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Stephen Colbert's final run on The Late Show is underway, with a star-studded guest lineup confirmed for the CBS series finale airing May 21.
Tentatively titled The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past, Colbert's script will draw heavily from the "Fog on the Barrow-downs” section of The Fellowship of the Ring, sections that Peter Jackson left out of his movie adaptation featuring the fan-favorite character Tom Bombadil.
Following the show’s upcoming finale on May 21, Colbert, a self-professed J.R.R. Tolkien fan, will be working on a new movie for the franchise called “The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past,” director Peter Jackson announced.
Colbert is getting a proper sendoff before the show goes off the air for good.
The curtain is coming down on one of late night’s most recognizable stages, and the industry is watching its next act take shape. As viewers prepare for a major shift in CBS’ 11:35 p.m. hour,
On Thursday, May 21, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will air its last episode at 11:35/10:35c on CBS. A full list of guests for the final couple of weeks of the talk show has yet to be revealed. However, the guests for the rest of this week include Colbert ’ s wife, Evie McGee Colbert,Sally Field, John Krasinski, and Chris Stapleton.
Colbert will sign-off from "The Late Show" for the final time this month, marking the end of late-night programming on CBS.
After years of political satire, celebrity chaos, and viral monologues, CBS is now officially preparing to close the curtain on Stephen Colbert’s run on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, replacing the legendary late-night slot with Comics Unleashed,
After a third of a century, The Late Show is coming to a close this month. Tuesday’s (May 5) new episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert marks the beginning of the end, as former President Barack Obama will make his final appearance on CBS’s late-night favorite — one of many lasts to come for the late-night series, no doubt.
In the months since Colbert’s cancellation, the other late-night hosts have been advocates and allies for him. Right after it was announced that his show would end on the 2026 TV schedule, Jon Stewart went on a heated rant on The Daily Show, and in the weeks following the news, Jimmy Kimmel called out claims about why The Late Show was canceled.