Stephen Colbert has reportedly already secured his subsequent gig following the latest cancellation of “The Late Present.”
The comic, 61, is staying put on this planet of late-night after signing on as a visitor star within the CBS collection “Elsbeth,” Vulture reviews.
Colbert will painting a late-night discuss present host within the comedy collection, which made its debut final summer time.
He'll play the host of the fictional present, “Manner Late with Scotty Bristol,” within the community's spin-off of the hit collection, “The Good Spouse.”
Manufacturing had commenced final week in NYC, and in accordance with the outlet, the episode was “nearly absolutely deliberate” earlier than information that his format was axed by CBS got here to mild.
Colbert's new TV gig comes months after “Elsbeth” star Wendell Pierce appeared on the “Late Show” in February, throughout which Colbert talked about that he wished to look on the collection.
In response, Pierce mentioned that he may probably “make that occur.”
The Publish has reached out to CBS and Colbert's reps for remark.
Colbert addressed CBS' choice to finish his long-running discuss present throughout the July 27 taping on the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC.
“Earlier than we begin the present, I need to let you already know one thing that I discovered simply final evening: Subsequent yr might be our final season,” he instructed the group. “The community might be ending ‘The Late Present' in Could.”
The information was met with loud boos from the viewers.
“Yeah, I share your emotions,” he mentioned. “It's not simply the tip of our present, but it surely's the tip of ‘The Late Present' on CBS. I'm not being changed. That is all simply going away.”
“We get to do that present for one another, day by day, all day, and I've had the pleasure and the duty of sharing what we do day by day with you in entrance of this digital camera for the final 10 years,” he went on.
“And it's a job that I'm wanting ahead to doing with this regular gang of idiots for one more 10 months. It's going to be enjoyable.”
The community has publicly cited monetary causes behind the choice to cancel the present.
The cancellation has since prompted a slew of comedy's greatest stars — together with David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Adam Sandler and extra — to talk out in help of the host.
