Paramount has suspended takedown notices on an \u201cOnly in Monroe\u201d episode featuring Stephen Colbert after the media giant was accused of suppressing the former CBS late night host.<\/p>\n
Colbert appeared on the Michigan public access TV show as a surprise host at 11:30 p.m. on Friday after wrapping his 11 season-run as host of \u201cThe Late Show\u201d the day before. His return to the program comes after he previously hosted \u201cOnly in Monroe\u201d back in 2015.<\/p>\n
He appeared alongside the show\u2019s regular hosts, Michelle Baumann and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson, as well as guests including Jack White and Jeff Daniels. Other appearances included Steve Buscemi, Eminem and a FaceTime call with Byron Allen, who is taking over Colbert\u2019s CBS time slot with his show \u201cComics Unleashed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSince I was last here in Monroe, Michigan, I spent 11 years as the primary host of\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u00a0on CBS, which came to an end last night,\u201d he explained on Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV, so I am grateful to be able to be here on Monroe Community Media before they also get acquired by Paramount.\u201d<\/p>\n
A CBS spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap that the episode was financed and produced by CBS Studios and was posted on Colbert\u2019s YouTube channel in collaboration with Monroe Community Media and \u201cThe Late Show\u2019s\u201d YouTube channels.<\/p>\n
After unauthorized videos of Colbert\u2019s appearance on \u201cOnly in Monroe\u201d surfaced online, Paramount started issuing takedown notices. But that move has been rolled back for the time being after the company faced backlash on social media<\/a> for the move and was accused of suppressing Colbert.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAs\u00a0is our regular practice, we send copyright notices to unauthorized websites that post copyrighted\u00a0content from CBS and our network\/studio talent such as Stephen Colbert,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cHowever, for this episode, have decided to waive further enforcement of this standard industry practice until additional review.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Late Show\u201d was canceled in July 2025, with CBS noting at the time that the decision was purely financial.<\/p>\n But critics of the move have been skeptical given the timing, as it came on the heels of Paramount\u2019s $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump over former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview.<\/p>\n Colbert\u2019s show was canceled just days after he called the settlement a \u201cbig fat bribe\u201d to secure regulatory approval for Paramount\u2019s merger with David Ellison\u2019s Skydance Media.<\/p>\n Check out Colbert\u2019s \u201cOnly in Monroe\u201d appearance in the video below:<\/p>\n The post Why CBS Sent Takedown Notices for Stephen Colbert\u2019s \u2018Only in Monroe\u2019 Episode<\/a> appeared first on TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount has suspended takedown notices on an \u201cOnly in Monroe\u201d episode featuring Stephen Colbert after the media giant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,143146,75,253197,1447,178749,253195,253196,9489,3668,68396,348],"class_list":["post-693336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cbs-studios","tag-entertainment","tag-kaye-lani-rae-rafko-wilson","tag-michigan","tag-monroe","tag-monroe-community","tag-only-in-monroe","tag-paramount","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-steve-buscemi","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}