When Paramount listed its slate of highly rated TV shows during its last earnings report, including "Tracker," the top rated series and "Matlock," the highest rated new series, it also listed Colbert's "The Late Show" as the highest rated broadcast late night show. "The Daily Show," also from Paramount, was the top late night show on cable TV.

In an interview airing on "CBS Sunday Morning" April 23, the late-night TV host describes his show as a place where, for eight years, people could come "for joy, and light, and levity."

David Letterman took aim at his former employer, CBS, over the cancellation of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

The co-creator of "The Daily Show," Lizz Winstead, accused CBS of canceling liberal comedian Stephen Colbert's show due to fear of President Trump during an MSNBC interview.

The Late Late Show with James Corden airing Thursday, April 21, 2022, with guests Nicholas Cage, Aaron Paul and Sir Robert Winston. Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty Images