Samantha Bee doesn't find it surprising that CBS decided to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert amid the Paramount and Skydance merger.

Former late-night talk show host Samantha Bee has said that the “awful” decision to cancel Stephen Colbert ’s Late Show was a “no-brainer” given that the series was “haemorrhaging money”. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Colbert's former "The Daily Show" colleague tells podcaster Tom Papa she thinks canceling "The Late Show" was also about appeasing Donald Trump