Der langjährige Late Show -Kumpel Paul Shaffer ist schockiert über das Ende der Show: ‚Stephen Colbert war absolut Nummer eins.

> „Shocking. Absolutely shocking,“ Shaffer says of CBS pulling the plug on the show. „That’s all I can say. I mean, I don’t know what more to say about it. Stephen Colbert was absolutely number one.“

> Shaffer also remarks that CBS‘ decision to finish The Late Show might indicate the death of all late-night talk shows. „I wouldn’t be surprised if those doom-sayers that are saying it signifies the end of the Late-Show-type-of-thing, you know, late night television, it’s over,“ he says. „People will watch clips on their computers, and it all makes sense to me. I’m glad that I was in and out of there while the getting was good.“