[VERY SAD] CBS Axes Late-Night Show: Network’s Evening Lineup Slashed in Half in Shocking Decision!

CBS has canceled late night show After Midnight after barely a year.

Host Taylor Tomlinson said in a statement she was leaving the show to return to her ‘first passion’ of stand-up comedy.

The announcement saw the network’s late night lineup immediately halved – leaving behind just The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Tomlinson, viewed by many as a rising star, mentioned Colbert in her statement. He had been one of After Midnight’s executive producers.

He touched on Tomlinson’s exit toward the end of his show Wednesday night, framing the host as ‘incredibly funny.’

‘Unfortunately, After Midnight is going to end in June,’ he added, sparking some ‘awws’ from the studio audience.

Colbert went on to emphasize how the development had been Tomlinson’s decision – one he supported.

His words came at a point he usually reserved to promote After Midnight, which, in a crowded field of shows manned by men, yubi had been the only female-fronted program of its kind.

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CBS has canceled late night show After Midnight after barely a year, after host Taylor Tomlinson said she would prefer to do solely stand-up in a statement

The announcement saw the network’s late night lineup immediately halved -leaving behind just The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

‘Hosting “After Midnight” has genuinely been the experience of a lifetime, and I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunity to be part of this incredible journey,’ Tomlinson, 31, said.

‘Though it was an extremely tough decision, I knew I had to return to my first passion and return to stand-up touring full-time.

‘I appreciate CBS, Stephen Colbert, the producers and the entire “After Midnight” staff and crew for all the love, support and unforgettable memories.’

While no other reasons were provided, Colbert offered his input before going on the air.

‘I want to thank CBS for their constant support and invaluable partnership on “After Midnight,” and the whole staff for their amazing dedication,’ the longtime late night host said.

‘While we were excited and grateful for our third season to start in the fall, we respect Taylor’s decision.’

That decision, meanwhile, remains mired in mystery, leaving the shows’ season finale to serve as a conclusion for the entire series.

‘Hosting “After Midnight” has genuinely been the experience of a lifetime, and I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunity to be part of this incredible journey,’ she said. ‘Though it was an extremely tough decision, I knew I had to return to my first passion’

She replaced fellow comic James Corden, after his show came off the air at his own behest in 2023

Craig Ferguson – seen with his inanimate sidekick Geoff – also left his version of the show on his accord, citing the workload that came with it

It premiered in January of 2024, after the end of The Late Late Show With James Corden.

Corden’s show had been a surprise hit for the recently ratings-challenged network, and he too left of his own accord.

Craig Ferguson, several years before, did the same – citing the heavy workload that comes from the job.

His forebear, the legendary Tom Snyder, did so as well, after moving to CBS along with longtime friend David Letterman to start the show – then known as The Late Late Show.

It was the spiritual successor of Snyder’s old program on NBC, the more cerebral Tomorrow Show, which kicked the late, late night era off in 1973.

More than half a century later, the format as a whole is struggling.

Late last year, the program once manned by the late Johnny Carson, Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, cut its schedule to just four days a week.

Both shows had been spiritual successors to Tom Snyder’s old program on NBC, The Tomorrow Show, which kicked the late, late night era off in 1973. He brought a new version of the show to CBS shortly after David Letterman jumped ship from NBC

America’s highest paid news stars are dropping like flies, our source explained – and those still standing are fearing for their future. Pictured, Norah O’Donnell replacements John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois manning CBS Evening News

Advents such as streaming have only made things worse, as well as additional ratings declines seen since the election.

As it stands, Greg Gutfeld‘s late night-styled Fox alternative is attracting the largest average nightly audience of the pack – something unthinkable a decade ago.

The pronounced shift in audience shows who’s watching network TV and how millions of Americans are fed-up with the relatively recent phenomenon of politicized content.

Such content was seen in spades during Trump’s first term; a trend that’s since resumed with the politician’s second presidency.

CBS Evenings’ O’Donnell suddenly stepping away from her highly prized job, meanwhile, left the long-popular program to retool and introduce a new two-anchor format.

A former CBS exec told the Mail last month the move was immediately seen ‘as a disaster’ internally, after it was met with a stark drop in ratings.

The deviation from tradition – since rectified with a less magazine style format – was also accompanied by a further high-profile exit with the sudden ‘resignation’ of CBS President of Editorial and Newsgathering Adrienne Roark, just seven months after she had accepted the position.

A source told DailyMail.com that she was actually fired.

CBS Evenings’ O’Donnell suddenly stepping away from her highly prized job, meanwhile, left the long-popular program to retool and introduce a new two-anchor format

The netowrk is facing more pressure in the form of the 60 Minutes lawsuit, which could see a planned merger with Larry Ellison-backed Skydance put in jeapordy

‘[CBS Evenings Executive Producer] Bill Owens (pictured) is also overstretched and feeling the pressure with this lawsuit from Donald Trump ,’ a source added in an interview with the Mail last month, discussing the current state of the network

Earlier this month, a high-level network executive said the network is under serious pressure from not only the administration but also [the network’s billionaire owner] Shari Redstone ,’ as it seeks to make a lawsuit filed by the president go away.

‘[CBS Evenings Executive Producer] Bill Owens is also overstretched,’ a former CBS exec told DailyMail.com before.

The 60 Minutes boss was brought on to help CEO Wendy McMahon with Evening News, and both are said to be.

‘disillusioned’ by their scandal-stained, soon-to-be boss: a former NBCU exec who urged them to placate Trump back in October.

Skydance, meanwhile, is set to merge with CBS’ parent company Paramount this year, a deal that requires federal approval.