{"id":331047,"date":"2026-05-08T03:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=331047"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:16:39","slug":"david-letterman-returns-to-cbs-late-show-ahead-of-colbert-final-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/david-letterman-returns-to-cbs-late-show-ahead-of-colbert-final-show\/","title":{"rendered":"David Letterman Returns to CBS Late Show Ahead of Colbert Final Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs Stephen Colbert prepares a final sendoff for the <em>Late Show <\/em>on CBS May 21, this system is planning a slew of late night A-listers next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDavid Letterman, who launched this system in 1993 before handing the reins to Colbert in 2015, will likely be a guest on the Thursday, May 14 episode. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMonday\u2019s episode, May 11, will feature a reunion of the \u201cStrike Force Five,\u201d when the energetic late night hosts all teamed for a podcast to learn striking writers in 2023. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers &#038; John Oliver will appear on the<em> Late Show<\/em> that evening. Kimmel will likely be on the town for Disney\u2019s upfront presentation, scheduled for Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLetterman, meanwhile, called CBS executives \u201clying weasels\u201d in regards to the decision to cancel the show in an interview earlier this week. He has only made one appearance on the show since stepping down, back in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOther guests include <em>Late Show<\/em> favorites like Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tom Hanks, while former President Barack Obama (a guest this week) will \u201cThe Colbert Questionert\u201d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tColbert graces the duvet of <em>The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s<\/em> Recent York issue, which was released Wednesday. Within the conversation, he said that those hosts were among the many only people he desired to talk over with after he discovered the show was being canceled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cOnce I got canceled, the one other people I spoke to for days were those guys. I got here as much as my office [after making the announcement on-air] and flipped open my phone and we did a fast exchange. My favorite was Kimmel, who just said, \u2018That\u2019s a hell of an Emmy campaign.\u2019 I said, \u2018Busted.\u2019 After which I believe they may have laid bets on who was next. The opposite text I got was from Jon Stewart, like, \u201cWhaaaaat?\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cRight back at you, buddy.\u201d After which I closed my phone and gave it to my wife, Evie, and said, \u201cPlease don\u2019t let me have this for several days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tColbert also appeared in a video where he answered questions from the opposite current and former late night hosts, including Jay Leno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCBS canceled<em> The Late Show<\/em> in a surprising and surprise move last summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Stephen Colbert prepares a final sendoff for the Late Show on CBS May 21, this system is planning a slew of late night A-listers next week. David Letterman, who launched this system in 1993 before handing the reins to Colbert in 2015, will likely be a guest on the Thursday, May 14 episode. 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