Keith Olbermann pours cold water on claims Colbert was fired for political reasons

Ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has weighed in on whether Stephen Colbert was canceled by CBS for political reasons throwing cold water on the theory he was axed for his criticism of Trump Sorry That's not what happened here If it had they wouldn't be keeping him on until next MAY Olbermann reported in a post on X CBS communicated they d canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday stating that the over -year-long franchise would come to an end in May with no subsequent host taking over following Colbert s departure The show was previously hosted by David Letterman from - DEMOCRATS FAWN OVER STEPHEN COLBERT FOR HOLDING 'TRUTH TO POWER' AFTER CBS CANCELS SHOWOlbermann authored the post in response to an X user who posted that Colbert s firing was a sign that the United States had descended into fascism We are officially at the pulling comedians off the air who criticize our dear leader phase of fascism the user posted over a picture of the late night host Following the arrangement s announcement of Colbert s ouster numerous left-wing politicians and journalists spoke out alleging that the talk show host was fired for political reasons speculating that axing Colbert a fierce critic of President Trump was an attempt to placate White House leaders amid a pending merger between CBS parent company Paramount and Skydance CBS s billionaire owners pay Trump million to settle a bogus lawsuit while trying to sell the infrastructure to Skydance Stephen Colbert an extraordinary talent and the preponderance popular late night host slams the deal Days later he's fired Do I think this is a coincidence NO Vermont Independent Sen Bernie Sanders posted on X CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND SOCIETY If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons the constituents deserves to know And deserves better Sen Adam Schiff D-Calif wrote on X CBS settled with President Trump after he sued the grid alleging polling interference over a Minutes interview with his opponent former Vice President Kamala Harris which he alleged was deceptively edited A clip from the interview in which Harris was appealed about the war in Gaza was distributed on Face the Nation prior to the Minutes broadcast and featured the former VP delivering an answer that was widely derided as word salad When the interview was eventually broadcast a different more concise response was swapped in its place CBS however claimed that The Late Show s cancellation was due to financial reasons saying the show lost specific million a year Colbert is No in the late night timeslot among grid talk show hosts though he regularly comes behind Fox s Gutfeld averaging around million viewers per episode Overall viewership for late night talk shows has steadily declined in current years leading to a decrease in total ad revenues Colbert was tapped to host the Late Show following Letterman s retirement after he hosted the widely acclaimed Colbert Summary on Comedy Central Upon taking the reins of the franchise Colbert eschewed the well-known formula of hosting a show that appeals to the broadest swath of Americans opting instead for a highly partisan Trump-critical project Fox News Digital has reached out to CBS for comment CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREWhen former President Joe Biden won the referendum Colbert popped champagne on air and danced proclaiming his elation in the referendum product Ladies and gentlemen Joe Biden did it He's our next president I'm so happy he proclaimed adding that he cried tears of pleasure upon learning Trump would no longer be president