On Thursday, CBS announced that it was cancelling the long running The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The cancellation news came just days after Stephen Colbert, a critic of Donald Trump, called out Paramount, the parent company of CBS, over its $16 million settlement with the president.

“ Late Show ” host Stephen Colbert went after President Donald Trump on Thursday, the same day it was announced that his show had been canceled . And he focused on two issues the president does not like to talk about: his health, and his links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .

"Next year will be our last season,” the late-night talk show host announced Thursday, July 17. "The network will be ending 'The Late Show’ next May."