John Oliver is mourning the tip of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
The “Last Week Tonight” host, 48, spoke about CBS’ resolution to cancel Colbert’s late-night present, calling it “terrible news for the world of comedy.”
“Obviously, I love Stephen, I love his staff, I love that show. It’s incredibly sad,” Oliver instructed the Related Press on Sunday.
“I’m partly excited to see what they’re gonna do for the next 10 months,” the comic added. “It’s terrible, terrible news for the world of comedy.”
Oliver continued: “Late-night shows mean a lot to me, not just because I work in them, because even growing up in England, I would watch Letterman’s show, which of course was Stephen’s show, and think about what a glamorous world that was. So to have got to have been on Letterman’s show and Stephen’s show was always one of the most fun things.”
“So it’s very, very, very sad news,” he reiterated. “I look forward to seeing what [Colbert is] gonna do next because that man will not stop.”
Oliver — who has hosted HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” since 2014 — and Colbert, 61, each beforehand served as correspondents on “The Daily Show.” Oliver has appeared on Colbert’s “Late Show” many occasions through the years.
On Thursday, CBS made the shock announcement that “The Late Show” franchise will finish in Might 2026 after 33 years on the air.
The community claimed it was “purely a financial decision.”
“We are proud that Stephen called CBS home,” the assertion from CBS executives learn. “He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.”
Colbert, who has hosted the present since 2015, shared the information himself throughout the taping of Thursday’s present at NYC’s Ed Sullivan Theatre.
“I’m not being replaced, this is all just going away,” he instructed the viewers.
Colbert additionally referred to as CBS execs “great partners” and mentioned he was “extraordinarily, deeply grateful to the 200 people who work here.”
The Submit realized from sources that CBS shafted “The Late Show” due to monetary losses, together with a scarcity of advertisers — and never due to Colbert’s politics.
Days earlier than the cancellation information, Colbert took a dig at Tiffany Community, which is owned by CBS’ mum or dad firm Paramount, over its $16 million settlement with Donald Trump over a controversial “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris forward of the anticipated Skydance Media-Paramount merger.
Skydance CEO David Ellison is the son of Trump’s pal, tech billionaire Larry Ellison.
“I am offended, and I don’t know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company,” Colbert mentioned in his monologue final Monday evening. “But just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.”
Finally, Paramount’s co-CEO George Cheeks pulled the plug on the discuss present.
“Colbert gets no advertising and late night is a tough spot,” mentioned an individual with direct information of CBS’s resolution to The Submit. “Colbert might be No. 1, but who watches late night TV anymore?”
Trump celebrated the present’s finish through Fact Social on Friday.
“I absolutely love that Colbert got fired,” the president, 79, wrote. “His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert!”
