Follow live updates about the final episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” at Ed Sullivan Theater as CBS cancels the long-running late-night program.

CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ending its original late night run. Comics Unleashed will take its place but the network isn't done with the format.

The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was an emotional, star-studded event. During the celebration, Stephen Colbert had his band play copyrighted music, which requires licenses to

The host and his colleagues were joined by such luminaries as Anderson Cooper, Gayle King, Katie Couric, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Hamill, Tiffany Haddish, Drew Barrymore and the CBS host's final guest,

Stephen Colbert closed out "The Late Show" on CBS after 11 years, marking the end of a franchise that began with David Letterman.

CBS aired its final installment of The Late Show tonight, with Stephen Colbert—class act that he is—starting things off with a reminder that he has always referred to the series as “the joy machine,” before gently letting a wide swathe of cameoing celebrities down in their dreams of being his “last guest.

Stephen Colbert put on an emotional and existential final episode of “The Late Show” Thursday night, thanking his staff, studio audience and viewers for eleven years of laughs.

President Trump lambasted Stephen Colbert on Truth Social after the liberal comedian's final Late Show episode on CBS following an 11-year run as host.