Colbert Signs Off with Gratitude as Final Late Show Week Opens
Stephen Colbert enters his final The Late Show week with gratitude and jokes about CBS and Paramount’s finances as the series winds down. The week features Jon Stewart and Steven Spielberg (Tuesday), Bruce Springsteen (Wednesday), and a finale with no guests promoted (Thursday). CBS will replace the show’s time slot with Comics Unleashed in a time-buy, a move Colbert notes with his characteristic humor about political and corporate currents. Colbert has indicated staff are his primary concern as they transition, and while he’s tight-lipped on future projects, he’s attached to work on a new Lord of the Rings film. The cancellation, network executives say, is financial rather than due to performance or content issues.
