“Saturday Night Live” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels expressed confidence that NBC’s late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are safe after CBS’ stunning cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
In an interview with Puck News’ Matt Belloni, Michaels said that he was “just stunned” by the Tiffany network’s announcement last month that it was pulling the plug on Colbert’s late-night program in May.
Liberal critics accused CBS of bending the knee to President Donald Trump, while the network insisted it was purely a financial decision.
The 80-year-old late-night powerhouse also acknowledged the changing landscape in the industry and how people are increasingly watching clips online and not the TV broadcast, crediting Fallon, who hosts “The Tonight Sho