Stephen Colbert is looking back. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Colbert set the stage for his connection with David Letterman.

Everyone knows that Stephen Colbert and CBS's "Late Show" franchise are officially saying goodbye this month. But nobody really knows what happens next. For the past 10 months, since a frustrated ...

Late-night programming is facing upheaval — namely the cancellation of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and the temporary suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" It's shining a spotlight on ratings and ...

Most of what late-night talk shows offer has been supplanted by the internet — except for the role of the wry, dispassionate host. By Calum Marsh Jay Leno was an incorrigible workaholic. According to ...

Late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Meyers have rallied around Stephen Colbert ahead of the latter’s final “Late Show” episode. The five men reunited on May 11 for an ...

Late night isn’t dead. Yet. But its future, which was never exactly bright, might be cratering. The hoary format’s downward slide has, up until this point, been comparatively slow, with advertising ...