Bee has some experience with a show getting canceled in the wake of a merger: Her TBS late-night show Full Frontal With Samantha Bee was cut following the Warner Bros. Discovery merger (which is currently in the process of being undone ), and it was on the air when AT&T and TBS parent Time Warner merged.

Since the news of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert being cancelled hit the public on July 17, 2025, there has been a lot of backlash and criticism over the political ramifications of such an inciden