1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda Jamna. Stephen Colbert started his show with this. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,159 Speaker 2: Before we start the show, I want to let you 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 2: know something that I found out just last night. Next 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 2: year will be our last season. The network will be 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 2: ending the Late Show in May. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: He said he heard out of it. Yep, he said 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: he'd only heard that the night before. So this has 8 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: come out of nowhere if you're Stephen Colbert and his supporters. 9 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: But here's the story behind it. CBS is a network 10 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: that airs his show, and they've said it's purely for 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: financial reasons. This show will wind up next year. We're 12 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: not replacing him as hosts the show. The Late Show 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: is over, which is just a complete shock. He has 14 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: been a big commentator and opponent of Donald Trump. There's 15 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: no surprise thing like David let him in before him well, 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: and this is the trope of late night talk shows. 17 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: Everyone slags the president, particularly when there's so much to 18 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: slag at the moment. He has been quite vocal in 19 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: the fact that the parent company for CBS, Paramount, agreed 20 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: this month to set a lawsuit far by Trump over 21 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: an interview during the presidential race with Carmela Harris that 22 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: was on sixty minutes, they agreed, even though the lawyers 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: said they don't have a leg to stand on that 24 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,919 Speaker 1: Trump doesn't have a leg to stand on. Paramount agreed 25 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: to pay sixteen million dollars of a defamation case. Colbert 26 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: said on air he was offended by this, and he 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: said that this is a technical name for this, a 28 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: big fat bribe. So that's happened in the last few days, 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: the last week or so. The background to this big 30 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: story here is that Paramount, as I said, the parent 31 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: company is trying to organize a merger with Skydance Media, 32 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,639 Speaker 1: which for which they need approval from the US Federal 33 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,639 Speaker 1: Communications Commission. And Colbert has joked about that too, saying 34 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: they need permission from the government, but he has slagged 35 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: off the government, and then two days later, bang, his 36 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: show is axed. The network itself has said there's nothing 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: political here, but everyone is saying, how sus is this? 38 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: He rates more than the other late night hosts, and 39 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: all the late night hosts. Trump has come out and said, 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: I love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even 41 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: less than his ratings. I hear that Jimmy Kimmel is next. 42 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: He's got even less talent than Colbert, It's not Donald 43 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: Trump's business what he thinks of these late night performers. 44 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: It's really not. It is their job to be satirists, 45 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: and look what's happened. Goodness, interesting time for America.