CBS axing The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from its late-night talk show line-up is sparking outrage, and concern among fan and fellow late-night talk show hosts

CBS recently announced the cancellation of The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert(Image: CBS via Getty Images)

Media personality Andy Cohen is the latest talk show host to share his perspective on CBS’ cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Andy claimed that the show being axed is proof that “CBS is just cooked” during the Monday episode of his SiriusXM show Radio Andy. “They are saying, ‘We’re done,’” Andy, host and the executive producer of his late-night program on Bravo, Watch What Happens Live shared. “They’re turning the lights out completely at 11:30, which says to me, it’s like — CBS is just cooked,” he added. Andy’s remarks come on the heels of CBS shockingly announcing that the network’s choice to end The Late Show was a“purely financial decision.”

CBS also added, that the decision is “not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”

The Stephen Colbert’s Late Show getting the boot just so happened to occur shortly after CBS’ parent company Paramount Global reached a settlement in the $16m lawsuit President Donald Trump launched against CBS’ 60 Minutes over ex Vice President Kamala Harris interview.

Andy Cohen addressed the cancellation on his SiriusXM show Radio Andy

Andy called out CBS for slashing Stephen’s show from its late-night line-up.

“They say that ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ is losing $40 million a year,” he explained of CBS, before running down a number of other ways the network could’ve saved money.

“We could cut the budget in half. Maybe move out of the Ed Sullivan Theater — do the show in a small studio that we already own, because CBS has a lot of studio space,” Andy expressed, mocking network execs.

“Cut down on staff: You have 200 people working here. We need it to be 100 people, or 60,” Andy noted, saying what CBS could’ve told Stephen.

“Instead of you doing your show five days a week, we’re going to do your show four days a week, and you’re going to pretape your Thursday show,” he added.

“That’s the way right there to cut the budget at least in half,” he said.

He continued, “As opposed to saying out of nowhere — as [Colbert] portrayed it, they called them in and said, ‘Your show’s losing money. We’re canceling it.’”

It’s speculated that The Late Show’s cancellation, which is set to officially end in 2026, has to do with Paramount’s desire to secure a multibillion-dollar merger with Skydance.

This business deal would need approval from the Trump administration, whom Stephen often mocks on his show along with President Trump.