Piers Morgan Questions Why Steven Colbert’s Show Required 200 Staff Members for Repeated Trump Criticism

Piers Morgan mocked Steven Colbert over the cancelation of his show, asking why the comic needed 200 employees for him to parrot the same tired Trump gags every night.

Morgan took aim at Colbert during an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, saying the now-cancelled The Late Show was boring and unoriginal. 

‘I’ve never read so much, or heard so much guff about a reason for a guy getting canceled. His ratings were tanking, he was costing them $40million a year, he had 200 staff…. 200 people!  And all they do all day is prepare anti-Trump jokes,’ Morgan said.

Morgan is well-placed to condemn Colbert, as the former host of Pier’s Morgan Live, CNN’s replacement for Larry King Live.

The show began in 2011 and was canceled in 2014 amid poor ratings, but Morgan has always been humble and honest about the reasons for its failure.

He went on to also discuss other late night hosts he said focus on president Trump too much, including Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver. 

‘It’s a one-trick pony. Trump-bashing, Trump-bashing, Trump-bashing,’ Morgan added.

‘And what happened is, in the election, America went, “You know what? We quite like Trump. So we’re gonna vote him back in because we’re sick of you whiny liberals.”‘

Morgan, who described himself as a former liberal sickened by woke excesses, then predicted that Colbert ‘won’t be the only one that goes.’

‘People want to see uncensored, unfiltered comment — the kind of get here around the sofa,’ he explained. ‘They don’t want to see a one-trick, whiny pony telling everyone all the time the guy they voted for is terrible. They don’t agree!’

It comes after Colbert was further humiliated after fewer than two dozen people showed up to protest Paramount’s decision to cancel his show. 

The group staged the ‘We’re with Colbert’ protest  outside of the CBS Broadcast Center in on Sunday.

CBS announced the cancellation of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this month, just days after the host blasted the network’s $16 million settlement with President Trump as a ‘big fat bribe.’

Executives said the decision was made after the show, which costs $100 million a year to make, ended up plunging $40 million into the red.

Colbert earns between $15 million and $20 million a year, with his enormous staff likely making up most of the rest of the cost.  

Colbert’s show, which began in 2015, will now come to an end in May 2026, executives with the network and Paramount, its new parent company, announced.

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season,’ they said in a statement.

‘We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire the Late Show franchise at that time,’ the executives continued. ‘We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and his broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.’

The network explained that the decision to cancel the show is ‘purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.’

‘It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount,’ it added.