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“The Late Show” leftist host Stephen Colbert confirmed that his final
episode will air May 21, saying that having a set end date makes the
program’s conclusion feel more concrete.

Colbert told “Late Night” host Seth Meyers that his perspective has
changed since last summer. “It feels real now,” Colbert said of knowing
when his final show will be broadcast. “It did not feel… I know it was
real, but now, there’s four months left.”

“What I really love is the people I do it with,” he continued. “There
are people I’ve been working with… My shoemaker, Tom Purcell, I’ve
known since 1988. And so, we’ve all been together forever.”

“You can do comedy a lot of different places,” Colbert went on.
“There’s no place like the Ed Sullivan Theater, but it’s really the
people. That’s really what I care about. That’s really what I’ll miss
more than anything, and we’ll do something else together, but it feels
real now. I’m not thrilled with it.”

.@stephenathome talks about what he’ll miss most about
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— Late Night with Seth Meyers (@LateNightSeth) January 28, 2026

CBS announced last summer that “The Late Show,” which began in 1993,
would conclude this year and not be replaced.

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May
2026 at the end of the broadcast season,” CBS said in a statement at
the time. “We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire
The Late Show franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called
CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of
greats that graced late night television.”

“This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in
late night. It is not related in any way to the show’s performance,
content or other matters happening at Paramount,” it continued.

One report stated that the program was losing $40 million annually.

Colbert followed the announcement with an expletive-laced monologue in
which he blasted President Donald Trump and CBS. During the segment,
Colbert referenced Paramount Global, CBS’s parent company, noting that
it paid Trump a $16 million settlement after being accused of election interference.

George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS Entertainment, reiterated
later that the decision was purely financial and said that “The Late
Show” was losing “significant” amounts in the “tens of millions of
dollars.”

“At the end of the day, it just wasn’t sustainable to continue,” Cheeks confirmed.
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