John Oliver weighed in on his friend and late-night show cohort Stephen Colbert’s “incredibly sad” cancellation over the weekend, telling reporters that the decision to wrap up The Late Show next year is “terrible news for the world of comedy.”
Oliver, who hosts HBO’s Last Week Tonight and has been Colbert’s most frequent guest, was asked about Paramount’s decision to pull the plug on the top-rated program during a promotional event for the Erie Moon Mammoths, a minor league team that Oliver and his staff recently rebranded.
