"Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled," U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, said in a post on X. "If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.

CBS, which has aired "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert as its host since 2015, said it is ending the franchise after a "historic run," adding that the cancellation "is not related in any way to the show’s performance,