Back in August, we reported that CBS had fired Stephen Colbert and canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Colbert and his fellow Hollywood elites have been claiming that his show was canceled for political reasons, as he has been vehemently against the current presidential administration. However, it has since been revealed that CBS was losing a staggering $40-50 million a year on The Late Show.
That’s why it came as a surprise last night when The Late Show won the top late night award at the Emmy Awards.
The Late Show Wins Top Emmy
On Sunday night, Hollywood threw their support behind Colbert when The Late Show won the top late night Emmy for the very first time.
Though The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will be ending after its next season, it managed to win the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series. This was the first time that CBS has ever had a win in this category.
The Late Show managed to beat out The Daily Show, which had won for the last two years in a row. It also defeated Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Not nominated this year was Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which had dominated this category over the past decade since Colbert took over for David Letterman.
Colbert’s Acceptance Speech
Colbert, 61, took the stage to accept the Emmy with his team of writers behind him. He initially took the high road by thanking CBS despite the network’s decision to cancel his show.
“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,” Colbert began.
Colbert then shifted to gushing about his own show, which he claims is all about “love.”
“Ten years ago, in September of 2015, Spike Jonze stopped by my office and said, ‘What do you want this show to be about? I said, ‘Ah, Spike, I don’t know how you could do it, but I kind of want to do a a late-night comedy show that was about love,'” Colbert alleged.
“I don’t know if I ever figured that out, but at a certain point, and you can guess what that point was, I realized that in some ways, we were doing a late-night comedy show about loss and that’s related to love, because sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it,” he continued.
Colbert ended his speech by proclaiming his love for America.
“Ten years later, in September of 2025, I have never loved my country more desperately,” Colbert concluded. “God bless America. Stay strong. Be brave and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor.”
Check out Colbert’s full speech for yourself in the video below.
Colbert Hemorrhages Viewers
Colbert can claim that The Late Show was “all about love” all that he wants to, but many would be quick to disagree.
During the 33 years that Letterman hosted The Late Show, it was a hilarious program that all Americans could enjoy regardless of their political affiliations. That all changed when Colbert took over in 2015. Once Donald Trump won the presidential election the next year, Colbert wasted no time in turning The Late Show into yet another propaganda tool for the left.
These days, Colbert uses The Late Show to lecture viewers about liberal politics, focusing on that far more than on making people laugh. This has led to Colbert hemorrhaging viewers, and to his show costing CBS $40-50 million a year.
“Colbert gets no advertising and late night is a tough spot,” a CBS source told The New York Post over the summer. “Colbert might be No. 1, but who watches late night TV anymore?”
The insider went on to say that CBS is a “melting ice cube” with its losses and cost overruns. That’s why executives are launching a plan to enhance CBS Sports. They also are eager to invest in in “truth-based” news at a network that conservatives have long claimed has a strong liberal bias.
Hollywood can continue to pat Colbert on the back all that they want to, but it’s clear that his show is more irrelevant than ever. Colbert may be taking home an Emmy, but he won’t be winning viewers over again anytime soon.
In the end, it’s simply too late for Colbert and his late night talk show. An Emmy Award isn’t going to change that!