Stephen Colbert's time as host of The Late Show is coming to an end in the 2026 TV schedule after CBS' shocking cancellation in the summer. This isn't the first of Colbert's shows to come to an end after a solid run, but he did clarify one big way that the end of The Late Show has been handled differently than a certain Comedy Central project. He's getting a lot more time to say goodbye than he and his fellow castmates did on Strangers With Candy.
New episodes of The Late Show have been airing (and crushing much of the other late night competition) with Stephen Colbert still interviewing A-list stars like Taylor Swift. CBS' cancellation news in July came with the confirmation that The Late Show would end in May 2026. In contrast, Stephen Colbert never got the official word that Strangers With Candy was ending back in 2000. Speaking about the Comedy Central sitcom that ran for three seasons at the New York Comedy Festival (via THR), Colbert said:
