{"id":31017,"date":"2025-08-04T17:37:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31017"},"modified":"2025-08-10T00:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T04:37:49","slug":"stephen-colbert-to-appear-as-fictional-talk-show-host-in-cbss-elsbeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31017","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert To Appear as Fictional Talk-Show Host in CBS’s ‘Elsbeth’"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\u00a9Courtesy of The Colbert Report<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Although Stephen Colbert<\/a> will be exiting as host of CBS\u2019s The Late Show<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, he will be appearing in an episode on the third season of Elsbeth<\/strong>, a comedy-drama series also on CBS. Colbert had revealed in July that CBS had decided not only to dismiss him but to end The Late Show<\/strong>‘s <\/em>franchise itself, with the final program slated to be broadcast in May of 2026.\u00a0

Elsbeth, <\/strong><\/em>about an unconventional attorney who investigates murders in New York City, is a spin-off of the hit legal dramas The Good Wife<\/em><\/strong> and The Good Fight<\/em><\/strong>. According to published reports, Colbert will be portraying the host of a late-night talk show called Way Life with Scotty Bristol<\/em>. The episode was reportedly shot just this week, but it may be many months before it will be shown.<\/p>\r\n

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Although CBS claimed the cancellation of Colbert’s show was purely a \u201cfinancial decision,\u201d David Letterman and others have claimed that politics also played a part in the situation. The Late Show<\/strong><\/em> was cancelled as CBS\u2019s parent company Paramount was seeking federal approval from the FCC for its proposed merger with Skydance Media. President Trump had filed a lawsuit against the network, which agreed to settle it for $16 million just before the merger had been approved\u2014a transaction that was vehemently criticized by Colbert as \u201ca big, fat bribe.\u201d

Vulture<\/em> also reported that CBS\u2019s invitation to cast the 61-year-old Colbert as the host of Way Life With Scotty Bristol<\/em> might be traced to an earlier discussion Colbert had with Wendell Pierce<\/a>, who plays the role of C. W. Wagner on the Elsbeth<\/strong> <\/em>show. In February, Colber told Pierce that he wanted to play the role of a corpse, to which he replied, \u201cI can make that happen. I know a guy who knows a guy. We can get you on.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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