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.

Paramount has agreed to settle President Trump's lawsuit over a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris for $16 million, the company announced late Tuesday.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Ron Wyden are investigating whether Skydance Media CEO David Ellison may have cut a secret side deal with President Donald Trump following his $16 million settlement with Paramount.

The senators pressed Ellison, who was photographed in April with Trump, to reveal whether he has discussed the merger with him and whether he has agreed to “make changes to Skydance’s content or Paramount’s or CBS’s content at the request of the Trump administration.”

The high-stakes deal that came together this week resulted from months of back-and-forth among a constellation of power players with competing interests, including the president and mogul Shari Redstone.

CBS News staffers are outraged by parent company Paramount's decision this week to settle President Donald Trump's lawsuit which they thought was meritless.

Speaking with reporters at Joint Base Andrews late Thursday night, Trump claimed the settlement was actually worth much more than $16 million.

Journalists and others said the payment will embolden attacks by Trump and his allies on news outlets. Some called the settlement a stain on the proud legacy of CBS News.

Paramount Global has settled its suit with President Trump, ending the president’s $20 billion election interference lawsuit over CBS News' handling of a "60 Minutes" interview last year.

Skydance's CEO told the FCC this week that CBS would reflect "varied ideological perspectives" of U.S. viewers, while touting "American storytelling."