“The Late Present with Stephen Colbert” received the Emmy for excellent discuss sequence Sunday for the primary time — seven months earlier than it goes off the air.
Colbert, accepting the award to rapturous applause and cheers from the viewers inside Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, thanked the roughly 200 “unbelievable professionals” who work behind the scenes of the late-night present, which CBS is canceling.
He then mirrored extra broadly on the legacy of “The Late Present,” saying he initially got down to do a late-night comedy sequence about “love” after which realized it was really about “loss.”
“Generally, you solely know the way a lot you like one thing whenever you get a way you is perhaps shedding it. … I’ve by no means cherished my nation extra desperately. God bless America. Keep sturdy and be courageous, and if the elevator tries to convey you down, go loopy and punch a better flooring,” Colbert mentioned.
CBS introduced in July that it could finish “The Late Present” on the conclusion of its present season, which runs via Could. In an announcement on the time, community executives mentioned the transfer was “not associated in any method to the present’s efficiency, content material or different issues taking place at Paramount.”
The opposite issues included the pending company tie-up between Paramount, CBS’ mother or father firm, and Skydance. The merger required approval from the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Fee.
Within the wake of the cancellation announcement, a lot of Colbert’s followers cried foul, arguing he was being penalized for his lengthy historical past of criticizing President Donald Trump.
Colbert had additionally mocked Paramount for agreeing to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit from Trump, who alleged that CBS’ “60 Minutes” had deceptively edited a pre-election interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
CBS denied the president’s declare.
Colbert, in his acceptance speech, didn’t criticize the community he has referred to as house since 2015.
“I need to thank CBS for giving us the privilege to being a part of late-night custom, which I hope continues lengthy after we’re now not doing this present,” Colbert mentioned.
The opposite nominees within the discuss present class this 12 months had been Comedy Central’s “The Day by day Present” and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!”
