Stephen Colbert's employees find jobs on rival show months after CBS axe
Stephen Colbert's employees find jobs on rival show months after CBS axe
Scarlett O'Toole Sat, October 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM UTC
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Stephen Colbert's show was axed earlier this year (Image: Getty)
Two of Stephen Colbert's Late Show staff members are returning to late-night TV after finding jobs on a rival program.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was on air for 33 years before being axed by CBS, with the final episode airing in May. The network said the decision to cancel the show was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night" and "not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters."
Now, five months after the Late Show ended, two of the program's writers have reportedly found jobs on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. It comes as Colbert had the last laugh when he left CBS.
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Ariel Dumas and Asher Perlman have now made the move to Fallon's program, according to LateNighter.
Dumas spent more than a decade working with Colbert, having started on The Colbert Report before moving to CBS with him in 2015.
Two of his writers have now found new jobs (Image: Getty)
Dumas was promoted to head writer alongside Jay Katsir in 2019 and held the title through to The Late Show's final episode in May.
Since the program's axe, she's worked as part of the writing staff for September's Emmy Awards. She's now serving as sketch writing supervisor for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
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As for Perlman, he joined The Late Show after working as a writer on Comedy Central's The Opposition with Jordan Klepper.
They've now moved to Jimmy Fallon's show (Image: Getty)
When colbert announced his show would be coming to an end, he told viewers, "I do want to say that the folks at CBS have been great partners."
The 62-year-old added, "And of course, I'm grateful to you, the audience, who have joined us every night in here, out there, all around the world."
He explained, "It's not just the end of our show, but it's the end of The Late Show on CBS. I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away. It is a fantastic job. I wish somebody else was getting it."
The announcement of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert's cancellation came just weeks after CBS' parent company, Paramount, settled a lawsuit with Donald Trump over a CBS interview with Kamala Harris.
Trump had alleged the network edited a 60 Minutes interview with Harris to "tip the scales in favour of the Democratic party."
CBS issued a statement following Colbert's axe, saying, "We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire 'The Late Show' franchise."
They added, "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."
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
