Stephen Colbert was honored at the 2026 Writers Guild Awards with the Walter Bernstein Award last night and used the opportunity to criticize his parent network Paramount . The award is given to someone who has “demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity.” It is named for Walter Bernstein, an American screenwriter who was blacklisted during Hollywood’s Red Scare in the 1950s, and has only been given twice before. During