Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephen Colbert, Jim Carrey, Trevor Noah, gorgeous, rare automobiles, and, of course, coffee are all coming together for season 6 of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, set for a premiere on Jun. 3rd at 8:30PM PST right at the show’s site or on Crackle.
See how cool the last series of hang outs with Seinfeld are going to be in this trailer.
Stephen Colbert has kept relative radio silence since his departure from The Colbert Report last year.
However, not appearing in public probably wasn’t going to last all the way until the premiere of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in September.
So, here’s Colbert, on the week that David Letterman is exiting The Late Show, sans The Colbert Report “Stephen Colbert” character, giving one great send-off to the Wake Forest Class of 2015.
(via BuzzFeed News)
For all South Carolina teachers asking for grants via Donorschoose.org, that is indeed all the grants.
Just like he did with his Colbert Super PAC money, Stephen Colbert raised a good chunk of money, this time, from auctioning off The Colbert Report set and also got those funds matched from several charitable organizations and then put it to good use.
As he is a South Carolinian, Colbert chose to fund every grant money request for books, supplies, programs, etc. by South Carolina teachers on the educational crowdfunding platform Donorschoose, which totaled $800,000.
As he did this without the whole ruse of the Colbert character, this might be just a preview of the good will he’ll spread on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this fall.
If you don’t want to get into podcasts, but are still into the history of comedy and pulling back its curtain, Inside Comedy is a good place to go.
Last night, Inside Comedy with David Steinberg returned to Showtime, kicking off another round off in-depth exploratory interviews about the inner workings of individual comedians.
Just check Steinberg chatting with Stephen Colbert, Dan Akyroyd…
…and Michael Keaton (yes, Michael Keaton used to do stand-up).
If you dug all of these, be sure to catch Inside Comedy on Tuesdays at 11PM on Showtime.
In case you needed another reason to watch Stephen Colbert take over The Late Show from David Letterman, the comedic brilliance of Brian Stack is going to be part of Colbert’s team.
Much of the absurdist fun that Conan O’Brien has had over the years in his various versions of his show heavily feature one Brian Stack in a multitude of ridiculous characters including Frankenstein, the voice of Wiki Bear, a traveling salesman, and many more.
Announced yesterday, Stack’s last episode of Conan will be tonight and he will then be taking off to bring his genius to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and that show will be all the better for it.
Stack is the sort of guy that will probably get a great tribute montage of his best moments on Conan very soon.
“Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will debut on Sept. 8, CBS announces. Colbert’s comment below: pic.twitter.com/IPJX0xBD2a
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff)
So, one of the very final dates in the beginning of this new era of late night is set. Sept. 8th, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will premiere on CBS at 11:30PM (via @ditzkoff).
You read that right. We all have to wait nine months until Colbert resumes his role as a host on the legendary Late Show. As he has said himself, "I have nine months to make a show, just like a baby. So first, I should find out how you make a baby.“
That’s a long time, especially considering what’s going to be happening in the meantime.
For one, David Letterman is signing off from The Late Show on May 20th.
James Corden, who will be following Colbert with The Late Late Show, starts his hosting duties several months earlier on Mar. 23rd.
…and…
Larry Wilmore will be starting next week on Jan. 19th with The Nightly Show at Comedy Central.
…then…
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns for its second season Feb 8th at HBO.
…then…
Grace Helbig will be headlining her own talk show on E! ostensibly replacing Chelsea Handler starting in April, though it will air in primetime.
…then…
Conan O’Brien will tape a week of episodes at Comic Con this summer, which should be one of the most fun things to happen this year in late night.
The only other thing that is going to happen in the late night realm after Colbert takes over in the latter part of 2015 is the aforementioned Chelsea Handler doing a talk show on Netflix in 2016.
All of this is in addition to Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, and Jon Stewart, continuing to build their late night empires both live on TV and online.
So, with all of those dates set, that leaves four months at CBS where 11:30PM is vacant. Apparently, there will be reruns (via THR) playing in that slot during that time leading in Corden. All other late night programs will be more than happy to play against reruns at 11:30PM at CBS.
What interests us is what exactly will Colbert be up to in these nine months. The format for his tenure at The Late Show is set to be much more traditional than The Colbert Report, which, we think, wouldn’t necessarily need nine months of pre-production and retooling.
Is there something else that Colbert is up to for most of this year? Maybe it’s just some well deserved time off?
Either way, we definitely want 2015 to go way faster now.
(via Deadline)
The David Steinberg hosted interview series Inside Comedy is getting a 4th season at Showtime. This time around, the likes of Colbert, Michael Keaton, Dan Aykroyd, Carol Leifer, and more will sit and chat in-depth about their comedy with Steinberg.
Now that The Colbert Report is over, perhaps Stephen will divulge a little more about playing the character “Stephen Colbert”?
The final episode of The Colbert Report will air 11:30PM on Comedy Central with “Grimmy” more commonly known as The Grim Reaper.
Conan O’Brien’s “Conan To Go” special where some of the best remote segments over the years are all put together into one will air at 10PM on TBS.
We’re just giving you an update on what you’ll be doing this evening.
You don’t have to even DVR one or the other in order to end up watching both. Also, FYI, Comedy Central is airing a Colbert marathon today so you can further ditch whatever it is you were doing right now.
The Colbert Report and Craig Ferguson’s run at The Late Late Show come to their end this week. The final episodes air Thurs. and Fri. on Comedy Central and CBS at 11:30PM and 12:35AM respectively.
Whether you’ll be able to feel it or not, this is the end of an era in late night televised comedy. Colbert’s shift from cable to network is big, going from a very successful, but very atypical late night show in The Colbert Report to the most traditional one at The Late Show, though many of us believe Colbert will be able to update it for his current fan base.
Craig Ferguson claims that he’ll go walk the earth and solve crimes with his robot skeleton sidekick Geoff Peterson after he leaves his show. However, we think that it’s only a few months to a year off before Ferguson is back hosting a show. Again, for our money, he’s one of the best interviewers in late night history. That’s why it’s particularly painful to see that CBS uploaded very few, short, out-of-context clips of his show on his YouTube channel. Ferguson could easily get in on the same demographics as late night Internet kings like Fallon, Kimmel, and Conan, but alas, you would have to watch a whole episode at CBS.com just to watch a whole interview or a clip of stand-up, which is something very few people, especially in key demos, want to do.
No matter how you feel about it, both shows have always been worth tuning in for and you definitely should tune in for their swan songs this week.
What might be most fascinating is that the final guests of The Late Late Show and The Colbert Report will be Jay Leno and The Grim Reaper AKA Grimmy, respectively. Somehow, that’s a very fitting contrast between old and new late night.
There’s only a few more episodes of The Colbert Report left and they’re not sparing any expenses before Steve goes off to The Late Show. They already went to Washington D.C. and had Barack Obama as a guest this week and they capped the week off with inviting Smaug The Dragon from The Hobbit trilogy to chat with Stephen Colbert.
Watch it all happen here and wonder how long the flight, even for a dragon, was from Middle Earth to Manhattan.
This might as well be Stephen Colbert week (or even fortnight, so we can keep on celebrating him right up until the very end of The Colbert Report).
Today, you should check out Stephen getting to dress up as Bilbo, Legolas, and Gandalf from the realm of Middle Earth, which, as many of you might know, is probably a dream come true for him, and making the cover of Entertainment Weekly.
The Hobbits have nothing on how silly Colbert gets while dressed up as a dweller of Middle Earth. Watch behind the scenes of the photo shoot here.
As you’ve probably have already read plenty of times over, probably plenty right here at The Comedy Bureau, Stephen Colbert and James Corden will be the duo that take over The Late Show and The Late Late Show, respectively, at CBS next year.
When they take the reins to CBS’ late night line-up, they will be facing off against Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Carson Daly at NBC, Jimmy Kimmel at ABC, and Jon Stewart, Larry Wilmore, and Chris Hardwick at Comedy Central.
It’s a crowded field to be sure, but know that very few, if any, can harmonize like Colbert and Corden. Watch them sing a Christmas tune as well as Colbert giving some precautionary measures to Corden about what he’s getting into.
(via Deadline)
We’re on the threshold of the tectonic plates of the late night talk show world shifting.
Next week, Craig Ferguson will end his run at The Late Late Show and James Corden will take over three months later on Mar. 9th at CBS.
Also, next week, Stephen Colbert will end his run at The Colbert Report and Larry Wilmore will premiere The Nightly Show on Jan. 19th at Comedy Central.
Today, CBS announced that David Letterman’s final day as host of The Late Show will be Wed. May 20th, which is oddly a Wednesday rather than the usual end of the week send off.
So, this only leaves one date left for the next era of late night and that is when Stephen Colbert officially starts at The Late Show.
During his administration, President Barack Obama has proven himself to be quite the comedian. He has shined every year at The White House Correspondents Dinner, did one great episode of Between Two Ferns, slow jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon, and he, just last night, has done The Colbert Report’s The Word segment as The Decree and absolutely delivered.
Watch Obama take Colbert’s host chair for a spin, then all three parts of his interview with Stephen and you’ll see why he might be U.S. History’s funniest Commander-In-Chief.
Not only will The Colbert Report have a special episode on Mon. Dec. 8th at 11:30PM on Comedy Central by going live from Washington D.C. as well as calling the whole event “The Stephen Colbert Presents: Mr. Colbert Goes to Washington, D.C. Ya Later, Legislator: Partisan Is Such Sweet Sorrow: A Colbert Victory Lap ‘014”, but Stephen Colbert has just announced that the POTUS will be his guest.
Indeed, President Barack Obama will sit down and chat with Colbert, which might be great timing as he could use a Colbert bump right now.
Stephen Colbert is going to make the last few episodes of The Colbert Report really special. One of the ways that he’s going to do that is by taping an episode live from our nation’s capital.
“The Stephen Colbert Presents: Mr. Colbert Goes to Washington, D.C. Ya Later, Legislator: Partisan Is Such Sweet Sorrow: A Colbert Victory Lap ‘014” is set for next Mon. Dec. 8th.
Here’s Colbert giving you the details on the momentous occasion and long title.
Don’t want any specific religion in your Christmas, one of the most religion based holidays out there, special?
Comedy Central has got you covered with their All-Star Non Denominational Christmas Special featuring the likes of Key & Peele, Kroll Show, Andy Daly, Broad City, Larry Wilmore, Stephen Colbert, and way more.
It premieres tonight at 10PM and repeats at the same time on Fri., Sat., and Sun. this Thanksgiving weekend.
The days of The Colbert Report are coming to a close and thus, it was inevitable that Jon Stewart would once again face his former employee Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report.
It just took The Colbert Report ending and Jon to direct Rosewater to have this happen. Still, it’s always fun to see the two edges of the same side of the same coin go at it.
Watch parts one and two of Jon Stewart’s appearance on The Colbert Report here.
(via The Washington Post)
While The Colbert Report comes to a close on Dec. 18th, you’ll have a chance to see Stephen Colbert host once more not too long after that. Of course, Colbert is set to take over The Late Show, but he’s also now going to host the annual Kennedy Center Honors set to broadcast on Dec. 30th on CBS after taping on Dec. 7th.
Lily Tomlin and Tom Hanks are among the honorees and will undoubtedly be fun to see next to or around Colbert, post-Colbert Report.
Jon Stewart’s directorial debut Rosewater would be remiss without some sort of event attached to the movie’s premiere.
Luck would have that on Nov. 13th at 7:30PM EST (and tape delay for 7:30PM MT/CT/PST), Stewart will be chatting with his satirical news program cohort Stephen Colbert and it will be broadcast into theaters via Fathom Events.
While Rosewater isn’t at all a comedy, we’re sure that Stewart and Colbert in conversation will be a whole lot of fun, perhaps reminiscent of John Mulaney recently interviewing Dan Mintz.
(via Deadline)
Two weeks ago, Stephen Colbert announced that they were 32 episodes left of The Colbert Report. Unless we’re miscounting a pre-empted episode we forgot about, that means there are 24 more episodes at Comedy Central left as of the post being written.
More specifically though, The Colbert Report and the character Stephen Colbert plays on the show will retire on Dec. 18th in order to take over for Letterman next year. So, mark your calendars.
Hopefully, something involving a fight for power with Jon Stewart will be involved when that happens.
In case you haven’t heard, Stephen Colbert is set to leave The Colbert Show after almost a decade at the end of 2014 in order to replace David Letterman at The Late Show.
In fact, there’s only 32 episodes left of The Colbert Report as was announced last night by Stephen himself. They should all be a doozy or, as he says, “instant classics”.
So, on the final episode, you guess is as good is ours as to what might happen. We’re guessing something in the realm of the Colbert going to switch out his glasses, perhaps take off a espionage grade latex mask off his own face to signal the end of the “character” Stephen Colbert.
Though there have been famous verbal jousts between Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart in the past, it would seem the host of The O’Reilly Factor has a much different relationship with Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report.
Bill O’Reilly called out Colbert for poking fun at his plan for a internationally funded mercenary force to deal with the conflict in the Middle East. Of course, Colbert wasn’t going to let that go, especially since they’re “on” the same side.
Watch his response here.
Living comedy legend Bill Cosby sits down and has a chat with comedy legend in the making Stephen Colbert.
That should suffice for an explanation of why you should watch this interview now.
On the promotional track for Zero Theorem, Terry Gilliam appeared on The Colbert Report complete with kimono and took his positive vibe and message against the wit of the Stephen Colbert character.
The result was pretty damn fun. Also, Colbert does a Monty Python “walk from the desk to the interview table”. Watch it here.