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Stephen Colbert left one last gift — or "final revenge" — for CBS before he exited the network.

CBS will now have to pay an undisclosed amount to Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc. after the comedian and host used the Peanuts TV specials’ theme during a segment of The Late Show finale, The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday.

"The Late Show house band, Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine, played the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s well-known 'Linus and Lucy' music in a segment where the host discussed Lee Mendelson Film Productions’ stringent enforcement of its copyright on the song," according to The Beast....

Stephen Colbert wrapped up "The Late Show" last week after alleged pressure from President Donald Trump on his parent network, but his replacement isn't exactly filling the gap, according to new reporting.

The series finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert drew more than 6.7 million viewers, according to reporting by The Daily Beast, which looked at Nielsen data.

The show filling Colbert's time slot on CBS, Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed," drew only 995,000 viewers with its first episode, The Daily Beast reported. Allen is the billionaire owner of the Allen Media Group. ...

The end of The Late Show and the ouster of host Stephen Colbert could backfire on CBS, an insider warned.

According to reporting by Status, a CBS network insider expects "various hard-to-measure costs baked into the 'Late Show's' absence, including its impact on other CBS programming."

The last episode of The Late Show aired on Thursday. CBS blamed financial reasons for the show's end, but Colbert was also a notable critic of Trump, who had financial leverage over the network's parent company. ...