Readers Salute Stephen Colbert’s 10-Year Late Show Run After CBS Cancellation
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Updated · The Guardian · May 26
Readers Salute Stephen Colbert’s 10-Year Late Show Run After CBS Cancellation
4 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 26
Readers described Stephen Colbert as a “Covid buddy” and “nightly sanity check,” saying his home-era monologues helped them through lockdown, illness and isolation.
January 6 and Trump-era segments drew repeated praise, with fans highlighting Colbert’s angry live response to the Capitol attack and his long-running mockery of Republican figures as both cathartic and clarifying.
Specific memories ranged from his 2018 live show with Jon Batiste, Leon Bridges and Mandy Patinkin to interviews such as Andrew Garfield’s grief discussion, which readers said showed unusual empathy.
Across the tributes, fans said The Late Show offered more than jokes over its roughly 10-year run: a sense of companionship, moral clarity and an America they still wanted to believe in.
How did Stephen Colbert's personal faith and tragedy shape his unique bond with viewers during national crises?
What does the end of Colbert's successful show reveal about the future of late-night television in the streaming era?