Bill O’Reilly Doubts Colbert Will Get Any Conservative Viewers on CBS

Bill O’Reilly Doubts Colbert Will Get Any Conservative Viewers on CBS (Mediaite)

At the very end of his Fox News show Monday night, Bill O’Reilly weighed in on the news that Stephen Colbert will be taking over CBS’ The Late Show from David Letterman next year. Coming right on the heels of his feud with the comedian, O’Reilly did not have much in the way of congratulations for Colbert.

Calling Colbert an “interesting choice” to replace Letterman, O’Reilly explained that “traditionally late night has been light and breezy, with a minimum of political posturing.” He cited Johnny Carson and Jay Leno as examples of that mode. “But Colbert has built an entire career on pleasing the left,” he added.

In O’Reilly’s assessment, Colbert will have to compete with the “high-energy” of Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel and he finds it “hard to fathom that 40% of Americans that describe themselves as conservative will watch Colbert.”

“But Colbert will have good writers and surely he knows his challenge,” is the best O’Reilly could say about his sometimes nemesis.