Stephen Colbert Reunites Strike Force Five Co-Hosts to Discuss Late-Night TV's Future and Show's Cancellation
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· 2 sourcesStephen Colbert reunited the "Strike Force Five" podcast group—Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver—on *The Late Show* just nine days before his CBS late-night exit, according to Bleeding Cool. Rolling Stone reported that the conversation touched on the show's impending cancellation, with Kimmel expressing outrage that Colbert's show is being taken off the air. The reunion brought back the hosts who originally launched their podcast during the 2023 writers strike to discuss the state of late-night television.
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Stephen Colbert reunited the Strike Force Five podcast group — Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver — on The Late Show for a discussion about the state of late-night television. The conversation touched on the impending cancellation of The Late Show, with Kimmel expressing outrage that Colbert's show is being taken off the air. The reunion brought back the podcast hosts who originally launched their show during the 2023 writers strike.
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· 1 pulledThe outrage that your show is being thrown off the air? How about that?
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