Kicking off Monday’s show with a joke about Trump wanting to change the name of the Washington Commanders NFL team (the “Washington Epsteins,” Colbert suggested), he walked into the Ed Sullivan Theater to loud cheers and said “This is going to be fun.” It certainly was.

Taking aim at the change in Paramount’s ticker, which will go from PARA to PSKY after its deal with Skydance, the late-night host pronounced the new name as “pee-sky.”

CBS canceled Stephen Colbert's late night show last week. By not appreciating, defending and nurturing The Late Show Paramount is muzzling its best voices, and diluting its own broadcast future.

The co-creator of "The Daily Show," Lizz Winstead, accused CBS of canceling liberal comedian Stephen Colbert's show due to fear of President Trump during an MSNBC interview.