Colbert Sets Final 4-Night Late Show Lineup as CBS Ends Run After 11 Seasons
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Updated · Variety · May 15
Colbert Sets Final 4-Night Late Show Lineup as CBS Ends Run After 11 Seasons
14 articles · Updated · Variety · May 15
May 18-21 will mark Stephen Colbert’s final week on CBS, with Tuesday’s show featuring Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg and a David Byrne-Colbert performance, and Wednesday bringing Bruce Springsteen and Colbert taking “The Colbert Questionert.”
Thursday’s May 21 series finale still has no announced guests, while Monday opens with “The Worst of ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’” — a special CBS says is not a clip show.
CBS has been winding down the program since announcing its cancellation after 11 seasons, calling the move purely financial even as some Democrats and media commentators tied it to Paramount’s pending Skydance merger approval.
ABC and NBC will air reruns on May 21 after Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon said their shows would go dark that night to honor Colbert.
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