If the recently canceled 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' wins the talk series prize, it won't just be well-earned. It will tee up a piece of delicious live theater.

Donald Trump is walking back week-old claims that he hoped he "played a major part" in CBS' cancellation of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," instead arguing Tuesday that the suggestion he was responsible "is not true!

In the week after CBS/Paramount cancelling "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert repeatedly hit back — with backup from his rivals and David Letterman.