. I'm your host Stephen Colbert.

1:28.5

On July 14th, Stephen Colbert came back from vacation and did what he does best, a monologue that was equal parts of uncular jokes and political news.

1:39.6

While I was on vacation, my parent corporation, Paramount, paid Donald Trump a $16 million settlement

1:45.3

over his 60 Minutes lawsuit. As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network,

1:50.7

I am offended. And I don't know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company.

1:56.2

But just taking a stab at it, I'd say $16 million would help.

2:02.8

The money went to Trump over a suit about editing a 60 Minutes episode.

2:08.2

A suit Paramount itself said was without merit.

2:11.2

But as anyone who's been watching this saga knew,

2:15.1

Paramount also needed the Trump administration to approve a major deal, a deal

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