Conan O’Brien isn’t holding out hope for a late-night television comeback.

Speaking at the 27th Television Academy Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, the former Late Night host declared that the traditional talk-show format is on its way out—for good.

“Late-night television, as we have known it since around 1950, is going to disappear,” O’Brien said, after being inducted into the Hall of Fame by Friends actress Lisa Kudrow.

Still, the comedy veteran stressed that while the structure of late-night may be crumbling, its strongest voices aren’t going anywhere.

He pointed to The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, who revealed last month that CBS was scrapping the iconic program he’s hosted for nearly a decade. The final episode is expected to air in May.

“People like Stephen Colbert are too

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