Former Late Show host David Letterman is returning as one of Stephen Colbert's final guests.
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Colbert will also reunite with Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers.
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The series is set to end on May 21.
They'reno pope, but these guys will do.
AsStephen Colbertprepares to say goodbye toThe Late Show, he's set to reunite with his predecessor and his former podcast cohosts.
Ahead of his final show on May 21, Colbert will kick off his second to last week on Monday, May 11, by welcoming fellow late-nights hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver, a.k.a. theStrike Force Five. During the 2023 WGA strike, Colbert and his colleagues came together for a 12-episode podcast series, with the proceeds going to their employees, who were out of work as their shows went dark.
Then, on May 14, Colbert will be joined by originalLate Showhost David Letterman, who passed the franchise on to Colbert upon his retirement in 2015.
Last summer,CBS announcedthe cancellation of Colbert's iteration and the end of the show's historic 33-year run. "We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retireThe Late Showfranchise at that time," the network said in a statement, adding that the surprising move was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night."
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Reports have suggested that the network was losing upward of $40 million a year on the production. Many skeptics, however, have pointed to Skydance Media acquiring Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, as a cause, saying the new leadership wanted to stay out of the crossfire of President Donald Trump.
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Letterman recently made headlines with his claim thatColbert was "dumped"so that he didn't make any more "trouble" for CBS. "I'm just going to go on record as saying: They're lying," Letterman declared in aNew York Timesinterview on Tuesday. "Let me just add one other thing... They're lying weasels."
In addition to Letterman and theStrike Force Fivecrew, the penultimate week ofLate Showguests will include Pedro Pascal, Billy Crystal, Ina Garten, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Tom Hanks.
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