CBS has signed a licensing deal to avoid legal problems after Stephen Colbert played copyrighted 'Peanuts' music in a joking effort to get CBS sued.

CBS has signed a licensing deal to avoid legal problems after Stephen Colbert played copyrighted 'Peanuts' music in a joking effort to get CBS sued.

Proceeds from the deal will go to World Central Kitchen, Lee Mendelson Film Productions confirmed on Tuesday.

‘Oh no! I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money,’ Colbert said during his May 21 finale

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On that last day of his hosting, Colbert played Linus and Lucy on air in final dig at the network

The "Late Show" host warned this move could cause the network to "pay through the nose."

Stephen Colbert joked an unauthorized performance of the famous Charlie Brown theme might 'cost CBS money'. It turned out to be prophetic after the network was forced to strike a…