Late-Night Hosts Chime In on Stephen Colbert's New Job

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By Stan Schroeder2014-04-11 12:07:58 UTC

Stephen Colbert will replaced 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 David Letterman, who announced his retirement last week. "I am gonna miss this good man."

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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.

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Topics: Arsenio Hall, david letterman, Entertainment, stephen colbert, Television

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