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After The Late Show was cancelled by CBS<\/a>, the show\u2019s longtime host Stephen Colbert<\/a> has landed another late-night gig, albeit a fictional one, on the very same network. <\/p>\n

Colbert<\/a>, 61, has been confirmed for a guest appearance for the forthcoming third season of crime comedy show Elsbeth<\/a>, which follows an unconventional attorney investigating murders in New York.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/a> reports that Colbert will be playing the host of the fictional late-night talk show Way Late with Scotty Bristol. No further details of how Colbert\u2019s character will play into the narrative have been revealed, but the episode has reportedly already been filmed.<\/p>\n

Colbert\u2019s appearance on the show is said to have been in the works for some time and was apparently orchestrated by his new co-star, Wendell Pierce, who appeared on The Late Show in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his interview with Pierce, Colbert claimed that he had asked to play a corpse on Elsbeth, to which the actor said: \u201cI can make that happen. I know a guy who knows a guy. We can get you on.\u201d <\/p>\n

This exchange reportedly occurred just as Elsbeth\u2019s third season was commissioned by CBS.<\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> adds that Colbert\u2019s role was written specifically for him, and while it could have been recast following The Late Show\u2019s cancellation, it was agreed that the TV host should still play the role. <\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/p>\n

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Stephen Colbert\u2019s \u2018The Late Show\u2019 will end in 2026 (AP)<\/p>\n

Elsbeth, which is fronted by Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni, is a spin-off of the hit legal dramas The Good Wife and The Good Fight, where the character was first featured. Other notable stars from the show\u2019s first two seasons include Nathan Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Matthew Broderick and Laura Benanti.<\/p>\n

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is due to end in May 2026, a move that the network claims was motivated by a \u201cfinancial decision\u201d<\/a>. <\/p>\n

However, there has since been speculation<\/a> that the cancellation was announced to appease Donald Trump<\/a>, as Paramount, which owns CBS, relied on the presidentially controlled Federal Communications Commission to approve its $8bn sale to Skydance.<\/p>\n

Colbert has long been a vocal critic of Trump. His most recent spat with the president began when Colbert claimed that Paramount<\/a>\u2019s decision to pay a $16m settlement to Trump over another CBS show, 60 Minutes, amounted to a \u201cbig fat bribe\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Carrie<\/p>\n

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Carrie Preston in Elsbeth (Invision)<\/p>\n

Very soon after Colbert\u2019s \u201cbribe\u201d comment, Paramount announced the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which will come off the air in May next year.<\/p>\n

Trump revelled in the firing of one of his loudest detractors, posting on his Truth Social platform: \u201cI absolutely love that Colbert was fired.\u201d <\/p>\n

Colbert responded by declaring that the \u201cgloves are off\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-42791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}