CBS Ditches Moves To Stop YouTube Bootlegs Of Colbert’s Post-Late Show Show
Stephen Colbert may have revealed what his next move is now The Late Show is over on CBS. At the same time, CBS made it clear that they were behind Colbert’s May 22 public access special, which aired the day after the late-night franchise ended.
With the usual online rush to judgment we’re all too familiar with, a digital firestorm has spread this weekend that CBS Studios owner David Ellison is sending out takedown notices to try to crush low-tech viewers. Only in Monroe The episode hosted by Colbert in the Great Lakes State the following day was final (and very well watched) The last show broadcast.
They are not like that.
Yes, CBS has been sending out takedown notices so far today. No, CBS is not trying to push it Only in Monroe. They did indeed pay.
Like any business, CBS, though, was trying to protect their property from being ripped off and ripped off – until they got fed up with the whole thing.
“Stephen Colbert’s Return to Monroe in Only in Monroe The episode was financed and produced by CBS Studios and featured on Stephen Colbert’s YouTube channel in partnership with Monroe Community Media and The Late Show‘s” YouTube channels,” a CBS spokeswoman said in a statement Sunday after allegations of stalking and online hazing surfaced. “As is our standard practice, we send copyright notices to unauthorized websites that post copyrighted content from CBS and our network/studio talent such as Stephen Colbert. However, in this episode, we have decided to postpone further enforcement of this industry standard practice until further review.”
Namely, the check CBS is still writing says FU to the haters after months of swipes and bashing (much from Colbert himself) for Colbert’s pink slip and the Late Show franchise last year. Now, was Colbert really canned in July 2025 because The Late Show is it too expensive to continue with the night type drop? He was given nearly a year to go after mocking CBS and Donald Trump for an upfront payment of $16 million to settle a questionable issue. 60 Minutes the case?
I mean…you decide.
However, with all the speculation as to what Colbert will do next without writing anything new The Lord of the Rings movie script and whatever is mentioned in “this episode” from CBS, it seems obvious that it will happen online somehow.
To put it this way, the only video of Colbert on April 21 that was launched by his personal YouTube channel was this Only in Monroe video. It’s pretty safe to bet it won’t be left alone as Colbert seems determined to follow in the footsteps of other comedy and content creators and use YouTube’s massive viewership as at least a small home.
The truth is that YouTube is bigger than network TV and broadcasters.
Another fact is that, with moves like its deal to host the Oscars starting in 2029, the Google-owned platform aims to move forward and add some of the best and brightest of the small screen to its lineup.
With Colbert’s channel and Ellison’s CBS footing at least a significant portion of the bill, Only in Monroe it’s a perfect near-time and performance variable for both resets and resumes.
In a one-hour special featuring Jack White, Eminem, Steve Buscemi and Jeff Daniels, it sounds like Colbert’s Michigan premiere in the first week The Late Show A stint in September 2015, it has collected 409,000 views in the last two days. Although Colbert’s YT Channel has 80,500 subscribers as of today, it pales in comparison to the views and subscribers other sites have been posting. Only in Monroe video a few days ago AKA the sites CBS wanted YT to remove material from.
Colbert late last week was very local Only in Monroe he explained what he was doing there and took over Paramount (which looks set to soon acquire Warner Bros Discovery for $111 billion in a fast-tracked Trump administration plan). “Since I ended up here in Monroe, Michigan, I spent 11 years as the main host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, which came to an end last night,” said the broadcaster, saying bare bones. “It’s been 23 hours since I’ve been off TV, so I’m glad I was able to be here at Monroe Community Media before it was acquired by Paramount.”
You left out that you’re grateful to Paramount and CBS for paying for every epilogue and prologue of the genre, but that’s why they call it show business right?
