“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” gained the Emmy for discuss sequence for the primary time, marking a victory for the canceled present.
In his shifting acceptance speech, host Stephen Colbert mirrored on the beginning of his model of “The Late Show,” saying he advised producer Spike Jonze 10 years in the past, “I don’t know how you could do it, but I’d kind of like to do a late night comedy show that was about love.”
“I don’t know if I ever figured that out, but at a certain point, and you can guess what that point was, I realized that in some ways, we were doing a late night comedy show about loss. And that’s related to love, because sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it,” Colbert continued.
“And 10 years later, in September of 2025, my friends, I have never loved my country more desperately,” he mentioned. “God bless America. Stay strong. Be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor.”
“The Late Show” was up in opposition to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and defending champ “The Daily Show” within the class. The win comes simply months after CBS introduced it was canceling the long-running late-night present on the finish of its present season in Might, citing monetary causes. CBS Chief Government George Cheeks and different high executives mentioned in a joint assertion on the time of the announcement that the choice was “not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”
These different issues included the pending sale of Paramount to David Ellison’s Skydance Media, which was ready for federal approval on the time of the announcement, and the corporate’s resolution to settle a lawsuit introduced by President Trump over edits to a phase on “60 Minutes” for $16 million.
Colbert has lengthy been a vocal critic of the president, attracting a loyal viewers along with his signature humor and sharp takes on political and cultural hot-button points. Lately, promoting income had shrunk however viewership remained sturdy. Colbert’s present has ranked No. 1 amongst broadcasters in late evening for 9 consecutive seasons.
Regardless of its reputation, the “Late Show” has by no means gained an Emmy for discuss sequence, although it has been nominated 9 instances. Earlier than the Artistic Arts Emmy Awards held earlier this month, the sequence had been nominated for greater than 30 Emmys however had gained none. The present claimed its first prize for guiding for a spread sequence final Sunday.
Colbert had already gotten a rousing standing ovation Sunday when he offered the primary award of the night. He began off by asking if anybody was hiring earlier than whipping out a dated headshot and handing it off to Harrison Ford, asking the actor to move it alongside to Steven Spielberg.
