CBS has announced that "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will come to an end. "Here's the Scoop" Host Yasmin Vossoughian speaks with Late Night Historian and Author Bill Carter, about the decision.

CBS has axed Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show." Here's a look at how his career in comedy led him from "The Daily Show" to Letterman's old seat.

Does the end of Colbert's show in May 2026 relate to the Paramount-Skydance merger? To Colbert's criticism of Donald Trump? To the demise of late night television? Who's to say?