Jon Stewart has been living under Stephen Colbert’s desk since his departure from The Daily Show. You’re joining him there for the most cramped and hilarious time of your life! Forget behind the scenes, because you’re going underneath the scenes for a truly inside look at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. You’ll meet Stephen, hang out with Jon under the desk for a segment, ask that night’s guest a question and deliver one epic punchline that’s sure to bring down the house. And since Jon gets to tag along on Stephen’s show, you’ll also get to bring a friend of your own to cheer you on from VIP seats. Flights, hotel and nonstop laughs included.
You Will:
- Experience a taping of The Late Show from the closest seat in the house: huddled underneath Stephen’s desk
- Hang out with Jon Stewart under the desk for a segment
- Pop out to ask that night’s guest a question and deliver one sure-to-be-hilarious punchline
- Get flown out to NYC and put up in a 4-star hotel
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We all got a little excited when The Weather Channel first announced they would be naming one of the upcoming 2017-2018 winter storms after Stephen. After all, it’s been a while since he was properly named after anything, so it would have been a step (or snow print) in the right direction. But sadly, we have learned that it’s not to be:
The Weather Channel released its annual winter storm names for the 2017 to 2018 season this past Thursday, but Stephen Colbert didn’t make the list.
You might recall that Colbert had a little fun last year at The Weather Channel’s expense when it came to its process of naming winter storms. “The Weather Channel has no authority to name anything,” he quipped. “They are not part of the government. In fact, I have as much authority to name things as they do.”
But as you can see in the screenshot of the names released this week, the 2017 to 2018 season’s third storm is named “Chloe,” not “Colbert.”
“Severe weather events year round present a considerable risk to life and property,” a Weather Channel spokesperson told us. “We want to ensure that the focus stays on important information everyone in the path of each storm needs so they can take adequate precautions ahead of storms’ impact.”
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The Late Show host paid to have his entire staff flown out and put up in a hotel in downtown Los Angeles for Emmys weekend so they, too, could be on hand to celebrate the show’s three nominations as well as Colbert’s hosting gig. In all, the show’s producer Chris Licht, who also produced Sunday night’s awards, says there were more than 200 guests (including staffers and plus-ones), who came out for the weekend’s events that also included a party at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant not far from L.A. Live on Saturday night.
“He’s one of the most genuinely nice people I’ve ever worked with,” Licht tells THR. “And it was very important to him that the people who got him to this place be here to enjoy it with him.” A much smaller group joined Colbert after the Emmys on Sunday when he hosted an exclusive party at Beauty & Essex in Hollywood. By then, Colbert and his team had reached their limit with press and photographers so a strict “no media, no photographs” policy was put in place. Colbert only posed for one image featuring him holding a glass of Brett Ratner’s Hillhaven Lodge whiskey to close out the busy night. The only downside is that Colbert and crew went home empty-handed, but one source said you wouldn’t know it judging by the vibe at the party. “He was in a great mood,” relayed the source.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter.
THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT kicks off the fall television season celebrating its second anniversary with a look back at its best moments on Monday, Septempter 18, 2017. This retrospective will feature a brand new open, shot behind the scenes at the 69TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS the moment Stephen Colbert completes his hosting duties Sunday, September 17, 2017.
THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT placed first in the 2016-2017 television season averaging 3.26 million viewers, giving CBS its first late night win since 1994-1995. Compared to the last television year-to-date, THE LATE SHOW is up +21%, the only 11:35 PM program to post growth. With live plus 7-Day viewing, THE LATE SHOW has placed first in viewers with first-run programming every week since Jan. 30. Also, total streams of THE LATE SHOW are up +30% year-over-year across digital platforms, and according to Nielsen Social, THE LATE SHOW is the most social late night talk show year to date.
Press Release: CBS Press Express.
Vanity Fair talks to Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, the executive producers of this years Emmy awards, about what we can expect on Sunday night, and an insight in Stephen Colbert’s approaching to hosting.
Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner promise this year’s Emmys ride, which will be their first and will air live on CBS at 8 P.M. E.T. Sunday, will be well-paced and entertaining. They’ll be leaning heavily into Colbert’s quick wit and TV knowledge, a deep bench of presenters including Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman, and Alec Baldwin, and an emotional and unique In Memoriam segment.
“We didn’t just cookie-cutter the running order of the show,” Kirshner said. “We decided to do a real build. We are building it so the last hour is going be so packed, with a lot of people from the film world. Stay for the full three hours, ’cause it gets better and better as we go.”
Expect less political humor from Colbert, they say, than ‘The Late Show’ host delivers nightly on on his own program, and more jokes specific to the medium of television. “In our first meeting with Stephen Colbert, he started quoting things from different shows in depth, and Ricky and I realized, this is a real TV fan,” Weiss said. “We’ve got some scripted bits, some pre-taped bits. He has provided a bunch of material which is not at all politically based.”
And if Colbert, who is also nominated for six Emmys this year, wins a statuette himself, Weiss and Kirshner have some experience with that scenario—they produced the Tonys in 2004, the year Tony host Hugh Jackman won for The Boy from Oz. “If Stephen wins an Emmy?” Weiss said. “We give him an Emmy.”
Stephen Colbert and Puppy on the ‘Late Show’
Laura Prudom from Mashable examines the Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s increasing dominance across both televised and digital platforms, how the shows digital strategy compliments the show and fills the void during break weeks, and the shows approach to digital promotion.
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Season 3 of the ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ will air on DR3 Denmark weeknights at approx. 6:30PM and 11:30PM.
The time slot was formerly occupied by the ‘Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon’.
The channels facebook page writes, “It is our opinion that Stephen Colbert is a good representative of the American talk show genre at a time when American politics invite the need for sharp commentary.“
Season 3 of the ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ will commence airing on Prime TV New Zealand weeknights at 10:30PM from Tuesday, 5 September, 2017.
Encore screenings will air the following day at 1:55PM.
The time slot was formerly occupied by the ‘Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon’.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – Part 3
We all got a little excited when The Weather Channel first announced they would be naming one of the upcoming 2017-2018 winter storms after Stephen. After all, it’s been a while since he was properly named after anything, so it would have been a step (or snow print) in the right direction. But sadly, we have learned that it’s not to be:
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Vanity Fair talks to Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, the executive producers of this years Emmy awards, about what we can expect on Sunday night, and an insight in Stephen Colbert’s approaching to hosting.
Stephen Colbert and Puppy on the ‘Late Show’
Laura Prudom from Mashable examines the Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s increasing dominance across both televised and digital platforms, how the shows digital strategy compliments the show and fills the void during break weeks, and the shows approach to digital promotion.
Read more
Season 3 of the ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ will air on DR3 Denmark weeknights at approx. 6:30PM and 11:30PM.
The time slot was formerly occupied by the ‘Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon’.
The channels facebook page writes, “It is our opinion that Stephen Colbert is a good representative of the American talk show genre at a time when American politics invite the need for sharp commentary.“
Season 3 of the ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ will commence airing on Prime TV New Zealand weeknights at 10:30PM from Tuesday, 5 September, 2017.
Encore screenings will air the following day at 1:55PM.
The time slot was formerly occupied by the ‘Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon’.