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…