Piers Morgan took America's late night hosts to task when he called them "hyper-partisan activist hacks" in the wake of Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" cancelation.

The 60-year-old television presenter faced pushback from other political commentators online like Brian Tyler Cohen, who wrote that it was “incredibly disappointing” to see Morgan claim “that the president can use his power to dictate what his critics can or cannot say on television.”

CBS’ recent cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” has had a reverberating effect on the television landscape. While most have expressed shock and even rallied support around the late night comedy staple,