2026 is officially here, which makes the fact that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending seem a lot closer than it did just a few days ago. As Colbert moves forward on the last few months of his show, which will end in May on the 2026 TV schedule, he was given a chance to reflect on what he learned in 2025, and he has a very smart (and blunt) way of looking at things.
Colbert was a guest on CNN New Year's Eve 2026 with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen just before the ball dropped and the new year got underway. Cohen asked the late-night host what he had learned from 2025, and Colbert, not one to mince words, gave a very honest, if laughing, response when he said…
