Stephen Colbert isn’t backing down in an extraordinary public dispute with his bosses at CBS over what he can air on his late-night talk show.

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico criticized CBS and the FCC after his interview on The Late Show went unaired due to concerns about the equal time rule. Talarico appeared at a campaign rally in Austin on the first day of early voting in the Democratic primary,

Late-night has found itself in the center of another brouhaha involving the Federal Communications Commission. The Late Show host Stephen Colbert made headlines last night when he said that CBS lawyers had prevented him from having Texas state representative James Talarico on Monday's episode as a result of new guidance from FCC Chair Brendan

Here's the reason why Stephen's stint on 'The Late Show' is ending after more than a decade.

The host joked he was on "cold and sinus medication, hot tea, tom yum soup, and enough steroids to be named the Secretary of Health and Human Services."