Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' exit marks the death of the good celebrity interview

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Stephen Colbert.

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FCC Chair Brendan Carr calls Stephen Colbert's censorship concerns 'fake news'

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FCC Chair Brendan Carr appeared on Laura Ingraham's Fox News show on Wednesday.

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'The Late Show' host Stephen Colbert says CBS pulled his interview with a Democratic lawmaker — so he turned to YouTube

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Stephen Colbert, the CBS "Late Night" comedian, said his interview with a Democratic lawmaker was pulled from the airwaves. He posted it on YouTube instead.

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Paramount's Trump alliance is real — and so is Jon Stewart's new deal

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Paramount canceled Stephen Colbert's show. But it has re-signed his friend and fellow Trump critic Jon Stewart.

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Is Paramount's Bari Weiss deal a Trump deal? We can't tell. And that's the problem.

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David Ellison's Paramount has bought Bari Weiss' Free Press — and appointed her editor in chief of CBS News. Now what?

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Kimmel told Colbert he got ABC's call pulling his show when his guests were already seated

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Jimmy Kimmel told Stephan Colbert his live audience was already in their seats when he got a call from ABC saying his show was suspended.

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Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert swapped war stories about finding out their shows were canceled

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Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert were set to appear on each other's shows.

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Late-night show hosts are sending a message to Trump: They'll be thorns in his side for as long as they can be

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The most prominent voices in late-night just aren't keeping quiet about President Donald Trump.

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James Dixon is about to be the busiest guy in late-night

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James Dixon.

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Stephen Colbert calls Jimmy Kimmel getting yanked off-air a 'blatant assault on the freedom of speech'

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"Well, you know what my community values are, buster? Freedom of speech," Stephen Colbert said in his opening monologue on Thursday.

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