Jon Stewart pulled no punches Monday over CBS’s cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show. During Monday night’s broadcast of “The Daily Show,” Stewart’s first since Colbert on Thursday shared that “The Late Show” would not return beyond May 2026, the late-night veteran lambasted CBS for canceling the program.

In a fiery Daily Show monologue, Jon Stewart blasted CBS and Paramount over the decision to axe The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert announced last week that the next season of The Late Show would be the last as Paramount had decided to axe the show as part of a “financial decision.