The network’s bombshell announcement that the “Late Show” will end next May takes away President Trump’s most prominent TV critic and the most popular entertainment program in its genre.

Late-night television had been fighting for its survival even before “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was canceled this week.

"Next year will be our last season,” the late-night talk show host announced Thursday, July 17. "The network will be ending 'The Late Show’ next May."

But on this night, the real estate developer and reality TV star basked in Colbert’s apology. “Accepted,” he said with a grin. “Is there anybody you’d like to apologize to yourself?” Colbert added,

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Colbert may not be able to sit anywhere he wants when his series ends, but he’s definitely going to have a few seats to choose from.

The Grim Reaper is coming for all of late-night TV. Those comedians in neckties are just ignoring Death’s deafening knock.

After CBS pulled the plug on Colbert’s top-rated late-night show, Dave Portnoy says the move wasn’t political — it was just business.