Stephen Colbert kicked off The Late Show Thursday with a sarcastic jab at his soon-to-be former boss, expressing his “love” for Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison while quipping that he just bought his canceled show a “couple more months.”
Colbert, whose decade-plus run with CBS wraps up next May, opened the show by acknowledging that it was a special occasion that he wanted to commemorate with his studio audience.