A protest against the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show drew a meager crowd of just 20 people outside the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on Sunday.
The “We’re with Colbert” demonstration, calling for journalistic integrity, saw fewer than two dozen attendees rallying after CBS announced the end of Colbert’s decade-long run in May 2026. One protester told the New York Post, “This is a First Amendment attack. We can’t stand for it.”
CBS attributed the cancellation to declining viewership and profits, but critics argue the decision stemmed from pressure by President Trump. Paramount, CBS’s parent company, recently settled a $16 million lawsuit from Trump over misleading edits in a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. Colbert’s subsequent description of the settlement as a “big fat bribe” preceded the announcement of his show’s termination by two days.