Donald Trump has been the primary target of most political satire over the last decade, for obvious reasons. The president has made it very clear that he does not approve of anything that makes fun of him.

As host of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the comedian has been successful, receiving critical praise and leading the program to regularly becoming the top-rated late-night show, outpacing his younger rivals Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel — albeit against the backdrop of what Reuters termed “late-night TV’s fade-out.

When do we stop calling Colbert's 'Late Show' cancellation 'just a business decision' and start calling it slow, strategic silencing of critics?

The popular program, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," will end in May 2026 on CBS. The network cites financial reasons amidst industry changes, not the show's content or ratings. Stephen Colbert has been a leading figure since 2015,

There are dozens of scholarly articles, monographs, treatises and essays about Stephen Colbert. Some with titles almost as funny as he is. Skip to content. Coronavirus; Local News.

Four years ago, when Jon Stewart was signing off the nightly airwaves and Stephen Colbert was leaving the relative freedom of Comedy Central for the more tightly regulated network world of CBS, I w…