“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” is the sole Emmy winner of this year’s outstanding variety series category, via the canceled CBS late-night series’ final season, which ended in May. “I want to thank so many people in this room,” he said.
Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show went out in Emmy-winning style, four months after it ended its run on CBS. The Late Show won Outstanding Variety Series for the second consecutive, and final time. It beat The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, SNL and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Colbert’s acceptance speech stayed away from political jibes or any comments about CBS, and instead served as a plea to the industry to hire his former staffers.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert won its final Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series tonight at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, celebrating its final season.
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” may have been canceled by CBS, but after taking home the award for outstanding variety series at Monday night’s Emmy Awards, Stephen Colbert is still optimistic about the state of late-night television.
Hot off his Emmy win for outstanding variety series, Stephen Colbert went on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Tuesday night and revealed if he ever thinks about returning to late night television. “Late night TV. I remember it well. Many fond memories of this,” Colbert said while taking the stage.
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