Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman as host of The Late Show on CBS, and reactions from TV personalities, including Colbert himself, poured in last night.
"There was some big news last week [...] and it concerns someone I've admired for years, and, yet, surprisingly is not me," Colbert said of Letterman, who announced his retirement last week. "I am gonna miss this good man."
Seth Meyers chimed in on Late Night, warning Colbert of how tough it is for a person to take over a talk show.
"You get hazed relentlessly. The amount of hazing is crazy. Like, I had to get Jimmy Kimmel coffee every morning, and he lives in Los Angeles," he said.
And Arsenio Hall, though thrilled to see Colbert replacing Letterman, jokingly said (and tweeted) that he should've been the replacement.
"Stephen Colbert is a wonderful, talented guy who'll do a great job. And don't you feel weird Stephen, being Dave's second choice?" he said.
Others, like Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart and Jimmy Fallon, congratulated Colbert via Twitter.
Congratulations to @StephenAtHome #StephenColbert - a finer or funnier man I do not know.— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 10, 2014
I'd like to welcome the great @StephenAtHome to network late night and also congratulate him on his new name: Jimmy Colbert.— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) April 10, 2014
Congrats to @StephenAtHome on The Late Show! No one deserves it more than you! http://t.co/sXli63fXga— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) April 11, 2014
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