Host of “The Late Show” Stephane Colbert will remain as host for at least three more years. According to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS President and CEO George Cheeks announced that Colbert had signed a contract extension with CBS for his late-night talk show hosting gig. Cheeks made the announcement Tuesday, June 13 at the Banff World Media Festival.
Stephen Colbert signs extension with CBS as host of ‘The Late Show’
Under the new extension, Colbert will remain at CBS through 2026. His current contract was scheduled to expire at the end of 2023. At the moment, “The Late Show” is airing reruns due to the ongoing Writers strike. Guild of America. (WGA) against the Film and Television Producers Alliance (AMPTP), which has been going on since May 2.
Cheeks said during the announcement: “[Colbert] is happy – not so happy right now because they’re not working – but they’re really happy and it’s a really cohesive band firing on all cylinders, and Stephen is really having fun. The executive continued: “We have just extended [the contract] for another three years, and I was praying for that to happen.
The contract renewal will take Colbert into his 11th anniversary as the host of the popular late-night talk show. Colbert took over from longtime host David Letterman in September 2015. Additionally, he has been the most-watched late-night talk show host in recent seasons. Prior to the WGA strike, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” averaged 2.14 million same-day viewers each week, excluding repeats.
Colbert serves as an executive producer on his iteration of the talk show with Tom Purcell and former “Daily Show” colleague Jon Stewart. Additionally, the comedian will produce a reboot of the comedy game show “@midnight” which will pick up the 12:35 a.m. slot previously held by “The Late Late Show with James Corden” since that show ended. Additionally, Colbert’s Spartina Productions banner has a first deal with CBS Studios.
Colbert rose to prominence after joining “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central in its second season in 1997. He was then given his own current affairs satire program, “The Colbert Report”, which debuted on Comedy Central in October 2005 and ran for 11 seasons and 1,447 episodes. The show ended in December 2014 after Colbert was cast to succeed Letterman as the new host of “The Late Show” on CBS.
Colbert also co-created the Comedy Central series, “Strangers With Candy,” starring Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris and Mitch Rouse. He also co-starred on the show opposite Sedaris, who helmed the show as Geraldine “Jerri” Antonia Blank. Colbert portrayed Charles Noblet, the history teacher at Flatpoint High, the school Blank attended.
Some of his other acting roles included Phil Ken Sebben, the eccentric superhero-turned-lawyer boss, Harvey Birdman, in “Harvey Birdman, Lawyer.” He also appeared in the 2005 big screen reboot of “Bewitched” opposite Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. In “Monsters vs. Aliens,” he voiced President Hathaway and in “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” he voiced Paul Peterson.
Throughout his illustrious career, Colbert has received 45 Emmy Award nominations. He has collected 10 statues to date. He also won two Grammy Awards out of three nominations.