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The Late Show is not going anywhere. CBS has locked in Stephen Colbert and his late-night series for three more seasons. Episodes of the series will continue to air through August 2026. Colbert signed his previous contract in 2019, which was set to end in August.
CBS CEO George Cheeks said the following about renewing the late-night series, per Deadline:
“We just extended him for three more years and I was praying for that to happen. It’s just a great cohesive group that is firing on all cylinders and Stephen’s really enjoying himself.”
Colbert took over the late-night series following David Letterman’s exit in 2015 and has amassed 1,401 episodes. The series is currently dark due to the writers strike, but new episodes will resume once the strike is over.
The news of Colbert’s renewal comes as CBS’ late-night lineup is going through a period of transition. James Corden, whose Late Late Show aired after Colbert’s show for eight years, signed off in April. It’s still unclear what will replace Corden’s program.
What do you think? Are you excited to watch more of The Late Show on CBS once the strike is over?
Stephen Colbert has got to be the worst show on tv. Is he supposed to be funny? Wake up cbs.
Have not watched in years…. Do not miss it…
Stephen Colbert has an amazing gift, and is able to enlighten his audience to undercurrents in his News segments, that give you a chance to look a little deeper than was first evident! And he is wicked funny!
I do not like or appreciate Stephen Colbert.
He is anti American.
Haha have another round of grifting and sip some kool aid
Oh my God his ratings are not as good as they used to be. Three more years? They could’ve gotten a much better comical hosting him. It just leads me to believe the network can’t find anybody to replace him. This network is so bad you can see that the network executives are totally incoherent. There was a mixup What the Board of Directors why there was all this internal flights continuously in this network. I thought it was over. But it just leads me to believe that him and his contract extended by three years shows that this Network… Read more »
Want to hear a joke?
Nielsen ratings
Want to hear Joke …….Stephen Colbert isn’t funny laugh out loud
That’s my point. Good shows are cancelled “claiming” Nielsen ratings are down, shows that no one watches go on.
People on this sight actually watch shows and often disagree with Nielsen ratings.
Look at ratings chat. East New York, Alaska Daily, both cancelled.
Yet are top 4 here.
This day and age it seems that networks only care about certain demographics. And Stephen Colbert‘s case how he could even still be on this network is unbelievable. They could’ve gotten someone much more intelligent much more knowledgeable and funny. But now the CBS network higher-ups are so messed up and still have an internal fight that They gave Stephen Colbert three more years? I know this net work is messed up but I didn’t realize it was that bad. Well I see your point and Nelson ratings are meaningless since the networks them selves only care about what they… Read more »