{"id":2422593,"date":"2026-05-19T00:13:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2422593"},"modified":"2026-05-19T00:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:13:59","slug":"how-to-watch-the-final-episode-of-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-to-watch-the-final-episode-of-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-live\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch the final episode of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ live"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week marks the final week for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>. After its controversial cancellation<\/a> back in July<\/a>, the late-night series comes to an end this Thursday, May 21. While the details of the series finale<\/a> have yet to be revealed, we know that the episodes leading up to Thursday\u2019s finale will include a \u201cworst of\u201d roundup, performances from David Byrne and Bruce Springsteen, an interview withSteven Spielberg, and more. We also know that all these episodes will air at 11:35 p.m. ET\/PT on CBS \u2014 and they\u2019ll stream on Paramount+ (live for Premium subscribers, on-demand the next day for ad-supported).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know about watching the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em> this week.<\/p>\n

When is The Late Show with Stephen Colbert <\/em>ending?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will air on Thursday, May 21, 2026<\/p>\n

What time is the last Late Show with Stephen Colbert <\/em>episode on?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The last episode of Stephen Colbert\u2019s Late Show <\/em>will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ beginning at 11:35 p.m. ET\/PT.<\/p>\n

What channel is The Late Show with Stephen Colbert <\/em>on?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em> airs on CBS.\u00a0New episodes stream live on Paramount+ for premium subscribers and are available on-demand the following day for ad-supported subscribers.<\/p>\n

You can also tune into past episodes of the late-night show, free with ads, on CBS.com<\/a><\/p>\n

How to watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert <\/em>live without cable:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Who is the guest on the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

CBS has been keeping the details of the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert <\/em>under wraps.<\/p>\n

The penultimate episode, airing Wednesday, May 20, will feature a performance from\u00a0 Bruce Springsteen, as well as appearances by \u201cspecial guests,\u201d and Colbert answering his own \u201cThe Colbert Questionert\u201d for the very first time.<\/p>\n

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert <\/em>final week guest schedule:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Monday, May 18\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    The Worst of THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT (Not a clip show!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Tuesday, May 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      Special performance by David Byrne and Stephen Colbert<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Wednesday, May 20<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        Stephen Colbert takes \u201cThe Colbert Questionert,\u201d featuring special guests<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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        Performance by Bruce Springsteen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Thursday, May 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

        The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em> series finale<\/p>\n

        More ways to watch CBS without cable:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

        \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

        \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        This week marks the final week for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. After its controversial cancellation back in July, the late-night series comes to an end this Thursday, May 21. While the details of the series finale have yet to be revealed, we know that the episodes leading up to Thursday\u2019s finale will include […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2422594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[28851,375058,22653],"class_list":["post-2422593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-david-letterman","tag-stephen-colbert"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/How-to-watch-the-final-episode-of-The-Late-Show.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2422595,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422593\/revisions\/2422595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}