Some of the biggest shows on the 2025 TV schedule are gearing up for the medium’s biggest night, as audiences will get to see which of this year’s Emmy Award nominees will be taking home the prestigious trophies. Of course, a single night devoted to Primetime just isn’t enough, thus the need for two nights of ceremonies to hand out a variety of Creative Arts Emmys to all the winning talents. And perhaps shockingly, one of those wins went to the controversially canceled Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
This marks the first time that the late night staple was named as the winner of any Emmys while in its Stephen Colbert era (Colbert-a?), and the timing is quite interesting, coming less less than two months after CBS announced The Late Show’s cancellation, and a month after Skydance and Paramount’s mega-merger was finalized. Is it possible TV Academy voters are stealth campaigning for The Late Show’s cancellation to get reversed? Let’s take a look at what we know.
