Colbert said he was very nervous when going back on stage to deliver the news, made worse by the fact that there was no teleprompter. The late-night host recalls the audience snickering at first, thinking it was a joke. But when he finally said his piece, no one was laughing.

Stephen Colbert shared how he learned about 'The Late Show' cancellation during a heartfelt interview with Jimmy Kimmel in September

While traditional Nielsen ratings show a decline, late-night hosts are still finding audiences online. Kimmel has 20 million YouTube subscribers, and his three most recent videos each earned more than 3 million views. Fallon has over 32 million subscribers, Colbert just over 10 million and Seth Meyers around 5 million.

Conan O'Brien stopped by "The Late Show" to remind Stephen Colbert of some sage advice he offered before stepping away from the world of late-night.

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to keep his "head down" at "The Tonight Show" amid late-night drama and make fun of "both sides equally."

Late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert called President Donald Trump a "son of a b----" on Tuesday as the late-night personalities appeared on each others' shows.

"It was an emotional rollercoaster," the comedian shared on the "Late Show With Stephen Colbert" Tuesday. "It really was. It was very strange."

It seems that one of the hardest elements of "The Late Show" getting canceled earlier this year was Stephen Colbert having to tell both his staff and audience the news. According to the CBS host, he not only sweat through his shirt before doing so,