Colbert Says He Doesn't Miss Late Night: 'Nope' — SkimNews
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- Stephen Colbert appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" the night after winning outstanding variety series at the Emmys and answered "Nope!" when asked if he ever thinks about returning to late night.
- Kimmel told Colbert he seemed "like a different person," "happier" and "healthier" at the Emmy ceremony, prompting Colbert to joke that the old job was like being "lowered like carbon rods into a radioactive pool every day."
- Colbert told CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister and Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh that free speech is "alive and well" and called late night "just as funny and just as vital as it ever has been," naming Kimmel, Fallon, Oliver and Meyers.
- "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" ended in May after CBS cancelled the series, and the show's final season took home its first outstanding variety series Emmy on Monday.
- The Emmy was awarded against "The Daily Show," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" and "Saturday Night Live."
Why it matters: Colbert's departure from daily news commentary closes a chapter for CBS, which cancelled The Late Show in May, yet the franchise exits on a high note with its first-ever outstanding variety series Emmy. His public relief contrasts with his defense of the format he just left, a tension networks weighing the genre's future will have to navigate.
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