Overview
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, capping a strong awards run for the program.
- Colbert accepted the trophy with members of his more than 200‑person staff on stage and repeatedly urged producers and networks to hire his now‑available writers and crew.
- The win followed a sweep at the Creative Arts/Pre‑telecast Emmys on September 5, when the show took multiple craft and writing prizes that revived its lifetime Emmy totals.
- The Television Academy this year merged talk and scripted variety into a single area award judged by a 90 percent Yes threshold that can produce multiple winners, but The Late Show was the sole recipient under that system.
- The Emmy sendoff deepened questions about the show’s May cancellation by CBS and immediately raised practical concerns about where the displaced staff will find work as Colbert begins to reappear publicly, including a guest spot on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the night after the Emmys.