Strike Force Five Reunites on Colbert's Late Show Before His Final Week in 2026
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Updated · LateNighter · May 11
Strike Force Five Reunites on Colbert's Late Show Before His Final Week in 2026
7 articles · Updated · LateNighter · May 11
Monday night's Late Show brings Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver back together for a Strike Force Five reunion as Colbert heads into his final week.
The gathering revives the podcast the five launched in August 2023, when late-night shows were dark for nearly four months during the writers strike and the hosts used it to support out-of-work staff.
That series stood out for its loose, unscripted chemistry—especially the group's running mockery of Fallon—while also exposing the pressures of making topical TV and the strike's AI concerns.
With the podcast ending in October 2023 after writers returned, the reunion now lands as an unexpected encore and a likely last chance to see the full lineup together.
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