Episode 96 - Stephen Colbert’s Exit Interview
From Late Night Lately by C+ Comedy
May 1, 2026 · 19 min · Season 1
About this episode
Stephen Colbert reflects on his time at 'The Late Show' in an interview with The New York Times.
This week in late night: Stephen Colbert tells The New York Times what went right, wrong and in between with his tenure on "The Late Show." Anne Hathaway’s charm carries over into a singing game on The Tonight Show Ayo Edebiri wears a giant boa on Late Night Asif Ali & Saagar Shaikh recount losing “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Mo Amer joins The Daily Show op-ed team John Oliver covers AI chatbots on Last Week Tonight Stephen Colbert’s NYT exit interview ————————————————— Get social! Website Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky
Topics covered
- Stephen Colbert
- Late Night
- interviews
- comedy
- television
Keywords
- Stephen Colbert
- The Late Show
- interview
- Anne Hathaway
- Ayo Edebiri
- Mo Amer
- John Oliver
- AI chatbots
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The New York Times, The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight
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