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Story summary
- CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show, with the final episode airing May 21, 2026 and drawing 6.74 million viewers.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! attracted 2.185 million viewers on June 1, 2026, including 295,000 viewers aged 18-49, a 178 percent year-over-year increase.
- Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show recorded 1.301 million total viewers and 194,000 viewers aged 18-49 on June 1, 2026.
- The “time-buy” arrangement with Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed turned a $40 million loss into a $15 million profit for CBS.
