On Thursday night, the lights came up on the set of The Daily Show, and the audience’s polite applause morphed into a roar…

For 48 agonizing hours, the silence from Stage 67 at ABC’s Burbank facility was deafening. It was the kind of quiet that follows…

In the carefully manicured world of corporate succession, former CEOs are expected to fade gracefully into the background. They might join other boards,…

There is a covenant in public life, an unwritten rule held so deeply it feels almost sacred: you do not speak ill of…

The lights are dark inside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre on Hollywood Boulevard. The familiar stage, where presidents have sat and superstars have…

It began not in a boardroom, but in a series of hushed, encrypted conversations. For months, three of the most powerful voices in…

It ended not with a bang, but with a carefully worded press release. When CBS announced its “amicable parting” with Stephen Colbert, the…

The first sign that something was wrong wasn’t an announcement, but a void. Where millions of Americans expected to see the familiar set…

The air in Studio 5, normally thick with the easy rhythm of laughter and applause, was thin and cold. The familiar neon glow…

The silence was the first sign. It arrived like a cold front, instantly chilling a studio built for warmth and laughter. On stage,…