{"id":6199,"date":"2025-07-18T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/6199\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T19:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:13:08","slug":"jimmy-fallon-seth-meyers-react-to-colberts-cancellation-as-shocked-as-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/6199\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers React to Colbert\u2019s Cancellation: &#8216;As Shocked As Everyone&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Right-Side-11.png\" alt=\"Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotos: NBC, CBS\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Two more of <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Colbert<\/a>\u2019s late night compatriots are offering a messages of support amidst <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/cbs-cancels-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-show-to-end-in-may-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS\u2019 shock cancellation of The Late Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/jimmy-fallon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Fallon<\/a> took to Instagram Friday morning to share his candid thoughts on the end of his fellow 11:35 host\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just as shocked as everyone,\u201d Fallon wrote in a text-only Instagram story. \u201cStephen is one of the sharpest, funniest hosts to ever do it. I really thought I\u2019d ride this out with him for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fallon, who started on <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Tonight Show<\/a> a year and a half before Colbert took over the reins of <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Late Show<\/a>, has gone up against Colbert in the time slot for most of his run.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a> has regularly bested The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in the ratings in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sad that my family and friends will need a new show to watch every night at 11:30,\u201d Fallon added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut honestly, he\u2019s really been a gentleman and a true friend over the years \u2014 going back to The Colbert Report, and I\u2019m sure whatever he does next will be just as brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jimmyfallon_1752847716_28473942-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Fallon via Instagram<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/seth-meyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Meyers<\/a>, a fellow late-night host and Strike Force Five member, also weighed in on Instagram. \u201cFor as a great a comedian and host he is, [Colbert] is an even better person,\u201d Meyers wrote in an Instagram story. \u201cI\u2019m going to miss having him on TV every night but I\u2019m excited he can no longer use the excuse that he\u2019s \u2018too busy to hang out\u2019 with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/520429534_18518780317031506_2765721032648987713_n-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Seth Meyers via Instagram<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019ve reported, Jimmy Kimmel offered his own words of support for Colbert last night, <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-has-a-blunt-message-for-cbs-after-colbert-cancellation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taking aim<\/a> at CBS in the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove you Stephen. F*ck you and all your Sheldons CBS,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>While Kimmel has toyed with retirement following the 2026 end of his contract, Fallon and Meyers\u2019 NBC contracts run through 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Get stories like this in your inbox:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for LateNighter\u2019s free daily newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos: NBC, CBS Two more of Stephen Colbert\u2019s late night compatriots are offering a messages of support amidst&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-6199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}