Stephen Colbert's big life lesson for 2026: "Don't trust ...

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Okay so Colbert, whos been pretty reserved about the whole “CBS show abruptly canceled thing,” opened up a bit back on New Years Eve.

Stephen Colbert’s big life lesson for 2026: “Don’t trust billionaires” Colbert, who’s been pretty reserved about the whole “CBS show abruptly canceled thing,” opened up a bit back on New Year’s Eve. William Hughes — By William Hughes | | 10:41pm TV News Stephen Colbert Copy to clipboard × Copy Link Copy Link — Facebook X Reddit Bluesky Email 0 As we shake the dust of 2025 off our boots, we have to ask ourselves: What did we learn from that confusing clusterfuck of a year? (and honestly, same)

What lessons can be derived from those chaotic twelve months, so that the whole messy ordeal isnt just written off as a perplexing, pointless quagmire?

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Its a massive question, big enough that we can hopefully be excused for turning to our TV luminaries to help draw a bit of advice, maybe even a life lesson, from the wreckage. Hey, Stephen Colbert, what did 2025 teach you ?

That was how the still-there-for-now CBS host kicked off the year, drawing headlines for his cheerful response when a typically soused Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen asked him a few nights ago—amidst their usual New Years Eve duties for CNN—what hed learned from a year that saw him suddenly on the verge of losing his late night show. They don’t get rich money on the side of the road, brother!

Why This Matters

” Colbert managed to end up having arguably the second -worst 2025 in late night TV, not actually being dragged off the air for a week whipped into a frenzy . But hes still set to lose the Late Show pulpit thats been his TV home for a decade at this point, after CBS abruptly just dropped itd be canceling his series at the end of its 2025-2026 season. A lot of people have asked if the decision wasnt related to Colberts years-long criticism of the Trump administration in general—and Paramounts willingness to give them a lot of money to make pesky lawsuits go away amidst the heated frenzy of merger season in specific—even as the network swore it was strictly a financial decision.

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The Bottom Line

A lot of people have asked if the decision wasnt related to Colberts years-long criticism of the Trump administration in general—and Paramounts willingness to give them a lot of money to make pesky lawsuits go away amidst the heated frenzy of merger season in specific—even as the network swore it was strictly a financial decision.

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