Stephen Colbert left his former network with a little parting gift in the form of a bill.
According to Variety, CBS will pay an undisclosed amount to Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc., following Colbert’s use of the Peanuts TV specials’ theme song during The Late Show’s finale on May 21.
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.
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