John Oliver, the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” this weekend expressed his sadness at CBS’ decision to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
Oliver — a frequent guest on his onetime “Daily Show” colleague Stephen Colbert’s late-night program — described the move as “incredibly sad” and “terrible, terrible news for the world of comedy.”
But the English American comedian added: “I’m partly excited to see what they’re gonna do for the next 10 months.”
“It’s very, very, very sad news,” Oliver said. “I look forward to seeing what he’s going to do next because that man will not stop.”
Colbert’s final episode will air in May 2026.
CBS announced the end of “The Late Show” franchise — which began under David Letterman in 1993 and which Colbert took over in 2015 — last week.
The network claimed it is “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night” and said it’s not related “in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”
Colbert is a vocal critic of President Donald Trump and earlier this month slammed CBS parent company Paramount Global’s legal settlement with the president.