The entertainment bill for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center on Thursday included U2’s Bono, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Stevie Wonder and Jennifer Hudson, who sang the National Anthem. In the crowd offstage was even more of a reminder of just how much Hollywood embraced President…

EXCLUSIVE: A lot has changed in late-night, in the media and in America in the 12 years since Jay Leno stopped being the host of The Tonight Show. For one thing, there is a new king of late-night, but he isn’t on TV. “I mean, podcasts really are the new talk show. Joe Rogan is the new…

For Rob Burnett, who worked alongside David Letterman for nearly three decades — including at The Late Show, from its inception — the May 21st conclusion of the late-night franchise stirred significant emotion. “I found myself being strangely emotional on Stephen [Colbert]’s last show. I didn’t…

Back from the holiday vacation, Jon Stewart began his Monday night stint at The Daily Show in desperate need of “some good news.” “I need some relief. And I’ll tell you why. Because as many of you know, that big Freedom 250 concert that I’ve so been looking forward to,” he began sarcastically…

Jimmy Kimmel is sharing his thoughts on the future of late-night television and says he feels “defeated” by Stephen Colbert’s cancellation. In an interview with Vulture, Kimmel insisted that “there are far more people watching late-night TV than there ever were, if you look at the number of…

Watching the 2024 debate with Donald Trump that killed Joe Biden’s re-election hopes, then-First Lady Dr. Jill Biden now admits she thought her husband might actually be dying or in medical danger onstage. "I don't know what happened,” Dr. Biden tells CBS News Sunday Morning‘s Rita Braver in a…

Stephen Colbert may have revealed what his next move is now that the Late Show is over on CBS. At the same time, CBS has absolutely revealed that they were behind Colbert’s May 22 Michigan public access special, the one that aired the day after the long-running network late-night franchise came to an…

Writer, producer and director Judd Apatow penned an earnest essay about the importance of late-night television — and safeguarding it in the American consciousness — as last week saw the shuttering of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and end of the CBS franchise begun by David Letterman. In a…

Following the end of an era this week on CBS, Stephen Colbert found a temporary new TV home in Monroe, Michigan. On Friday, the 11x Emmy-winning comedian surprised local Michigan audiences when he filled in as guest host on Only in Monroe, one day after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ended…

Stephen Colbert closed out The Late Show on Thursday night to the tune of 6.74M live + same-day viewers, per preliminary panel only data from Nielsen. That makes it the series most-watched weeknight episode ever, CBS says, even higher than Colbert’s very first episode as host. He signed on for…

UPDATED, with additional Trump comment: About an hour after Stephen Colbert signed off on his final Late Show on CBS, Donald Trump posted a note of celebration. At 1:52 a.m. ET on Friday, the president posted on Truth Social, “Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long…

Stephen Colbert said goodbye to The Late Show after more than 10 years and more than 1,800 episodes. The comedian kicked off his final show Thursday with an earnest piece to camera before Paul McCartney joined as his final guest after the likes of Bryan Cranston, Ryan Reynolds, Paul Rudd, Tim…