What is The Late Show with Stephen Colbert?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Lateshow colbert logo.jpg|right|200px]] '''''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''''' is an American [[late-night]] [[talk show]] hosted by [[Stephen Colbert]] on [[CBS]]. It is the second [[version]] of the [[Late Show (CBS TV series)|''Late Show'']] <nowiki/>franchise, following the retirement of original ''Late Show'' host [[David Letterman]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Stephen Colbert Named New ‘Late Show’ Host|url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/stephen-colbert-new-late-show-host-replacing-david-letterman/|access-date=April 10, 2014|publisher=[[Deadline.com]]|date=April 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Jonathan Batiste]] is the bandleader.<ref>C{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Carter |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=David Letterman to Retire in 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/business/media/david-letterman-to-retire-in-2015.html |date=April 3, 2014 |access-date=April 3, 2014}}</ref> The show premiered on September 8, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title='Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Premieres on Tuesday September 8th|url=http://splitsider.com/2015/01/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-premieres-on-tuesday-september-8th/|access-date=January 12, 2015|work=Splitsider.com|date=January 12, 2015|archive-date=January 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113020035/http://splitsider.com/2015/01/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-premieres-on-tuesday-september-8th/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Colbert had previously hosted ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on [[Comedy Central]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.colbertlateshow.com Official website] * {{Twitter|colbertlateshow|''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''}} {{tv-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The}} [[Category:2015 American television series debuts]] [[Category:2010s American television series]] [[Category:American comedy television series]] [[Category:American television talk shows]] [[Category:CBS network shows]] [[Category:English-language television programs]]