{"id":346130,"date":"2026-05-23T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/debate-if-ending-the-late-show-wasnt-about-trump-whys-he-celebrating\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:00:07","slug":"debate-if-ending-the-late-show-wasnt-about-trump-whys-he-celebrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/debate-if-ending-the-late-show-wasnt-about-trump-whys-he-celebrating\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate: If ending The Late Show wasn&#8217;t about Trump, why&#8217;s he celebrating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RGsjm-oJ1Dc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Debate: If ending The Late Show wasn't about Trump, why's he celebrating?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RGsjm-oJ1Dc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Stephen Colbert put on an emotional and existential final episode of \u201cThe Late Show\u201d Thursday night, thanking his staff, studio audience and viewers for eleven years of laughs.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount cited financial pressures, but many Colbert fans blamed political pressures, namely President Donald Trump\u2019s contempt for Colbert\u2019s frequent criticism of him. Paramount was urgently seeking the Trump administration\u2019s approval of a media merger at the time Colbert was given marching orders last summer.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 What Trump posted about the remaining late night hosts<br \/>\n1:21 Money or politics? A CNN NewsNight panel debates why now<br \/>\n5:38 What Colbert meant to America<\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #thelateshow #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert put on an emotional and existential final episode of \u201cThe Late Show\u201d Thursday night, thanking his staff, studio audience and viewers for eleven years of laughs. Paramount cited financial pressures, but many Colbert fans blamed political pressures, namely President Donald Trump\u2019s contempt for Colbert\u2019s frequent criticism of him. 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