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David Letterman, who hosted “The Late Show” himself for decades before Stephen Colbert’s current iteration, spoke out in a new interview on CBS’ decision to replace it, saying the network doesn’t want to “spend any money.”<\/p>\n

CBS announced in July<\/a>\u00a0that it had canceled Colbert’s program and that it would officially go off the air next month.\u00a0Liberal critics have accused CBS<\/a>\u00a0and Paramount of ending the show to appease President Donald Trump and receive approval for a long-planned merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media.<\/p>\n

The network will lease Colbert’s old time slot to Byron Allen’s “Comics Unleashed,” a comedy talk show.<\/p>\n

“They don\u2019t want to spend any money, so they\u2019re going to make money,” Letterman told Barbara Gaines<\/a>, a former producer on his program. “They charge Byron Allen some reasonable price. He sells all the advertising for his \u2018Comics Unleashed,\u2019 and it\u2019ll be, I think, 90 minutes or two hours of comics talking about funny stuff.”<\/p>\n

STEPHEN COLBERT MOCKED BY VARIETY OVER ‘EGO TRIP’ AS GUESTS KISS HIS RING BEFORE MAY EXIT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“The show is a pretty good idea. It\u2019s all panel. Nobody\u2019s doing any stand-up, except they\u2019re seated doing stand-up,” he said.<\/p>\n

The programming move by CBS is a unique one \u2014 and perhaps lucrative \u2014 since Allen Media Group is the one footing the bill for airtime, not CBS.<\/p>\n

“This is them essentially renting the time slot to these two shows,” veteran entertainment industry journalist Matt Belloni said on “The Town” podcast<\/a> earlier in April.<\/p>\n

Belloni, who previously reported “The Late Show” was\u00a0losing CBS $40 million a year<\/a>\u00a0and had been running on a whopping $100 million budget per season, called Monday’s announcement a “pretty sad moment for late night.”<\/p>\n

BROADCAST BIAS: LATE-NIGHT COMEDY DEATH SPIRAL SHOWS HOW LEFTIST HATE KILLED THEIR HUMOR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond mere costs or allegedly appeasing Trump, the replacement of Colbert\u2019s iteration of “The Late Show” appears to be a sign of the times. The sheer volume of podcasts and other alternatives to the late-night format has weakened their ratings, although the late-night stars all have large online presences.<\/p>\n

The final season of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” was recently\u00a0ripped by Variety as<\/a>\u00a0“not very good TV” and out of touch with everyday Americans as the host has been flattered by a parade of liberal celebrities.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to CBS and did not receive an immediate reply.<\/p>\n

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