In a fiery Daily Show monologue, Jon Stewart blasted CBS and Paramount over the decision to axe The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert announced last week that the next season of The Late Show would be the last as Paramount had decided to axe the show as part of a “financial decision.

The gag started with Miranda and Weird Al coming out to perform a song – a Coldplay song, in fact, a reference to the Astronomer scandal, which saw the CEO resigning after getting caught with the company’s HR chief on a kiss-cam at a recent concert from Chris Martin’s band.

Colbert's show is ending because of institutions that "have chosen not to fight the vengeful and vindictive actions of our pubic hair-doodling commander-in-chief," Stewart said.