The week that comedy pushed back

It was the week that comedy hit back. Hard!

Excerpt: "...if anyone thought Colbert's cancellation — which won't come until his contract ends in May 2026 — might tamp down political commentary in other areas of Paramount's media empire, they learned differently this past week.

Jon Stewart kicked things off last Monday while hosting The Daily Show,which airs on Paramount-owned Comedy Central. He offered a blistering monologue that questioned CBS's statement asserting Colbert's cancellation was "purely a financial decision," eventually joining a gospel choir to sing "go f— yourself" to media companies, law firms, universities and other institutions that might censor themselves to avoid angering the government.

"The shows that you now seek to cancel, censor and control … a not insignificant portion of that $8 billion value came from those shows," Stewart noted, passionately. "That's what made you that money."'