John Oliver has weighed in on CBS' cancellation of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," calling it "terrible news for the world of comedy."

The gag started with Miranda and Weird Al coming out to perform a song – a Coldplay song, in fact, a reference to the Astronomer scandal, which saw the CEO resigning after getting caught with the company’s HR chief on a kiss-cam at a recent concert from Chris Martin’s band.

Stephen Colbert is making headlines as The Late Show approaches its final season. In a rare show of late-night unity, Colbert welcomed Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart, and John Oliver on Monday night’s episode following CBS’s decision to cancel the program.

Oliver called "The Late Show" cancellation “incredibly sad" but couldn’t help wondering what chaos Stephen Colbert might unleash on the way out.

In 2023, Kimmel and Colbert teamed up with fellow late-night legends Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver to host the podcast Strike Force Five in response to the Writers’ Guild of America strike that put a pause on their late-night shows.

Stephen Colbert got an assist from some of his late-night rivals following CBS’s sudden decision to axe “The Late Show” in a send-up of the viral Coldplay kiss-cam video. Colbert set up the bit this way: “Some people see this show going away as a sign of something truly

Stephen Colbert, host of "The Late Show" on CBS, announced he would move to CNN when his contract ended. Rating: False (About this rating?) After the television network CBS announced in July 2025 that it would cancel comedian Stephen Colbert's late-night talk show,