CBS announces David Letterman's 'Late Show' replacement, Stephen Colbert: Twitter Reacts

Some of you might have seen this coming, but CBS officially announced this week that Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman as the Late Show host when he retires in 2015. How are you taking this news? Let's see how Twitter is reacting so far!

The Wall Street Journal reports:

CBS said in a news release that it had signed a five-year agreement with Mr. Colbert to take over its flagship show when Mr. Letterman retires next year. Mr. Colbert, 49 years old, will retire the character he plays on his Comedy Central show-a sendup of Republican talk-show hosts-and will be himself as the host of the CBS show, the company said.

This is clearly exciting new for Colbert, but how are the fans taking it? Let's take a look at some Twitter reactions right here:

Naming Colbert as Letterman's replacement ensures I will continue to not watch the #LateShow

— Michele Marie (@Mich_Delish) April 10, 2014

I'm in shock ab Stephen Colbert, but congrats to him. #Letterman #LateShow @StephenAtHome — O.G. James Devlin (@DevlinHuxtable) April 10, 2014

“@EricBoehlert: How friggin' jealous is Bill O'Reilly right now? #Lateshow” // "F*CK IT! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!"

— K. Costanza (@professorkck) April 10, 2014

Will we see the real @StephenAtHome on the #LateShow or his persona? — Patrick Riley (@PWRiley13) April 10, 2014

Well played, Suey Park. Well played. #LateShow

— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) April 10, 2014

I rather have Jon Stewart replace Letterman, but I'm not mad about their decision to go with Colbert #LateShow #cbs — Jeremy Benes (@JeremyDylan) April 10, 2014

Wow, CBS has already announced Stephen Colbert as the new #LateShow host. Excited?

— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) April 10, 2014