The death of the late night US chat show?

Stephen Colbert surprised the audience when the late show would go to the big TV program in the sky this week.

The series, which has been hosting since 2015, has been going on for a long time, will leave the screens in May. And not because Colbert is replaced by a new server – The show ends completely.

Considering the explosion of broadcasting winds, it is unlikely to be the last of this cancellation. The viewers will now wonder if one of Seth Meyers or Jimmys – Fallon and Kimmel – will soon follow.

TV critic Emma Bullimore, late at night, the chat show format in the United States, including the United Kingdom, including other countries “always admired”, but struggling to imitate “” develops in a way.

“Late night shows, British television’s soap or afternoon exams will seem strange as a fibers of American TV is a fiber.” Says. “This cancellation comes as a surprise in the form of both decision and delivery.”

Some viewers were similarly surprised. “I’m not big now late at night,” He wrote one “But this sounds strange. Late show is an institution.” Another described “Indeed, really bad, not only for late TV situation, but also for the media situation in general” news.

However, the traditional chat show format created decades ago faces various problems in the current television view.

Once, the type of content they produce is no longer compatible with the mass appetite.

“Such programs are often not a species that people will publish or watch through capture,” Radio Times said, Frances Taylor. “Every night and topicals, and therefore not only 24 hours after up to date.

“Dramas, documentaries and sitcoms do not suffer from this problem, while it is difficult to have life outside the broadcast that night.”

In addition, it may be difficult for bookstores to get good guests, but not because they have four shows a week to fill.

Chat shows used to be one of the first places to present the stars of publishers, but many competitors that emerged in the last 15 years changed it.

Appearing in popular social media or youtube formats Chicken Shop History or Snack Wars Probably now, both for celebrities who can wander around and cannot reveal most of themselves, and if they can keep their talents away from potentially more difficult questions, they make more objections for PR teams that feel more safe.

This does not mean that viral moments cannot come from traditional TV. Chat shows have done their best to adapt to the Times in the last decade.

Segments like James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke And Fallon’s musical impressions wheel It reflected a new plan in which the features were invented with the online attraction front.

And he worked. The audience loves clips based on “lice” instead of chatting. Graham Norton’s best performance YouTube clip with more than 100 meters views, Will Smith is time to leave the couch All-Star musical performance.

Colbert has 10m YouTube subscribers – absolutely healthy number, but a weaker figure than Kimmel’s 20m and Fallon’s 32m.

Even before the flow of flow, it should be noted that the US world’s chat shows are always a competitive, dog -eating dog world.

However, the big TV advertising money, many of which kept many of them, disappeared by falling with a terrestrial TV ship.

Basically, the format is now in question. Taylor, when chat shows are published, “most people will face all the great stories of the day,” he says.

“Not only that, social publications, the impressions of the US President or Elon Musk’s latest attempt, disrespectful, will be full of social creators who feed the appetite for topical, satirical content.”

John Mulaney’s initiative to bring a live chat show to Netflix recently has referenced with mixed results.

The future seems uncertain now And Mileney said soon He and the team “Understand” what their next moves would be, stopped to adhere to a second season.

“This doesn’t sound like a illegal success, Tay says Taylor.

Colbert told the audience that the cancellation of the late show is ultimately a financial decision – this is absolutely reliable.

It is expensive to make television with big producers, directors, camera operators and other technical personnel in order not to mention the big wage of the presentation.

And you can now offer a more professional operation, while they can do it in some of the cost.

But the cancellation is still a little confused. The Late show was one of the best shows of the CBS, and in 2024 he pulled an average of 2.57 million viewers from the audience.

His ratings developed under Colbert, especially after he began to multiply the Trump administration – one of the most vocal critics of the host president.

As a result, some questioned whether the cancellation of the show had to do with political pressure.

The closing comes after the CBS parent company Paramount settled with US President Donald Trump Upon organizing a 60 -minute interview with Kamala Harris.

President Trump said that the presidential opponent’s response to a question about Israel made it more appropriate for the audience when presented on two different platforms.

The CBS said that the settlement did not contain an apology or a declaration of regret. Business commentators said that the agreement was partially made in a way that does not affect the planned merger with the Skydance Media, which Trump has Trump’s stopping power.

Speaking after the annulment of the late show was announced, democratic Senator Adam Schiff said: “Paramount and CBS have finished the late show for political reasons, the people deserve to know. And deserves better.”

Emotion echoed By the Democratic Senator Elizabeth WarrenStating the cancellation of the show, Colbert came three days after his criticism of Paramount settlement.

There is no evidence that this is a factor – but emphasizes the political climate in which this decision is made.

In a statement that the late show ended, the CBS said that it was a “completely financial decision” and “the performance of the show, content, or other issues in Paramount”.

It is not clear what Colbert will be in line for him. It can be captured by a pennant or try to carry the current show online.

Piers Morgan offers an uncensored potential model – starting on television and still like a TV show, but later moved to YouTube successfully.

Late show brand “Strong, storey and indispensable and no host Stephen Colbert’ten more funny and more thoughtful – spirit -“, said John Avlon, A media manager and former democratic congress candidate.

“That’s why they are loved by a loyal audience and they will follow him in the next step.”

Other TV chat shows found new formats to stay relevant. When Colbert’s predecessor David Letterman moved to Netflix for a new series in 2018, the A list was able to attract guests, my next guest does not have to promote.

If everything fails, there is another option for Colbert. He is currently one of the only celebrities who do not have their own podcast.