The world of late night TV was hit with a major shakeup when CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The move not only felt like it held a mirror to the current financial situation at Paramount in the midst of the Skydance merger, but also a mirror to the state of late night at large. Whether the cancellation was purely financial as CBS has claimed or politically motivated as has been rumored over the last week, other late night hosts have taken stock of the current climate for late night talk shows. Ahead of all that, though, Seth Meyers shared his thoughts on the future of late night
Meyers, who has hosted Late Night with Seth Meyers for 11 years, recently opened up about his own fears surrounding the shifting late night landscape. This conversation was had on an episode of Armchair Expert, which was recorded before The Late Show's cancellation was revealed to the public. Amid the chat, Meyers admitted that his show’s longevity fears have shifted since he first started hosting his show in 2014, and he’s recognized he has less power over his own fate than he once did:
