Stephen Colbert sweetly paid tribute to his mother after being named a Ripple of Hope Award laureate by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights nonprofit.

And then [Jonathan] Tolins, our showrunner, he specifically wrote this episode for Steven Colbert, and then it just happened to be that they announced his show was ending right before he came to do the episode.

Award ceremonies come and go every year. While sometimes they have one of two exemplary moments to remember them by, sometimes they just get lost in the dust of many awards and speeches. Emmy 2025 will be talked about for a long time,

Gov. Gavin Newsom used his Tuesday appearance on CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to talk up California’s recent move to offer its own vaccine recommendations; his fears that President Donald Trump will cancel elections and not leave office in 2028;

Colbert presented the award of Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, which was won by Seth Rogen for his role in “The Studio.” He was back on stage later in the evening when he snagged the Emmy for outstanding talk show, besting “The Daily Show” and Jimmy Kimmel.

Stephen Colbert appeared at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in a classic tuxedo on Sunday, marking his first major red carpet since CBS announced the end of his long-running talk show. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert picked up its first statuette of the year during the Creative Arts Emmys one week ago.

A statue depicting President Trump frolicking and holding hands with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (with whom he shares a long-documented connection) briefly appeared on the National Mall this week — but for Stephen Colbert,

He is nominated for an Emmy award in the Outstanding talk series category alongside his The Daily Show, which airs on Comedy Central and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!. It comes as CBS announced that The Late Show has been axed, with the final season concluding in May 2026.

Colbert mockingly investigated Trump’s claim of “triple sabotage” during his United Nations appearance this week.

The Republican leader in the California Assembly said Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom went too far when he told CBS host Stephen Colbert he feared there would be no free election in 2028. “That’s ridiculous.