Comedian David Letterman on Friday joined the chorus of late-night hosts to bash CBS News after it announced it would sunset "The Late Show" after more than three decades on air, while praising host Stephen Colbert as a "martyr."

Letterman — the show's first host — alluded to the recent $16 million settlement between CBS's parent company Paramount Global and the Trump administration, and its expected merger with entertainment giant Skydance, when he called the decision to nix the program "gutless."

“I think one day, if not today, the people at CBS who have manipulated and handled this are going to be embarrassed because this is gutless,” he

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