One day after hosting The Late Show on CBS for the last time, Stephen Colbert made a spectacular comeback to late-night television.
Colbert continued to lead the renowned show after replacing the departing David Letterman in 2015 until its cancellation was declared in May of last year.
Then, entertainment journalist Matthew Belloni at Puck revealed that the program cost the network $40 million annually.
Sir Paul McCartney took over as Colbert’s final celebrity guest to be interviewed on the show on his farewell episode, which aired on Thursday night.
In his opening monologue, he joked, “It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV, so I am grateful to be here on Monroe Community Media before they also get acquired by Paramount.” By Friday night, he was making appearances on local public access television in Monroe County, Michigan, comparing their show Only in Monroe.
One day after anchoring The Late Show on CBS for the last time, Stephen Colbert made a spectacular comeback to late-night on public access TV in Michigan on Saturday.
“Technically our first show in July of 2015 was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan, for an audience of 12 people,” Colbert stated on his most recent Late program episode, so viewers won’t be surprised by his current TV gig. “Given the current state of show business, that’s probably where you’ll see me next.”
He hosted Only in Monroe on Saturday for an hour, during which he welcomed celebs like Jeff Daniels and Jack White, joked about local news, and featured pre-recorded comedic moments with Steve Buscemi and Eminem.
In honor of Stephen Colbert’s farewell show, President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated video showing himself beating the comic and tossing him into a garbage. Colbert’s public access TV appearance followed.
The president seems to be closing the coffin, or rather the trash, on the long-documented conflict between the Republican and the late-night host.
A 22-second AI video of Colbert doing his opening monologue while Trump approached from behind was shared by the official White House account.
As his favorite song, YMCA, began to play, the 79-year-old abruptly grabbed the comic by the collar, hurled him into a dumpster on set, and sealed the lid.
Trump performed his trademark shimmy to the 1978 song as the video came to a close.
He invited celebs like Jeff Daniels and joked about local news during his hour-long hosting of Only in Monroe on Saturday.
Another guest who made an appearance on the broadcast was Jack White.
“Bye-bye” was the White House’s caption for the video.
Colbert has “no talent, no ratings, no life,” according to the president, who had earlier praised the late-night show’s Truth Social finale.
Trump wrote, “He was like a dead person.” “Anyone off the streets would be superior to this complete jerk.” “Amazing that he lasted so long!” I’m glad he’s finally gone.
After 11 years on the air, Colbert suddenly announced last year that Paramount/CBS will not be extending his contract, ending the late-night show after 44 years.
The cancellation occurred days after the Northwestern University graduate referred to Paramount/CBS’ $16 million lawsuit settlement with President Trump as “a big fat bribe,” despite the network’s initial claims that it was “purely a financial decision.”
Additionally, Paramount was in the middle of a multibillion-dollar merger with the film company Skydance, which needs the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) clearance.
In honor of Stephen Colbert’s last late-night show, Donald Trump shared an AI video of himself attacking the comedian.
He shoved Colbert into a dumpster on the comedian’s show set in the footage.
Trump filed a lawsuit against CBS for a 60-minute interview with Kamala Harris, his opponent in the 2024 race, that was falsely altered to make her responses seem more persuasive before the election.
Colbert made a few shots at his now-former employers at CBS and Paramount as the show came to a close.
Colbert highlighted a recent item about how the owner of the music used in Peanuts cartoon specials filed multiple lawsuits against those who played the tune Linus and Lucy without permission during his Meanwhile segment, when the now-former late-night presenter talked about lesser-known news events.
Colbert observed, “Now, Peanuts is a powerful brand and corporation in and of itself.” “Those who use that music illegally will have to pay a hefty price.”
“Louis, is the band right now playing the same Peanuts music that I just said people were being sued for using without permission?” he asked vocalist Louis Cato as his band began playing the song. Cato nodded.
The White House wrote, “Bye-bye!” as the caption on the footage, which shows Trump assaulting Colbert.
“Oh no, I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money,” Colbert sarcastically remarked as Trump started to perform his well-known shimmy to the YMCA at the end of the 22-second clip.
When Colbert went to look into what had been causing “technical difficulties” during his show in a pre-recorded segment as the star-studded final episode was coming to a finish, he discovered a whirling green vortex.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, a renowned astrophysicist, went on to explain that the cancellation of his show, which was “number one on late night,” created a “interdimensional wormhole.”
He claimed that the contradiction “created a rift in the comedy-variety-talk continuum” that posed a threat to “all of late night television.”
On March 25, Tolkien Reading Day, Colbert stated that he had landed a post-cancellation job writing a new Lord of the Rings movie for Warner Bros. alongside his 27-year-old son Peter McGee and Philippa Boyens.
Trump, on the other hand, has been on an AI-generated rampage. An hour ago, he posted an altered picture of himself looking over Greenland’s mountains with the comment, “Hello, Greenland!”
It happened barely hours after the arrival of the US special envoy to Greenland to establish a new American consulate on the island was greeted by irate demonstrators.
Trump had already attacked Colbert on Truth Social, claiming he had “no talent, no ratings, no life.”
Trump has been posting AI photos of current affairs on a regular basis.
More than 500 Greenlanders marched through the capital city of Nuuk on Thursday, waving red-and-white Greenlandic flags and carrying banners that read “Go Home USA,” “Make America Go Away!” and “We are not for sale,” giving Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry a chilly reception in downtown Nuuk.
“We own Greenland.” It is our nation. Neither Denmark nor the United States own it. Grethe Kramer Berthelsen, a resident of Greenland, told the AFP at the gathering, “We are a people and we live here.”
In order to shield the White House from any threats, he also shared an AI image of a “golden dome” around it.
Trump’s version of Israel’s Iron Dome, a military defense system, is called the Golden Dome.
Additionally, Trump shared an AI image of happy-looking Chinese people waving American and Chinese flags along with the caption, “China Loves Trump.”
