In First

We heard about this yesterday afternoon. MAGA rejoiced. CBS caved. See this AP story:

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a changing media landscape and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent and persistent late-night critics.

Thursday’s announcement followed Colbert’s criticism on Monday of a settlement between Trump and Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, over a “60 Minutes” story.

Colbert told his audience at New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater that he had learned Wednesday night that after a decade on air, “next year will be our last season. … It’s the end of ‘The Late Show’ on CBS. I’m not being replaced. This is all just going away.”

The audience responded with boos and groans.

“Yeah, I share your feelings,” the 61-year-old comic said.

Three top Paramount and CBS executives praised Colbert’s show as “a staple of the nation’s zeitgeist” in a statement that said the cancellation “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.”

I don’t think I watch CBS programming other than sports like The Masters, March Madness, and the Texans. I certainly stay away from their news coverage.  I don’t think Walter Cronkite would like how the network is caving.  How do you get rid of a number one rated show. Sad.

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We learned yesterday that ICE has been granted access the Medicaid records. It would not surprise me that down the road, ICE will get access to the employee and subcontractor records of the Greater Houston Builders Association members.

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The featured photo is a graphic that was shown during the MLB All Star Game TV coverage Tuesday evening. We have been in first place for 45 days this season. We have 66 games left to play. The Tigers have the best record in MLB. We are 2 ½ games behind the Tigers. We open a weekend series in Seattle this evening.