Stephen Colbert kicks off "The Late Show's" final year by claiming "Do you know what this means. Those Epstein files must be crazy! I mean, bomb something! Bomb anything! This operation, launched just two days into the new year, came as a shock, especially since -- and this is https://t.co/2pqSX9FpB4

A 🧵of the late night comedians react to the Maduro op. First, we have Jimmy Kimmel hitting on what would be a theme, "If you are wondering how bad these Epstein files are, it turns out they're “invade Venezuela bad.” https://t.co/eDcDDrVEp1

CBSEN clocks in at 42 seconds on the letter of censure issued to Mark Kelly over the Seditious Six video. Nice recovery for Tony D after the initial fumble. https://t.co/USorsLSQBD

#NEW: Here’s the opening to formal debut episode of the @CBSEveningNews with @TonyDokoupil.... Teases on the Nicholas Maduro arrignment, CDC vaccinations, Tim Walz dropping out, and...a nudist calendar in Oregon? New font, new graphics, and brought back the headlines music from https://t.co/WO3gzOEu4z

Sunny Hostin equates taking Maduro to "piracy." "Isn't anyone concerned about the fact that what we're doing is almost piracy. It's like imperialism. We're going to another country and we're taking their natural resources for ourselves. And on top of it if we can do something https://t.co/ysT2jtK9Rt

NOT CBS News turning into Fox: Scott Pelley at "60 Minutes" locates Expert to suggest Maduro is NOT a "bloodthirsty drug dealer." "I didn't find him to be a bloodthirsty maniac. I found him to be a practical person, someone who wanted to find ways to solve the problems." https://t.co/EFFqfnrgUf

MRC President @DavidBozell rips apart the elitist media's, "Yeah you got Maduro, but..." talking points. The media will do anything to avoid covering President Trump's success. @seanspicer @TimJGraham https://t.co/WmDEtJbnXK

.@DavidBozell destroys Margaret Brennan for asking Secretary Rubio why they only captured Maduro "I don't know where she got that... probably a Blue Sky brigade." @seanspicer @TimJGraham https://t.co/5fdql2Wg9B

Chelsea Handler’s odd wrap up to @CriticsChoice Awards with citation of @TPUSA: “We would like to thank the critics, the crew, the E! Network and Turning Point USA. Stay tuned for E!’s after show Recap Live. Good night!” https://t.co/UAZrudQu49

Another “joke” from Chelsea Handler hosting the @CriticsChoice Awards: “He has been a desperate car salesman, an alcoholic father, and now an explosives expert. So he’ll probably be getting a presidential pardon any day now.” https://t.co/jeDzTVqUeY

Of course, Jimmy Kimmel won “Best Talk Show” at the @CriticsChoice Awards. Kimmel: “And most of all, I want to thank our President, Donald Jennifer Trump, without whom we would be going home empty handed tonight. So thank you, Mr. President, for all the many ridiculous things you https://t.co/3EKJcDiOFM

“It is the story of a surgeon obsessed with curing death through science, unlike our current administration which is obsessed with curing science through death.” – Chelsea Handler hosting the @CriticsChoice Awards on Versant’s USA and E! https://t.co/YOkROTDp1v

In which CBS's Margaret Brennan is confused by the fact that Maduro's extraction did not yield instant regime change. https://t.co/HtT9rdpboW

WATCH: @SecRubio schools ABC's George Stephanopoulos on presidential authority for the Maduro capture and extraction operation. Stephy took FOUR PASSES at the same question, lol https://t.co/zfuDPUoTqF

Word choices: CNN's Evan Perez says Mr. and Mrs. Maduro were "snatched from their bedroom in Caracas," which will cause court battles over the "legitimacy" of U.S. charges against Maduro. As opposed to the legitimacy of Maduro's tyranny. https://t.co/xiahtuVXrp

REWIND: In October, MSNBC host Chris Hayes dissed the Nobel Peace Prize panel for being insufficiently anti-Trump: In a "weird kind of ego consolation prize, they chose Maria Corina Machado, who's a opposition leader in Venezuela who has very much aligned herself with Donald https://t.co/f0Xb7PaVMH

A wild day to start his tenure as the anchor of CBS Evening News.Dokoupil signs off by promising they will continue to chase the story: "To our viewers, I am going to leave you tonight in this very, very new year with the sky over Venezuela as we all begin to consider what https://t.co/MyYJOMfNqW

Here is the soft launch of the @CBSEveningNews with @TonyDokoupil, not official until Monday, but kicking off two days early in light of the U.S. military strikes in Venezuela and capture of Nicolas Maduro https://t.co/gFlviKfkqh

CNN’s Erin Burnett seemingly compares the U.S. nabbing Maduro to Russia invading and occupying Ukraine. Her guest had to point out the difference of intention between the two countries. https://t.co/idIP89R2ko

Burnett decries the Monroe Doctrine and suggests Trump is going spark WWIII with China and Russia by capturing Maduro. https://t.co/enbNRKpBwG