Former CBS talk show host Stephen Colbert winkingly confessed during his show’s final episode that its oft-touted status as “#1 in late-night” comes with a massive asterisk. The series finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert aired Thursday night, and in a pre-recorded skit, Colbert symbolized the end of his network TV tenure by facing down a green CGI wormhole backstage. To explain the metaphor, pop-science author Neil DeGrasse Tyson appears and says his cancellation has torn apart “the fabric of the universe.” The joke continues: DeGrasse Tyson: Two contradictory realities cannot coexist without rupturing the space-time continuum. Colbert: Like what? Tyson: For instance, if the show is #1 on late night and it also gets canceled. Colbert: They canceled Gutfeld?! To concede this fact suggests it really did stick in Colbert’s craw. After the announcement of his cancellation — and the ignominious end of a decades-long cultural institution — Colbert’s defenders frequently touted his show as the top-rated late night talk show, only to be corrected by a quick scan of Nielsen data. In reality, Colbert was getting his clock cleaned by Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, going back to 2021. While they’re not going head to head in the same timeslot, Gutfeld! was

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