Stephen Colbert's Final 'Late Show' Guests Revealed
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will conclude with a final week of episodes leading up to its series finale on May 21, following CBS's decision to cancel the show due to financial losses.
- Special guests scheduled for the final week include Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg, David Byrne, and Bruce Springsteen, with Colbert also performing musically.
- The week’s lineup features a unique episode on May 18 titled "The Worst of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," a "Colbert Questionert" on May 20 with undisclosed guests, and the series finale on May 21.
- Colbert expressed in an exit interview that he did not expect the show to end this way but would have followed a similar approach had he chosen the timing himself, appreciating the opportunity to make jokes about the show's conclusion.
- The final episode will air at 11:35 p.m. ET on May 21, marking the end of Colbert's tenure and The Late Show itself.