John Oliver Salutes Colbert's May 22 Finale, Echoing Letterman's CBS Swipe

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 18

John Oliver used Sunday’s "Last Week Tonight" signoff to urge viewers to watch Stephen Colbert’s final "Late Show" episodes, calling him "the f---ing best" and repeating David Letterman’s profane sendoff to CBS.
Thursday’s finale caps CBS’s 2025 decision to end "The Late Show" after Colbert’s 2026 season, with the network citing financial reasons for shutting the franchise permanently.
Letterman had delivered the same jab on Colbert’s show last week after the two comedians staged a rooftop bit at the New York studio, framing the farewell as a pointed rebuke to CBS.
Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and Oliver have rallied around Colbert in his final stretch, and The LateNighter reported Kimmel plans to go dark the night Colbert signs off.

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