In other media news, the Writers Guild of America is urging New York officials to investigate Paramount’s decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s late-night show on CBS. Colbert’s show was canceled just days after he called out Paramount for agreeing to pay Donald Trump $16 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit against CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
In a statement, the Writers Guild said, “Given Paramount’s recent capitulation to President Trump in the CBS News lawsuit, the Writers Guild of America has significant concerns that The Late Show’s cancellation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump administration as the company looks for merger approval.”