Funnyman Stephen Colbert 's final Late Show episode was ignored on-air by colleagues on CBS Mornings on orders from network news honcho Tom Cibrowski , sources say.

The daytime show's emcees, Gayle King , Nate Burleson and fill-in host Major Garrett , zipped their lips and didn't cover the end of Colbert's 11-year run . King, however, did gush on her personal Instagram account: "I can't imagine late night without Stephen @colbert."

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Insiders told Daily Mail the directive was issued because CBS News President Cibrowski was rubbed the wrong way by a May 14 Late Show sketch that mocked the network's Evening News anchor, Tony Dokoupil , for failing to obtain a visa in time for President Donald Trump 's state visit to China and instead broadcasting from nearly 1,000 miles away in Taiwan.

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The clip depicted Dokoupil as a man with a pumpkin on his head, along with the description "live from wrong China," and skewered CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss by portraying her as a baseball bat–wielding biddy, as reported by Daily Mail.

But sources say the apparent dust-up is just one of many problems piling up at the Tiffany Network as Weiss revamps the ratings-challenged news division — changes that critics have characterized as shifting to appease conservatives.

According to The New York Post , Dokoupil's CBS Evening News managed to attract 4 million viewers for the first time in weeks during the five-day period that ended May 22 — but still trailed its broadcast rivals on ABC and NBC.

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Meanwhile, 60 Minutes — the storied CBS newsmagazine — has experienced a talent drain. Correspondent Anderson Cooper recently left after nearly two decades , claiming he wanted more time with his kids, and journalist Sharyn Alfonsi 's contract was not renewed, The New York Times reported — causing her to depart nearly six months after her segment on a brutal Salvadoran prison housing U.S.-deported Venezuelans was temporarily pulled, a move that she alleged was made for "political" reasons.

Citing three iconic CBS figures, another viewer said on Reddit , " Murrow, Cronkiteand Paleyare rolling in their graves."

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