In a powerful show of solidarity, several of Stephen Colbert’s late-night peers appeared on Monday night’s episode of the Late Show to show their support following CBS’s decision to cancel the iconic late-night franchise.
In a spoof of Coldplay’s now-viral kiss cam video, Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Andy Cohen, along with Anderson Cooper, Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, all appeared in the Late Show’s studio audience as “Weird Al” Yankovic and Lin-Manuel Miranda covered Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.” The bit culminated with an animated Donald Trump cuddling with a logo of CBS’s parent company, Paramount.
Last week, CBS canceled Late Show with Stephen Colbert, announcing that the show would conclude its broadcast run in May 2026. The network cited a “purely financial decision” as the reason for the show’s cancelation, though some critics have questioned whether Skydance’s pending merger with CBS parent company Paramount — and potential political pressure from the Trump administration — may have played a role. Stewart is among those who share that belief, and he ripped into Paramount for capitulating to the president during Monday’s episode of The Daily Show.
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