Stephen Colbert received an overwhelmingly supportive welcome from the crowd as he appeared on stage at the 2025 Emmys to present the first award of the night.
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” who announced this summer that his show will be ending in May 2026, was greeted with a standing ovation before he announced the nominees for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series on Sunday, Sept. 14.
His peers stood up and began to chant “Stephen!” as soon as they spotted him. Colbert laughed and took a moment to take in the admiration. “Thank you very much! You’re very kind! Sit down. We’ve got to go!” he told the audience.
Colbert encouraged the crowd to return to their seats before joking that he was in need of a job.
“While I have your attention, is anyone hiring?” he quipped. He then said that his resume hadn’t been updated in a while before unfolding a paper to reveal a throwback black-and-white headshot.
Colbert added that there was only one entry on his resume and ventured into the crowd to hand the document to Harrison Ford. He playfully asked if the actor could pass it on to Steven Spielberg.
Toward the end of the show, the crowd chanted his name again as he accepted the Emmy for outstanding talk series for “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
“I want to thank CBS for giving us the privilege to be part of the ‘Late Night’ tradition, which I hope continues long after we’re no longer doing this show,” he said in his speech. He also expressed gratitude for the people on stage with him, the 200 professionals he works with, his fans for 20 years, his wife and his kids.
He said that while working on the show he had intended for it to be about love but it later became a series about loss.
“Ten years later in September of 2025, my friends I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong. Be brave. And if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!” he concluded.
As mentioned, Colbert revealed during the July 17 episode of his show that “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” is “going away” next year and will not be replaced.
“Before we start the show, I want to let you know something that I found out just last night. Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending the ‘Late Show’ in May,” he said as the crowd reacted by booing. “And, yeah, I share your feelings. It’s not just the end of our show, but it’s the end of ‘The Late Show’ on CBS.”
He explained, “I’m not being replaced, this is all just going away.”
Colbert inherited “The Late Show” from David Letterman when he stepped away in 2015.
“The Late Show” also won a Creative Artists Emmy Award on Sept. 7 in the category of outstanding directing for a variety series.
While accepting the Emmy for outstanding writing for a variety series on Sunday, “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” senior writer Daniel O’Brien appeared to reference Colbert’s cancellation.
“We are honored to share (this category) with all writers of late-night political comedy while that is still a type of show that’s allowed to exist,” he said.
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