Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The comedy-variety-talk show is broadcast five nights a week from the Ed Sullivan... Read allStephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The comedy-variety-talk show is broadcast five nights a week from the Ed Sullivan theater in New York.Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The comedy-variety-talk show is broadcast five nights a week from the Ed Sullivan theater in New York.
- Nominated for 26 Primetime Emmys
- 4 wins & 93 nominations total
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- TriviaThe Ed Sullivan Theater (where the show is taped) underwent an extensive renovation during the time between David Letterman's retirement and Stephen Colbert's debut as host of the Late Show. In addition to the talk show set receiving an overhaul, several architectural features of the theater were restored. The theater's ornate domed ceiling, which had been hidden behind air ducts and sound buffers, was uncovered, and the ornate stained-glass windows, which had been removed and placed in storage during the Letterman era, were re-installed.
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Stephen Colbert: [at the Republican National Convention podium] Welcome, citizens, to the 2016 Hungry for Power Games! Ha ha, beautiful! This week, in this arena, the Republicans shall prove they are truly passionate about one candidate: Hillary Clinton. They will do anything to stop her, up to and including nominating Donald J. Jonah Jameson Trump. But Tribute Trump will not enter the arena alone, no. He has formed an alliance with Indiana governor Mike Pence.
[falls asleep]
Stephen Colbert: Sorry, I blacked out there for a moment. So it is my honor to hereby launch and begin the 2016 Republican National Hungry for Power Games!
[bangs gavel; security begins to escort him away]
Stephen Colbert: Look, I know I'm not supposed to be up here, but let's be honest: neither is Donald Trump.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HyperNormalisation (2016)
At almost a full decade later, and I think the best way to describe his time hosting late night on CBS is with just one word - disappointment. First of all, the program is very safe in its presentation, obviously Colbert cannot go as far as he used to on Comedy Central with some of the material but there is not enough clever writing to still deliver the same impact. Secondly, the jokes are way too predictable and the delivery of them is flat. Third, the program is just too politically one-sided that it often comes across as a mouthpiece for the mainstream establishment - left leaning politicians, journalists, and activists are often brought on for interviews and sketches and are usually portrayed in a flattering with questions and comments in favor of them and their views. Politicians, journalists, and celebrities on other sides of the political spectrum are generally dismissed as being incompetent, in the wrong, and lacking intelligence. While there are instances when the program will give criticism towards a politically left leaning person of note in culture and be friendly towards someone outside of that political party it does not occur enough to where you could describe the program as being politically neutral. It should even be noted that some of the times where a politically left leaning individual is joked about, it is in light of them being against the establishment, like a Joe Rogan.
A decade ago, Stephen Colbert would have a lot more material to work from than telling the same old "Trump is bad" jokes in his opening monologues and would call out the absurdity of a sketch where there are dancers dressed like vaccination needles to persuade people to get vaccinated. It is quite unfortunate that the talent he had has been largely missing since 2014.
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- Jun 29, 2020
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