Stephen Colbert has returned to the stage in New York for his first full program after CBS announced it was canceling his “Late Show” next May.

“Luminarieses,” Colbert repeated as the audience laughed. “Somebody’s ‘brain power’ is in low battery mode.” He rolled a clip of Trump complaining about the term “artificial intelligence” because “I don’t like anything that’s artificial.” Given the president’s famous love of fast food and Diet Coke, Colbert found that claim hard to swallow.

Days after news circulated that “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” had been canceled, another show is under fire.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr released a statement announcing his approval of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media after a yearlong saga.

The senator criticized the president and raised pointed questions about CBS’s decision to end "The Late Show."

The potential 2028 presidential candidate says he regularly visits Pennsylvania communities that Democrats do not commonly frequent, and delivers on his promises to them.

"You know how they say there's no such thing as bad publicity? They're not talking about this," the recently axed late night host says.

Stephen Colbert continued amusing himself this week by discussing the ongoing news drops about Donald Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein during his monologue. And at one point, he was forced to give props to an unlikely recipient: The so-called "QAnon shaman,