Stephen Colbert Signs Off on His Election Special with More Gravitas Than Jokes
This is more of the type of monologue that late night hosts engage in when a national tragedy has just happened.
This election had not been called at the time, but Stephen Colbert closed his live election special on Showtime as best he could without alienating anyone too much. The tension was beyond palpable in the room (as it probably still is around the world while you’re reading these very words) and he handled it with as much grace as anyone could muster in this situation.
Here Are All The 2016 Election Day Comedy Specials/Events on TV Tonight
It probably won’t make up for the wall-to-wall news coverage and the anxiety that you’ve been feeling for months now, but Colbert will be cursing on Showtime with Patton Oswalt, Larry Wilmore, Jeff Goldblum, Jena Friedman, and Nick Offerman as guests and both The Daily Show and @midnight will go on live tonight.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah LIVE 8PM PST on Comedy Central
Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night: Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This Sh*t? 8PM PST on Showtime
@midnight with Chris Hardwick LIVE 9PM PST
Desus & Mero Live Election Special 11PM PST on Viceland
Until then, you can enjoy The Chris Gethard Election Special on MNN or The Weather Channel’s Chill Marathon starting at noon.
Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night: Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This Sh*t? To Replay on Friday’s Late Show on CBS
Wouldn’t it be amazing if CBS had to bleep and blur most of it?
For the significant niche segment of late night viewers that don’t have access to Showtime and want to watch stuff through legal means, the election night special that Stephen Colbert is doing on the premium cable network will play on CBS in place of the normally scheduled episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35PM this Friday.
So, if you don’t watch any of the clips that will very probably appear online and don’t read any of the coverage of what Colbert will do for a few days, you’ll get to see it with completely fresh eyes at the end of the week. This probably means you’ll have to not know how won the election until Friday as well.
Tig Notaro and Stephen Colbert Have a Lovely Chat as Comedians from the South That Have No Southern Accent
Tig Notaro and Stephen Colbert are both as charming as could be in this interview. In fact, this could have gone for a few more segments and we bet everyone would probably be on board.
Watch the interview here.
Nick Kroll & Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien & Ryan Reynolds, and Eric Andre & Mike O’Brien All End in the Same Spectacular Fashion
Comedians and actors Nick Kroll, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, Ryan Reynolds, Eric Andre, and Mike O’Brien are all pretty much straight as far as we know.
Yet, something was in the air yesterday, perhaps the looming end of the century old Curse of the Billy Goat, that had all three interviews end in the same spectacular fashion.
Well, without giving too much away, Mike O’Brien’s 7 Minutes in Heaven ends how he tries to end all episodes of 7 Minutes in Heaven and Conan O’Brien reenacts the Notebook with Ryan Reynolds.
You can take a wild guess what the common link between these interviews are or just enjoy watching male friendship be taken to the next level between the likes of Colbert and Kroll.
“Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night: Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This Sh*t?” Gets Its First Promo
You can always count on Stephen Colbert for catchy titles.
The live election day special that Stephen Colbert will be hosting over at Showtime, as opposed to The Late Show over at CBS, will begin at 8PM PDT on Election Day Tuesday, November 8th.
This very first promo is a hint that Colbert will be definitely making use of the lack of censors.
Emily Blunt Workshops One of Dialogue to the Nth Degree with Stephen Colbert
Often times on late night, bits with celebrity guests don’t really go the extra mile to really stand out. They’re fun, but they wouldn’t be click worthy if a celebrity wasn’t in the bit.
This is not the case for the end of Emily Blunt’s interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. What started as just a supposed quick acting lesson turned into something way more magical, surreal, and, of course, funny.
Paul F. Tompkins Talks VP Debate and Plays Editor-in-Chief of the One “Newspaper” Endorsing Trump on Colbert
Though Paul F. Tompkins regularly guests on @midnight and stars in Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ on Seeso, Paul deserves far more screen time.
Last night, that desired additional screen time came in the form of an interview with Stephen Colbert and a fun bit where Paul plays the guy who heads up the one newspaper in the entire country that endorses Trump.
We can only hope that the press tour for Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ leads to more of this.
Samantha Bee Reminisces with and Talks Wanting the Election to Be Over with Stephen Colbert
These Daily Show with Jon Stewart alums, Samantha Bee and Stephen Colbert, seem to be in the highest of highs with comedy hosting their own big time shows.
As such, when Bee stopped by on Colbert they got a bit nostalgic for both their time at The Daily Show and the days of their lives that didn’t have to focus on the election.
Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, and Seth Meyers Are Going Live Tonight After Debates
In case you need an immediate palate cleanser, just wait an hour (give or take a few or more extra hours depending on what side of the country you live on).
In order to get the very first jokes on TV about the first 2016 presidential debate, three late night programs will be going live after the debates.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 11:35PM on CBS
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah 11PM on Comedy Central
Late Night with Seth Meyers 11:35PM on NBC
For the East Coast, these will actually be live as opposed to West Coast delay, so if you have access to an the EST feed of CBS, Comedy Central and NBC, try and watch it at 8PM PDT.
Also, keep in mind that Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is airing on Wednesday this week in order to fully soak in the debate for their episode. #CUNW
Watch Chris Gethard on Colbert
As part of making the rounds for his off-Broadway show, Career Suicide, Chris Gethard got to come on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Sadness and laughing about it threads through the interview while talking about Gethard’s Chris Gethard Show and this new solo show.
Also, it turns out Colbert and Gethard share in, albeit from different angles, one important, very specific sort of anxiety.
Simone Giertz, Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Shows Off Her Sh*tty Robots to Stephen Colbert
Sweden’s Simone Giertz has made a career out of making robots that are seemingly designed to do a singular function, but are really made to only kind of do that one function in the quest to bring joy to all.
Giertz has a very popular YouTube channel where you can see a drone try to cut hair, a robot that can argue with the Internet, and more.
This week, she got to show off her wares to Stephen Colbert and The Late Show and it was a whole bunch of fun.
You’ll also be surprised to know that CBS censors curse words in foreign languages.
Larry Wilmore and Stephen Colbert Talk About the Surprising Cancellation of The Nightly Show and Hosting WHC Dinner
These two Daily Show with Jon Stewart alums once had their own late night shows on the air at the same time.
Then, Comedy Central, seemingly out-of-nowhere, brought down the axe on The Nightly Show.
A few weeks later/last night, Stephen Colbert brought Larry Wilmore on The Late Show and commiserated the loss of his show as well as the strange experience of hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner.
At this point, we’d be surprised if several months go by without Larry hosting another show.
Colbert’s Latest Werd Dissects Trump’s Flip-Flopping on Immigration
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert brought us a new Werd segment that not only showed the rampant inconsistencies in Trump’s stance on immigration in his presidential campaign as of late, but also managed to work plenty of Anthony Weiner digs in there too.
Stephen Colbert Will Cover Election Night Live on Showtime Instead of Late Show on CBS
Stephen Colbert Will Cover Election Night Live on Showtime Instead of Late Show on CBS
That’s right, Stephen Colbert will get to take a night to go from network to premium cable to cover election night live in November as the results come in. It’s an interesting move that might prove useful to building the reputation of The Late Show under Stephen Colbert as Stephen will probably get to flex his satirical muscles a little more, if not a lot, on Showtime.
You should definitely expect Stephen Colbert to make use of the fact that he’s on Showtime rather than CBS (i.e. letting expletives fly freely).
It may just be an election year, but it does seem like Stephen is doing a lot of live episodes lately and benefitting from it.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Will Go Live Again After Presidential and VP Debates
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Will Go Live Again After Presidential and VP Debates
So, if Colbert and company are going to follow the model that brought them up during the RNC and DNC, expect more Colbert Report-ish elements cleverly renamed for legal reasons. Since they’re spaced apart rather than day-after-day, we’d bet The Late Show team will have the time to put together song and dance numbers, elaborate pre-taped segments, etc.
You should definitely expect to see Stephen Colbert’s identical twin cousin, Stephen Colbert in one of, if not all of, these three live episodes.
Mark Normand Does His First Late Show with Stephen Colbert Set
Mark Normand is the sort of the comedian that was built to do stand-up on late night. Quick set ups, hard hitting punch lines, slick delivery, and a fun loving persona is why Mark has made his fair share of Conan appearances and is now making the rounds of stand-up on late night with his first set on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Colbert Continues The Werd, Not The Word, to Talk About the SNAFU That Is Trump
Take note of how The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, for the moment at least, is kind of like The Colbert Report, but without Stephen Colbert being in character.
We hope that continues just like the segment now known as The Werd.
Stephen Colbert Talks to a 1776 Version of Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson About Hillary Clinton Being Democratic Presidential Nominee
Oh, did you think that Abbi and Ilana would go on Colbert and not do a bit?
Don’t be silly. Of course you didn’t.
Anyhow, Abbi and Ilana attempt to be as ‘1776′ as possible while taking in the news that Hillary Clinton is the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. Watch it here.
Due to a Legal Dispute, Stephen Colbert Had to Find a Work Around for Being Prohibited From Using the Character “Stephen Colbert” and Bits off of “The Colbert Report”
Apparently, after bringing back the character Stephen Colbert last week during The Late Show’s RNC coverage, high powered lawyers immediately told Colbert and his Late Show staff that they were in violation of intellectual property rights.
Somehow, the character of Stephen Colbert is not owned by Colbert himself.
Still, the true Stephen Colbert not only doesn’t back down from a challenge. He seeks them out and, in such a spirit, figured out a pretty great workaround.
Character or no, this is the daring and whip smart Stephen Colbert that so many of us know and love. Watch it here.
Stephen Colbert Interviews Cartoon Hillary Clinton and Nails It
Stephen Colbert is really getting to fly during these two weeks during the major political party conventions. Sending up the RNC was Colbert definitely thriving back in his wheelhouse last week.
With this week’s Democratic National Convention, Stephen and his staff at The Late Show really get to show off just how sharp they are at political satire/comedy they really are.
Case in point: the cartoon version of Hillary Clinton doing an interview with Stephen, a la the cartoon Donald Trump that Colbert also interviewed earlier this year.
It’s honestly one of the best send ups of Hillary we’ve seen in this election year thus far.
Stephen Colbert Wanted to Make Sure He Rushed the Stage at DNC
In the interest of balance, Stephen Colbert had rushed the stage at the Republican National Convention as his Hunger Games inspired character Julius Flickerman last week and thought it only fair that he did the same at the Democratic National Convention this week.
Turns out rushing the stage was much harder at the DNC.
See if Colbert got away with it here.
Jon Stewart Basically Does 10 Minutes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
If you’ve been pining for Jon Stewart to do what he does best in this election year, pine no more.
Last night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jon took over the desk, albeit in a little more casual attire, and gave us all a beautiful 10 minutes of classic Daily Show with Jon Stewart goodness that picked apart Sean Hannity’s praise of Trump in comparison to Hannity’s criticisms of Obama.
Yes, that includes burns on Arby’s, making fun of the way Trump eats pizza, and a Rant done only the way Stewart can do it.
Please enjoy this gift from Jon Stewart that we can only hope that we get more of soon under his HBO deal.
Lewis Black on Colbert Pretty Much Gives Us a Bonus “Back In Black” Segment on RNC
In fact, Lewis Black was so damn mad and chomping at the bit that he didn’t don the attire you’re used to seeing him in on The Daily Show when channeling his rage for his long running Back in Black segment.
Still, even in comfy, casual wear, Black gives you all would want/handle with his thoughts on the RNC on The Late Show with his old Daily Show compatriot, Stephen Colbert.