{"id":1966912,"date":"2025-08-18T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1966912"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:13:21","slug":"conan-obrien-sounds-the-alarm-about-late-night-while-praising-stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/conan-obrien-sounds-the-alarm-about-late-night-while-praising-stephen-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Conan O\u2019Brien sounds the alarm about late night, while praising Stephen Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While receiving a TV Academy Hall of Fame award, Conan O\u2019Brien offered some thoughts about the state of late-night television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The former late-night host talked to those gathered over the weekend in Los Angeles for the event, where O\u2019Brien noted that there is currently \u201ca lot of fear about the future of television, and rightfully so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe life we\u2019ve all known for almost 80 years is undergoing seismic change,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His remarks come after the recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/17\/media\/cbs-cancels-stephen-colbert?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announcement that CBS would be ending \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d in May 2026.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">announcement that CBS would be ending \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d in May 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While CBS cited financial reasons for the cancellation, there have been questions about the timing of the announcement, which came just before federal regulators approved a sale of Paramount, the parent company of CBS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the ceremony, O\u2019Brien said he had decided \u201cnot to mourn what is lost, because I think in the most essential way, what we have is not changing at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cStreaming changes the pipeline, but the connection, the talent, the ideas that come into our homes\u2026 I think it\u2019s the focus,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have proof here tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">O\u2019Brien, who was being honored along with Viola Davis, Don Mischer, Ryan Murphy, Mike Post and Henry Winkler, said Colbert \u201cis going to evolve and shine brighter than ever in a new format that he controls completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTechnology can do whatever they want. It can make television a pill. It can make television shows a high-protein, chewable, vanilla-flavored capsule with added fiber,\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cIt still won\u2019t matter, if the stories are good, if the performances are honest and inspired, if the people making it are brave and of goodwill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more celebrity.land news and newsletters create an account at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/register?source=external-feeds_iluminar&amp;cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo&amp;registration_email_campaign=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CNN.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">celebrity.land.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While receiving a TV Academy Hall of Fame award, Conan O\u2019Brien offered some thoughts about the state of late-night television. 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