Overview
- Colbert will host a reunion of Strike Force Five — Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver — on Monday, May 11, in the show’s penultimate week.
- David Letterman returns to the Ed Sullivan Theater on Thursday, May 14, for a sit‑down with Colbert, with The Strokes booked to perform that night.
- The Late Show signs off on Thursday, May 21, with CBS confirming that Comics Unleashed will debut in the slot on Friday, May 22.
- Comics Unleashed will air as two back‑to‑back 30‑minute episodes each night, followed by Byron Allen’s Funny You Should Ask, under a deal running through the 2026–27 season.
- Allen’s arrangement is a time‑buy in which he pays CBS for airtime, covers production costs, and sells the ads himself, and Colbert marked the handoff by sending Allen a congratulatory note and highlighting his next project co‑writing a new Lord of the Rings film.