{"id":334218,"date":"2026-01-27T17:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/stephen-colberts-final-late-show-episode-date-announced"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:07:08","slug":"stephen-colberts-final-late-show-episode-date-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/stephen-colberts-final-late-show-episode-date-announced","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert&#8217;s Closing \u2018Late Present\u2019 Episode Date Introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Stephen Colbert<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Checks the Clock on &#8216;Late Show,&#8217; Announces Final Show Date<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-01-27T13:54:27-08:00\"><br \/>\n               January 27, 2026<br \/>\n              1:54 PM PST<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-862868e0656b5f47b96af98c5817b08a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260127_8d5e50ce0afe4527ba15a0f01c607043\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3349514f-26d2-4146-943e-b20c5eef6756\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Donald Trump\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8d\/4by3\/2026\/01\/27\/8d5e50ce0afe4527ba15a0f01c607043_md.jpg\" alt=\"stephen colbert getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-862868e0656b5f47b96af98c5817b08a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0e4913c84733accc697749784868a8af\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/stephen-colbert\/\"><strong>Stephen Colbert<\/strong><\/a> has finally locked in the end of &#8220;The Late Show&#8221; &#8230; with the curtain set to fall for good on May 21, closing out a CBS late-night run that\u2019s lasted more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0e4913c84733accc697749784868a8af--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4d68709de699fe077e02729ac2d682e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Stephen broke the news during a taping of &#8220;Late Night With Seth Meyers&#8221; on Monday &#8230; officially putting a date on the farewell that\u2019s been looming since last summer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4d68709de699fe077e02729ac2d682e4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-14261091d6e6cbb1ad1a7fb40d32562c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250718_ebe7145381944858b52dfba2ece8b4cd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3349514f-26d2-4146-943e-b20c5eef6756\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/eb\/4by3\/2025\/07\/18\/ebe7145381944858b52dfba2ece8b4cd_md.jpg\" alt=\"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-14261091d6e6cbb1ad1a7fb40d32562c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c89acc79bd6c34c5a5c09f1148ff3588\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Remember, CBS and parent company Paramount Global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/17\/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-canceled\/\"><strong>announced plans to cancel<\/strong><\/a> the show back in July, blaming straight-up financial reasons.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c89acc79bd6c34c5a5c09f1148ff3588--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-26670930ee274a3a1e795aa14b713df7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>But the move raised eyebrows, as it followed Colbert publicly slamming Paramount for settling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; lawsuit &#8230; calling it a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/18\/jimmy-kimmel-slams-cbs-supports-stephen-colbert-after-the-late-show-cancellation\/\"><strong>big fat bribe<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; from the company.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-26670930ee274a3a1e795aa14b713df7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3ef512c543d5c1b5509bba212d9ac2cb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4982b40a-a458-4e8f-999d-e4ab9870088a-1523674113-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4982b40a-a458-4e8f-999d-e4ab9870088a-1523674113-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5d\/16by9\/2025\/09\/15\/5ddc8125d1aa4038869fa3cea71709e9_md.jpg\" alt=\"091525_stephen_colbert_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3ef512c543d5c1b5509bba212d9ac2cb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-34b3eebdde19ac331079dc5e3462ab0c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>But, his TV monologues might not be done for good &#8212; &#8217;cause he\u2019s already joked about wanting a job at TMZ &#8230; and yeah, we\u2019ve got the receipts!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-34b3eebdde19ac331079dc5e3462ab0c--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/27\/stephen-colbert-final-episode-air-date\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert Checks the Clock on &#8216;Late Show,&#8217; Announces Final Show Date Published January 27, 2026 1:54 PM PST Stephen Colbert has finally locked in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[614,12369,12368,5576,12370,12371],"class_list":["post-334218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-paramount-world","tag-seth-meyers","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-the-colbert-report","tag-the-daily-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334220,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334218\/revisions\/334220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}