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NBC and ABC will air reruns as 5 late-night hosts rally behind Stephen Colbert’s farewell and release a new Strike Force Five podcast episode.
- The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will air on Thursday, May 21, 2026, with fellow late-night hosts choosing to air reruns in a show of solidarity.
- CBS executives announced the surprise cancellation of The Late Show in July 2025, describing the move as a 'financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night' rather than performance-related.
- Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon joined other hosts in 'late-night solidarity,' opting to air reruns on May 21 to ensure Colbert receives the largest possible audience for his historic farewell.
- Starting May 22, CBS will replace the long-running program with Comics Unleashed, a comedy talk show led by Byron Allen, who is purchasing the airtime and selling advertisements.
- This collaborative spirit marks a shift from the competitive late-night 'wars' of the early 1990s, when hosts like David Letterman and Jay Leno battled fiercely for ratings and guests.
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A few days after the final uprising of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, scheduled for May 21, the emblematic driver gathered on his couch four of his great colleagues and allies of late night: Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver.The meeting functioned as a kind of homage anticipated to an era of night television that now faces a particular scenario, and its protagonists made use of their main weapon, humor, to face …
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