Stephen Colbert will reportedly keep on the planet of late-night tv amid the cancellation of The Late Present.
Based on a report from Vulture, revealed on Friday, August 1, Colbert, 61, has signed on as a visitor star within the CBS collection Elsbeth — the place he’ll painting a late-night speak present host.
The outlet detailed that Colbert, whose personal late-night present was revealed to have been cancelled final month, will seem on the drama collection as “the host of … a late-night speak present referred to as Manner Late with Scotty Bristol,” with manufacturing on the visitor spot stated to have commenced final week in New York Metropolis.
The outlet additionally identified that as a consequence of manufacturing’s swift operations, the episode was “virtually certainly deliberate” earlier than the community introduced the cancellation of The Late Present on July 17.
The report follows Colbert’s February interview with Elsbeth star Wendell Pierce, throughout which Colbert revealed he’d like to look on the collection at some point. The request was met with Pierce, 61, telling Colbert that he might doubtlessly “make that occur.”
Colbert addressed his present’s demise through the July 17 episode of The Late Present, telling viewers on the time, “Earlier than we begin the present I need to let you already know one thing that I discovered simply final night time. Subsequent yr will likely be our final season, the community will likely be ending The Late Present in Could [2026].”
The shock announcement was met with loud booing from the studio viewers, which led to Colbert explaining the choice additional. “I share your emotions. It’s not simply the tip of our present nevertheless it’s the tip of The Late Present on CBS. I’m not being changed. That is all simply going away,” he stated through the episode. “I do need to say that the oldsters at CBS have been nice companions … And I’m grateful to the viewers, you, who’ve joined us each night time, in right here, on the market, and all around the globe.”
The Late Present With Stephen Colbert will formally come to an finish in Could 2026. “Earlier than we begin the present I need to let you already know one thing that I discovered simply final night time,” host Stephen Colbert, 61, shared through the Thursday, July 17, episode taping and shared by way of Instagram. “Subsequent yr will likely be our […]
Throughout The Late Present’s Monday, July 28, episode, Colbert joked about transferring into the world of podcasting whereas interviewing the hosts of “Las Culturaistas,” Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.
“I’m going to wish a gig quickly, so promote me on podcasting. Is it enjoyable?” Colbert requested Yang, 34, and Rogers, 35, stating that their very own podcast was included on TIME’s checklist of the Prime 100 finest podcasts of all-time.
Rogers responded, jokingly, “You begin one, we’re getting bumped. Like virtually actually.”
