Late Show, Stephen Colbert and Final Episode
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With late night at a crossroads, Ben Gleib is forging a new path. Just a week after the permanent shuttering of The Late Show — the CBS franchise hosted for the last 11 years by Stephen Colbert —
Stephen Colbert hosted "The Late Show" for the final time Thursday night as the franchise came to an end after 33 years.
In what may be the last hurrah for New York’s nearly century-old Ed Sullivan Theater, the final episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” didn’t feature the most uproarious jokes. Or the most biting political takedowns.
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.