The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has never won any Emmy in its previous nine seasons despite some notable streaks of excellence. (It has been nominated 31 times.) For much of that period, it competed in late-night’s top category against Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which Emmy voters love the way Oliver loves a minor-league baseball team .

Late Show” host Stephen Colbert insisted on announcing that his top-rated program would be canceled — just hours after finding out cash-strapped CBS would not renew his hefty