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David Letterman didn’t bite his tongue, calling CBS owners a “lying weasel” after they canceled their broadcast. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert For financial reasons.
the previous Late show The host recently sat down with New York Timesin which he criticized the network again, claiming that the late-night talk show was pulled for other reasons.
“It was eliminated because the people selling the network to Skydance said, ‘Oh no, there won’t be any problem with this guy. We’ll take care of the offer. We’ll put that into the deal. “When will the ink on the check dry,” Letterman said.
He added: “I’ll go on record saying: They’re lying. Let me add one more thing, Jason. They’re lying,” he said, referring to the weasel. New York Times Writer Jason Zinoman.
Last year, when CBS announced Late Show It will end next May, and the network said it was a “purely financial decision” made amid a deteriorating linear TV landscape. when New York Times Returning to CBS after Letterman’s latest comments, a network spokesperson reiterated: “It’s unequivocally a financial decision.”
As the late-night legend told the Post about the network he called home, “They don’t share the books with me. It seems like all the TV has been hacked by telecom platforms and digital streaming and so on. TV may not be the money machine it once was. On the other hand, what about Steven’s humanity and the humanity of the people who love him and the humanity of the people who still enjoy their 11:30 break?”
Letterman hosted Late Show For more than two decades, from 1993 to 2015, before Colbert took office.
He had previously called for the axe Late Show “Pure cowardice,” and said CBS “did not treat Stephen Colbert, the face of that network, the way he deserved.”
“I don’t think it was money,” Letterman added at the time. “I think it was all to make sure [Skydancehead David Ellison, who became the CEO ofParamountwhenthe two companies merged last year] They were spending my father’s money aggressively.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert The final episode will air on May 21, 2026. Unleash Comics with Byron Allen He will then take over the time period.
