 On April 23, 2014, the character appeared on "The Daily Show" to announce that he had clearly "won television" and would be ending "The Colbert Report" because he had met his goal.This came after the real Colbert announced he would not be using the character when he replaced David Letterman as the host of "Late Show" on CBS in 2015.The final episode of "The Colbert Report" aired on December 18, 2014.