Stephen Colbert has set an all-star lineup of late-night hosts as a few of his closing friends on “The Late Show,” which can conclude on Might 21 after being canceled by CBS final 12 months.
On Might 11, Colbert will interview Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver. Because the hosts of their very own late-night discuss exhibits on NBC, ABC and HBO, they labored with Colbert in 2023 to co-host a podcast referred to as “Strike Pressure 5” that ran in the course of the concurrent Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Proceeds from the podcast went in the direction of supporting the crew members of their respective exhibits as they went with out pay in accordance with the work stoppage.
David Letterman, the unique host of “The Late Present,” might be Colbert’s visitor on Might 14. After internet hosting “Late Evening” on NBC from 1982 to 1993, Letterman moved to CBS and continued internet hosting “The Late Present” till handing the reins to Colbert upon retirement in 2015.
Different friends stopping by “The Late Present” because it winds down embody John Krasinski, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Pedro Pascal and Tom Hanks. The present can even function a number of particular segments in upcoming episodes: “Youngsters Pitch” with Jenny Slate, Liam Neeson, John Oliver, Isa Briones, Taylor Dearden and The Avett Brothers; a Broadway efficiency that includes Annaleigh Ashford, Christopher Jackson, Bernadette Peters, Ben Platt and Patrick Wilson; a “Colbert Questionert” taken by Barack Obama; and a efficiency by the Strokes.
Information of CBS’ cancellation of “The Late Show” broke in July 2025. Although the community cited a “monetary resolution,” many outstanding voices have referred to as it an act of censorship because the transfer got here throughout a interval when father or mother firm Paramount was looking for approval from Donald Trump’s FCC for its sale to Skydance. Colbert is a frequent critic of Trump, and Trump has repeatedly celebrated the present’s cancellation.
Letterman specifically has been a vocal critic of CBS’ resolution, most not too long ago calling the network “lying weasels” in an interview with New York Times journalist Jason Zinoman: “He was dumped as a result of the individuals promoting the community to Skydance stated, ‘Oh no, there’s not going to be any bother with that man. We’re going to care for the present. We’re simply going to throw that into the deal. When will the ink on the verify dry?’ I’m simply going to go on document as saying: They’re mendacity. Let me simply add one different factor, Jason. They’re mendacity weasels.”
