The Late Show host says that CBS' lawyers called him backstage during the taping of the James Talarico episode.

Stephen Colbert took on his own network again Tuesday, pushing back against CBS' statement regarding his unaired interview with a Democratic candidate for Senate.

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.

Once again, CBS and Stephen Colbert are at odds. The Late Show host pushed back against his network bosses over a controversial interview with Texas State Representative James Talarico. And while the two sides can't seem to agree on what happened, Colbert added a surprising caveat to his protest.

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert blasted CBS’ claims that the network barred him from airing a sit-down interview with Democratic Texas Rep. James Talarico because of an FCC rule.

"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert slammed CBS again on Tuesday night after the network issued a statement about his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico.

One thing with the Stephen Colbert-CBS dustup is Colbert telling us that “every word” of the script for his monologue was “approved by CBS’s lawyers."

The talk show host said he did not want an "adversarial" relationship with the network, which he will be leaving in May, but was "so surprised that this giant global corporation would not stand up to these bullies.

"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert has said CBS feared running afoul of the FCC if it broadcast a talk with the U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico.