Stephen Colbert Gets Ironic New Job With CBS After ‘Late Show’ Was Canceled

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 24: Stephen Colbert speaks onstage during “An Evening with Stephen Colbert and Jim Gaffigan” at Newark’s NJPAC as part of the inaugural North to Shore Festival and presented by Montclair Film at NJPAC – Prudential Hall on June 24, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Montclair Film and North to Shore Festival )

Stephen Colbert has landed on his feet quickly amid news 2026 marks the last for The Late Show. The longtime night show host has a new gig.

This time around, it’s a primetime spot. Deadline reports as he is preparing to say goodbye to his talk show, he also is portraying a late-night host for CBS with a guest role on the upcoming third season of the network’s crime anthology Elsbeth.

Colbert won’t star as himself in the episode, which filmed this week. Vulture reports he plays the host of the fictional Way Late with Scotty Bristol. Each episode of Elsbeth solves a different murder. It is unclear how Bristol is connected to that case of the week…

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