Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert
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Even after learning his show has been cancelled by CBS, Stephen Colbert won’t back down from jokes about President Donald Trump and his apparent connections to Jeffrey Epstein. “A lot of other stuff from Trump’s creepy past is resurfacing,
Stephen Colbert's feud with Trump following CBS' cancellation of "The Late Show" could finally earn his show its first Emmy, a Hollywood Reporter editor suggested.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has never won any Emmy in its previous nine seasons despite some notable streaks of excellence. (It has been nominated 31 times.) For much of that period, it competed in late-night’s top category against Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which Emmy voters love the way Oliver loves a minor-league baseball team .
This looks a lot, smells a lot, sounds a lot like you're purchasing favors from the President of the United States. And that's a serious problem. If those facts are proven, that sounds a lot like bribery,
Trump again celebrated the canceling of Colbert’s show on Tuesday, hinting that he may have had something to do with it. He also took aim at ABC host Jimmy Kimmel and NBC’s “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.
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Jon Stewart is questioning whether CBS's decision to cancel Stephen Colbert's late-night show was purely financial.
Stewart, Colbert slam CBS, Trump for cancellation of late night franchise: ‘Fear and pre-compliance’
I believe CBS lost the benefit of the doubt two weeks prior, when they sold out their flagship news program to pay an extortion fee to said president,” Jon Stewart said.
Stephen Colbert’s show is being canceled just as a major media merger requiring Trump administration approval moves forward, raising fears of political pressure on the press. On Morning Joe, Molly Jong-Fast calls the moment “really scary” and points to a broader fight: Rupert Murdoch,