Stephen Colbert will reportedly keep on the earth of late-night tv amid the cancellation of The Late Present.
In response to a report from Vulture, printed 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 discuss 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 discuss present known as Method Late with Scotty Bristol,” with manufacturing on the visitor spot mentioned to have commenced final week in New York Metropolis.
The outlet additionally identified that resulting from manufacturing’s swift operations, the episode was “nearly absolutely 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 probably “make that occur.”
Colbert addressed his present’s demise in the course of the July 17 episode of The Late Present, telling viewers on the time, “Earlier than we begin the present I wish to let you already know one thing that I came upon simply final evening. Subsequent 12 months shall be our final season, the community shall 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 but it surely’s the tip of The Late Present on CBS. I’m not being changed. That is all simply going away,” he mentioned in the course of the episode. “I do wish to say that the parents at CBS have been nice companions … And I’m grateful to the viewers, you, who’ve joined us each evening, 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 wish to let you already know one thing that I came upon simply final evening,” host Stephen Colbert, 61, shared in the course of the Thursday, July 17, episode taping and shared through Instagram. “Subsequent 12 months shall be our […]
Throughout The Late Present’s Monday, July 28, episode, Colbert joked about shifting into the world of podcasting whereas interviewing the hosts of “Las Culturaistas,” Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.
“I’m going to want a gig quickly, so promote me on podcasting. Is it enjoyable?” Colbert requested Yang, 34, and Rogers, 35, declaring that their very own podcast was included on TIME’s listing of the Prime 100 finest podcasts of all-time.
Rogers responded, jokingly, “You begin one, we’re getting bumped. Like nearly actually.”
