{"id":17787,"date":"2026-05-26T22:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:12:08","slug":"stephen-colberts-jab-at-network-on-final-late-show-could-cost-cbs-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=17787","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert\u2019s jab at network on final Late Show could cost CBS millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert\u2019s final\u00a0<em>Late Show<\/em> episode sparked controversy after a sharp farewell joke aimed at CBS, with viewers saying it could fuel financial and reputational fallout for the network.<\/p>\n<p>During the ending moments, Stephen Colbert joked, \u201cOh no, I hope this doesn\u2019t cost CBS any money,\u201d after a \u201cPeanuts\u201d musical cue, drawing huge audience reaction.<\/p>\n<p>The comment quickly went viral, with many linking it to long-standing tensions between Colbert and CBS over political commentary and internal pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Fans saw the moment as a symbolic, defiant goodbye that added a final layer of drama to his exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Stephen Colbert\u2019s final\u00a0Late Show episode sparked controversy after a sharp farewell joke aimed at CBS, with viewers saying it could fuel financial and reputational fallout <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=17787\" title=\"Stephen Colbert\u2019s jab at network on final Late Show could cost CBS millions\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17789,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787\/revisions\/17789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}