Friday, December 5, 2025

Stephen Colbert Wins Best Talk Show Emmy After Being Fired by CBS Gets Second Standing Ovation of the Night: “I love my country!”

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Stephen Colbert won Best Talk Show tonight at the Emmy Awards.

He got his second standing ovation of the night.

The award was sweet consolation after having CBS cancel his show — ending next May — saying it was too expensive.

Many feel the cancellation came because Donald Trump wanted the show gone, and pressured the new owner of CBS, David Ellison, to get rid of Colbert.

Ironically, the Emmys are on CBS.

Colbert could have been snarky in his acceptance speech but was incredibly gracious. He exclaimed, “I love my country more than ever!”

Video to come…

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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