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As Stephen Colbert enters nan last weeks of The Late Show, his late-night peers are coming together to springiness him a due send-off.
Following their podcast tally during nan 2023 Hollywood strikes, nan big will reunite pinch nan Strike Force Five, featuring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver and Seth Meyers connected nan Monday, May 11 episode, airing astatine 11:35pm ET/PT connected CBS.
The 5 late-night hosts antecedently started a podcast together during nan WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes successful 2023, raising costs for their out-of-work writers while discussing nan labour strife and nan authorities of nan manufacture astatine large.
Meanwhile, Colbert’s Late Show predecessor David Letterman will subordinate him connected nan Thursday, May 14 episode, pursuing his strong words for nan network complete nan talk show’s cancellation.
“He was dumped because nan group trading nan web to Skydance said, ‘Oh no, there’s not going to beryllium immoderate problem pinch that guy. We’re going to return attraction of nan show. We’re conscionable going to propulsion that into nan deal. When will nan ink connected nan cheque dry?’ I’m conscionable going to spell connected grounds arsenic saying: They’re lying,” Letterman told The New York Times this week. “Let maine conscionable adhd 1 different thing. They’re lying weasels.”
In summation to nan Strike Force Five, nan May 11 section will characteristic a typical Broadway capacity from Annaleigh Ashford, Christopher Jackson, Bernadette Peters, Ben Platt and Patrick Wilson. The Strokes will execute connected nan May 14 episode.
After CBS announced past July that The Late Show is ending, nan last section will aerial Thursday, May 21 connected nan network, pinch Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed taking complete nan 11:35pm clip slot.
