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Stephen Colbert Just Lost That Beard on an Emmy Bet

On Kimmel appearance, comedian discusses Emmy wins, beard bet, secret Lord of the Rings film

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert just made good on an Emmy bet—over his beard. Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, Colbert said he doesn't miss hosting late night—"I have an opportunity to not think about the news every day, and I took it"—then let Kimmel shave...

Colbert's Kid Lands a New Gig
Colbert's Daughter
Has a Job Again
Aug 10, 2026 5:58 AM CDT

Colbert's Daughter Has a Job Again

After quitting 60 Minutes as producer, Madeleine Carlisle rejoins the Atlantic as politics staff writer

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert's newly unemployed daughter is returning to a familiar newsroom. Journalist Madeleine Carlisle, who recently left 60 Minutes amid a wave of departures, has been hired as a staff writer at the Atlantic, editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg has announced. Carlisle previously spent 2018-19 at the magazine as...

Stephen Colbert's Daughter Quits 60 Minutes

Madeleine Carlisle leaves after 4 years at storied show amid staff shake-ups, turmoil at CBS News

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert's daughter is exiting one of TV's most storied news programs as it weathers major internal turbulence. Madeleine Carlisle, 30, has resigned as an associate producer at CBS' 60 Minutes, per Oliver Darcy's Status newsletter. Carlisle, who uses her middle name professionally, first joined CBS News...

Colbert's Final Dig Hits CBS in the Wallet

Network reaches deal with firm controlling Peanuts tunes, after host played song on last Late Show

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert's farewell musical gag ended up costing CBS, but it's all going to charity. After Colbert closed out his final Late Show on May 21 by having his house band play "Linus and Lucy" from the Peanuts specials—all as he joked, "Oh no! I...

CBS Backs Off on Copyright Action Related to Colbert

Ex- Late Show host popped up as 'guest host' on Michigan's Only in Monroe public access show

(Newser) - CBS and parent company Paramount briefly attempted to limit the reach of Stephen Colbert's Only in Monroe appearance, which surfaced the day after his last episode of the Late Show after it was canceled by CBS. But the network has since backed down, at least for now, NPR reports....

Trump Celebrates End of Colbert Show
Trump Piles On Colbert
With New AI Video
UPDATED
May 23, 2026 7:30 AM CDT

Trump Piles On Colbert With New AI Video

Clip shows president hurling late-night comedian into dumpster, dancing to 'YMCA'

(Newser) - President Trump isn't done railing against Stephen Colbert after the latter's Late Show came to a close this week. Late Friday, as Americans took in headlines of surging gas prices and the ongoing war in Iran , the commander in chief posted an AI-created video on his Truth Social...

Stephen Colbert's Final Guest Is a 'Full-Circle' One

Paul McCartney, celebrity cameos, musical tributes mark emotional farewell broadcast

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert didn't go quietly as he wrapped up more than a decade behind the desk at CBS' The Late Show Thursday night, Deadline reports. Opening the final broadcast, Colbert delivered an unusually direct, emotional message to the studio and home audiences, calling the show "The Joy Machine"...

Colbert's Swan Song Will Be Extra Long

Extended finale will close out the Colbert era and the Late Show franchise

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert's long goodbye to late night won't fit in the usual one-hour box. CBS is billing Thursday's broadcast as an "extended Late Show series finale," though it hasn't said just how long it will run—or who will join Colbert onstage for his...

Letterman Joins Colbert for 'Wanton Destruction' at CBS

Ex- Late Show host joins the current one to throw shade, furniture as program winds down for good

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert and David Letterman turned CBS' headquarters into a demolition zone on Thursday night. With Colbert's Late Show days numbered—his final episode airs Thursday amid a network shake-up and claims the show is losing tens of millions a year, per Variety —the outgoing host invited his...

Stephen Colbert: I Was 'Wildly Attracted' to One Guest

Outgoing late-night host sings the praises of Michelle Williams

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert says there was one guest who threw off his late-night cool—and he didn't see it coming. On a new Strike Force Five podcast , Jimmy Kimmel asked the Late Show host, "Has there been a guest who was so attractive that you found it distracting?" The...

Colbert Welcomes 4 of His 'Best Television Friends'

Kimmel, Fallon, Meyers, Oliver appear on Late Show , reveal revival of 'Strike Force Five' podcast

(Newser) - Late night's most famous quintet just reunited on one stage, and they're not done teaming up. On Monday, Stephen Colbert welcomed "four of my best television friends"—Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver—to CBS' The Late Show, reviving the "Strike Force...

On Colbert's Final Night, Kimmel Will Go Dark

Jimmy Kimmel Live! will air a rerun to step aside for Late Show's farewell on CBS

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel is stepping aside so Stephen Colbert can have the full spotlight. ABC confirms Jimmy Kimmel Live! will run a repeat on May 21, the night Colbert signs off from CBS after 11 seasons, a move Kimmel is making "out of deference" to Colbert's farewell. He made the same...

Colbert to Unite the Whole Late-Night Gang

Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Seth Meyers to appear together on The Late Show

(Newser) - While he waits for an answer from Pope Leo XIV, Stephen Colbert is planning to host the elite of late-night. CBS says he'll welcome Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers on Monday, reuniting the "Strike Force Five" crew of hosts that launched a podcast during the...

Colbert Has a Big Name Left on Guest Bucket List

Comedian really wants to host Pope Leo XIV before the Late Show ends

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert has one big item left on his Late Show bucket list—and he wears a white cassock. As CBS' Late Show heads toward its May 21 finale, Colbert told the Hollywood Reporter that his dream final guest is Pope Leo XIV, calling the pontiff "my white whale." The...

Obama Talks Politics, Aliens With Colbert

He says that as president, host would 'perform significantly better than some folks that we've seen'

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert's soon-to-end Late Show aired an interview with another big-name guest on Tuesday—and Barack Obama used it to needle the current occupant of the Oval Office without ever saying his name. In an interview taped last month at his new presidential center in Chicago, Obama joked that...

Colbert Prepares to Say Goodbye to Late Show

He reflects on cancellation, post-late-night future in New York Times interview

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert is packing up his desk at the Ed Sullivan Theater—and he's still not entirely sure why. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times , the Late Show host reflects on CBS' decision to end his show on May 21 after 11 seasons, a move the...

Late Night Comes for JD Vance
Late Night Comes for JD Vance
VIDEO
Apr 16, 2026 10:55 AM CDT

Late Night Comes for JD Vance

'I think you're out over your Catholic skis here, OK?' says Stephen Colbert

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert thinks JD Vance should pump the brakes on lecturing the pope about his war censure. On Wednesday's Late Show , Colbert, who has long identified as Catholic, mocked the vice president's comments about Pope Leo XIV's criticism of the US bombing of Iran. At a Turning Point USA event...

Oprah Turns the Tables on Exiting Colbert
Oprah Turns the Tables
on Exiting Colbert
VIDEO
Apr 8, 2026 8:23 AM CDT

Oprah Turns the Tables on Exiting Colbert

Late-night host tells her, 'I don't want to let anything go just yet'

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey turned late-night guest into late-night host on Monday, briefly commandeering Stephen Colbert's desk to ask how he's processing the looming end of his 10-year run on The Late Show. After chatting about her unfulfilled childhood dream of marrying Paul McCartney, Winfrey pivoted to Colbert's feelings about the show's...

This Is Who's Filling Colbert's CBS Timeslot

Byron Allen buys 2-hour late-night block, will sell CBS's ad time

(Newser) - CBS is giving Stephen Colbert the boot, but it hopes the laughs will continue without him. The day after the Late Show With Stephen Colbert ends on May 21, the network will plug in a two-hour comedy block from comedian and media mogul Byron Allen, per the Hollywood Reporter . Starting...

Meryl Streep: Miranda Priestly Was Inspired by 2 Directors

Actor credits Mike Nichols, Clint Eastwood for her Devil Wears Prada character

(Newser) - Two decades after Miranda Priestly swept into pop culture, Meryl Streep says fans have been guessing the wrong muse. On the Late Show , Streep revealed that her famously frosty Devil Wears Prada editor was modeled not on Vogue's Anna Wintour, as long assumed, but on director Mike Nichols "...

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