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News Articles: Stephen Colbert

Jimmy Kimmel appeared as a guest on <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</em> on Tuesday, September 30, a week after Kimmel's return to ABC.

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Media companies thought late night TV was irrelevant. Kimmel proved them wrong

Jimmy Kimmel's return to airwaves might just point the way forward for late night TV to prove its relevance to American audiences — and to itself.

October 13, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
<em>Jimmy Kimmel Live! </em>was pulled off the air by ABC this week following threats from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr. Kimmel is shown above in Hollywood, Calif., in 2018.

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  • Television

'We are all Jimmy Kimmel': What late night hosts are saying about Kimmel's suspension

The late night hosts warned about the future of free speech on their shows Thursday.

September 19, 2025
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By:
  • Clare Lombardo
Stephen Colbert during <em>The Late Show</em> on Monday, July 21.

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  • Television

This was the week that comedy pushed back

South Park skewered President Trump. Stephen Colbert isn't holding back. This week, comedians on Paramount-owned shows aired their grievances against both their parent company and Trump.

July 27, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Stephen Colbert at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on April 21, 2024.

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  • Television

CBS will end 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' next year

Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night."

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Comedian and writer Mohanad Elshieky

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  • Arts & Culture News

Comedian Mohanad Elshieky on plot twists, political jokes, and going on tour

Comedian Mohanad Elshieky reflects on political satire, absurd headlines, and late-night’s uncertain future as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert prepares to end.

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling has named the mosquito as the world's scariest animal. He has a point.

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  • Global Health

Ryan Gosling has the correct answer to Colbert's question about the scariest animal

Spoiler alert: It's a bug. It flies. And it bites. There's no "Ken-fusion" about the fear factor of a mosquito's bite.

May 10, 2024
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By:
  • Marc Silver
Stephen Colbert returns to new episodes during Monday's <em>Late Show</em> program.

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  • Television

Late night TV is back! We rank their first episodes

The strike meant the hosts were sidelined for about five months and their return reminds us that satire helps us process the absurdities of modern life and politics.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
The late night heavyweights are putting their power into a new podcast, sharing this image on the Instagram page for the show.

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  • Television

Late night TV hosts team up for a new podcast amid the writers' strike

The biggest names in late night have turned their private group chat into a Spotify podcast. All the proceeds will go to support their staff during the writers' strike.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was one of the down ballot Republican candidates flying around Georgia with Governor Brian Kemp on the final day of campaigning.

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  • News

Obama, Raffensperger among 500 Americans banned from going to Russia

In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia announced Friday that it was banning 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • GPB News Staff

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  • Television

Here's how Stephen Colbert says his staff members got arrested on Capitol Hill

Some of Colbert's production staff were detained on Thursday while filming a puppet segment in a congressional building. He said it was a "simple story" that conservative media twisted.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Wynne Davis

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  • Television

Here's how Stephen Colbert says his staff members got arrested on Capitol Hill

Some of Colbert's production staff were detained on Thursday while filming a puppet segment in a congressional building. He said it was a "simple story" that conservative media twisted.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Wynne Davis
In this  photo, various cannabis oil products are displayed in the office of Georgia State Rep. Allen Peake, R - Macon, in Macon, Ga. Peake is at the center of a semi-legal statewide medical cannabis distribution network.

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  • Politics

A Pirate Cannabis Oil Operation Under The Golden Dome

The race for governor of Georgia has turned into a sprint now that the 2018 general assembly has concluded its business. What ammunition did the session...

April 02, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

The Breakroom: New Genderless Hollywood Award, The 'Bromance,' And Campus Carry Law Concerns

The Breakroom returns to discuss the news of the week. Our panel includes Atlanta-based author Nicki Salcedo ; Christian Zsilavetz , Executive Director...

May 16, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Whitney Chirdon

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