Stephen Colbert is making it known that he is on the hunt for a new job.
The talk show host hilariously addressed the impending cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” at the 2025 Emmy Awards on Sunday night, Sept. 14.
“While I have your attention, is anyone hiring?,” Colbert joked while receiving a standing ovation before presenting the first award of the night.
“’Cause I’ve got 200 very well-qualified candidates with me here tonight who’ll be available in June,” he said.
Colbert then pulled out a copy of his resume for any interested employers.
“I haven’t had a chance to update my headshot in a bit,” Colbert said while holding up an older photo of himself. “I think it still works. I’m in there somewhere.”
The talk show host then proceeded to run off the stage and hand his resume to Harrison Ford to give to Stephen Spielberg.
During a live taping on July 11, Colbert shared CBS was ending “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026.
The announcement came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global, parent company of his network CBS, for settling with President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” story.
“I am offended,” Colbert said in his monologue the Monday night prior.
“I don’t know if anything — anything — will repair my trust in this company, he continued. “But, just taking a stab at it, I’d say $16 million would help.”
Colbert said the technical name in legal circles for the deal was “big fat bribe.”
Paramount and CBS executives said in a statement the cancellation “is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”
That same week, “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” was nominated for outstanding talk show for the sixth time. Colbert took home the award at the ceremony Sunday night.
“I want to thank CBS for giving us the privilege of being part of the late-night tradition, which I hope continues long after we’re no longer doing this show,” he said while accepting the award.
Colbert concluded his remarks with a comment that suggested he is looking to his post-CBS future.
“If the elevator tries to bring you down, go cray and punch a higher floor,” the talk show host joked.
Rumors have circulated that Colbert has signed a deal with Netflix since his show’s cancellation announcement. During Colbert’s final show on Aug. 7 before his hiatus, the host referenced a Daily Beast story on vice president JD Vance, who was accused of requesting the water level of the Little Miami River be raised for his family’s boating excursion.
“This is such an insane, spoiled-baby emperor move that I have no choice but to break out my new character: Wittle Pwince Vance,” Colbert said during the show, using a baby voice while wearing a mask of Vance’s face with a crown. “Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! I want my wiver waised for my birthday! Also, I don’t like how bwue the sky is — paint it wed! Now, give me juice box.” When a staffer handed Colbert a juice box, he whined, “Not fwuit juice — apple! Kill him! Kill him!”
Colbert then took the mask off and said, “Netflix, call me. I’m available in June.”
This joke became the foundation for the online claim, which, according to Newsweek, stated that Netflix had secured a roughly $13.5 million, seven-episode deal with Colbert.
The speculation was amplified after Politico and Bloomberg wrote that Netflix Co-founder and Chairman, Reed Hastings, donated $2 million to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting efforts.
Additionally, an X user wrote a false claim on the platform stating that “Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series,” Newsweek added.
The post quickly went viral, racking up over 1 million views, 39,000 like and 1,700 comments.
However, a context note underneath the X post read, “There is no confirmation that Stephen Colbert has signed a deal with Netflix” and sourced the media outlet Netflix Junkie, which said the claim “is nothing more than a hoax as there has been no confirmation of such a project, nor any indication of Colbert’s next move.”
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