Jimmy Fallon visits ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ on March 5
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The farewell to Late Night<\/em><\/a> host Stephen Colbert was in full swing Thursday, as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em><\/a> dropped by to serenade his friend and fellow talk-show personality.<\/p>\n Always the singer, Fallon belted out a personalized version of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” \u2014 he called it “Stephen’s Way” \u2014 after feigning that he didn’t want to put on a show. Following much applause from the audience, Fallon grabbed a mic, as he sat in the guest’s chair next to Colbert’s desk, and sang.<\/p>\n He tweaked some of the lyrics to Sinatra’s 1969 track to, for instance, “But Trump, he made it clear\/he wants you gone\/of that we’re certain.”<\/p>\n Another verse featured the lyrics, “CBS, they said you’re through\/And now it’s down to just two Jimmys,” referring also to the host of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Liv<\/em>e.<\/p>\n Colbert’s show, which was hosted by David Letterman when it premiered in 1993, is set to end<\/a> in May. The show’s network, CBS, announced in July that the upcoming season would be the franchise’s last.<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n At the time, CBS said in a statement, “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season. We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire The Late Show <\/em>franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television.”<\/p>\n Trump has made it clear that he does not appreciate the current faces of late night, including Colbert. His FCC Chair Brendan Carr feels the same way.<\/p>\n The network emphasized that ending the show was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”<\/p>\n Still, there were theories that Colbert had been fired to appease Trump, to whom the network’s parent company, Paramount Global, paid a settlement of $16 million<\/a> after the former Apprentice<\/em> host sued over the editing of a 60 Minutes<\/em> interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n Colbert addressed the issue of the president’s influence<\/a> on a November episode: “That is the network’s decision.”<\/p>\n ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ welcomes Jimmy Fallon<\/div>
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