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The network censors at CBS needed a hand on the bleep button on Monday night as “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert responded to President Donald Trump.
Stephen Colbert may have been fired by CBS. But he is making it very clear that he’s not done with his presidential nemesis yet. “On Friday, Donald Trump posted, ‘I absolutely love that Colbert got fired.
In his monologue, Colbert snapped back at President Donald Trump for hailing the cheering of the cancellation of ‘The Late Show.’
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has never won any Emmy in its previous nine seasons despite some notable streaks of excellence. (It has been nominated 31 times.) For much of that period, it competed in late-night’s top category against Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which Emmy voters love the way Oliver loves a minor-league baseball team .
The former "Late Show" host took on the network after it announced its plans to take his old program off the air.