On the Monday, May 18, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Late‑night TV has long served as a shared end‑of‑day ritual, shaping political and cultural conversation. With “The Late Show with Stephen ...

Ken Waldmann and I go way back, nearly 33 years, to a soupy late August evening in 1993, under the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater, in "The City So Nice They Named It Twice." This Syosset native, ...

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 ...

Stephen Colbert’s upcoming departure will spell the end of “The Late Show” for CBS. It could also be a harbinger of the future of late-night TV. The end of Colbert’s run — after 11 years as host of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is heading into its final week on ...

'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' will air its final episode on Thursday, May 21 Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Stephen Colbert revealed his final slate of Late Show guests for next week. The host, 62, will ...

Stephen Colbert is bidding farewell to late-night as The Late Show ends its run on CBS on Thursday, May 21. Ahead of its final week on air, the late-night talk show has announced its guest stars, ...

But here is the uncomfortable truth that no amount of celebrity cameos can paper over: The show ending is not quite the one many of us, those who were devoted fans of Colbert in his Comedy Central ...

When a celebrity stops by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, they aren’t there to lip-synch to a pop song. Colbert’s approach has been marked, instead, by a sincerity that’s rare in the 11:35 p.m.

David Letterman returned one last time to the show he started 33 years ago. Letterman, 79, bid farewell to The Late Show on Thursday, May 14, as he joined current host Stephen Colbert to reminisce ...

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 ...