{"id":28463,"date":"2025-09-21T02:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T02:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/28463\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T02:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T02:20:08","slug":"now-that-stephen-colbert-is-leaving-late-night-he-might-be-the-morning-shows-most-chaotic-addition-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/28463\/","title":{"rendered":"Now that Stephen Colbert is Leaving Late-Night, He Might Be \u2018The Morning Show\u2019s Most Chaotic Addition Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

With CBS\u2019 sudden cancellation of The Late Show<\/a>, Stephen Colbert<\/a>\u2019s decade-long tenure behind the desk will soon come to a close. After 20 years as one of television’s sharpest voices, it looks like Colbert will soon have a lot more free time on his hands. Jennifer Aniston<\/a> has offered a suggestion for how he might spend it \u2014 by joining her on the cast of The Morning Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On The Late Show last week, Aniston stopped by to promote the fourth season<\/a> of her hit Apple TV series, which premieres this week<\/a>. She discussed what\u2019s to come for her character, Alex Levy, and teased new additions to the ever-expanding, star-studded ensemble cast<\/a>. Season 4 will introduce Jeremy Irons<\/a> as Alex\u2019s father, and Marion Cotillard<\/a> as the network\u2019s new board president. As for what\u2019s next, Aniston told him she\u2019s hoping for a fifth season. Colbert quipped, \u201cAny fancy casting opportunities there for anybody?\u201d<\/p>\n

Colbert Auditions for The Morning Show Season 5 Live on The Late Show<\/p>\n

As a matter of fact, she revealed to him that they’d begun to do some preliminary casting<\/a> in hopeful anticipation of a fifth season, and it seemed Aniston had someone specific in mind. She told the audience, \u201cYou know he was an actor, right? A really brilliant actor.\u201d And she’s right: though he doesn’t have a ton of credits under his belt, Colbert played the surreal straight man on an absurd sitcom called Strangers With Candy, and for years on The Colbert Show, he played a satirical political pundit with remarkable commitment. Dramatic acting might be the perfect pivot for him. Aniston turned to Colbert and continued, \u201cSo I just thought, why not? You\u2019re not going to be free next year. Starting in June, you\u2019re avail?\u201d He joked about the logistics of traveling to Los Angeles for an audition, but Aniston told him not to worry \u2014 they could take care of that right then and there.<\/p>\n

With the audience already buzzing about the idea of Colbert joining the cast, Aniston whipped out a script, eager to get Colbert\u2019s audition on tape. \u201cI figure we\u2019ve got cameras \u2014 these are rolling, right?\u201d She started with the scene heading: \u201cInterior. Day. UBN Studios. A middle-aged man enters\u2014just picture a Steve Carell type. But because he\u2019s already been on The Morning Show\u2026someone slightly sexier.\u201d Colbert read for the role of Jeremiah Cloudson-Storm, UBN\u2019s new weatherman, who, in true Morning Show fashion, was brought in after being in space and then exploded on reentry. The scene continued with a deadpan delivery from Colbert, \u201cI had the number one late-night weather show, ’til the network cancelled it.\u201d The tongue-in-cheek joke was enough to make Colbert crack a smile. They sealed the scene with a firm handshake and a warm welcome to UBN.<\/p>\n

Colbert Has Already Taken a Role Reminiscent of His Real Life<\/p>\n

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Credit:\u00a0Image via Paramount Media Networks<\/p>\n

Sure, the audition may have been a goofy bit, but it\u2019s not a bad idea, right? A role on The Morning Show mimicking recent events would be an inspired next step for Colbert when he wraps up his time on The Late Show. Or perhaps he could play someone similar to the beloved satirical ultra-conservative pundit character he played on The Colbert Report. He\u2019s already making strides in this direction, as it was announced recently he would be guest-starring as fictional late-night host, Scotty Bristol<\/a>, on season 3 of the CBS crime procedural, Elsbeth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will come to a close in May 2026, and fans are already eagerly awaiting his next move. He\u2019s been a beloved host for 20 years, and audiences were stunned by CBS\u2019s decision to cancel his show. The cancellation came just after Colbert criticized Paramount<\/a> (CBS\u2019s parent company) for its $16 million legal settlement with Donald Trump, prompting speculation that the termination may have been politically motivated. Colbert, however, continues to approach the situation with humor, as evidenced by the bit he did with Aniston. And although the little skit was clearly a bit, we shouldn’t be surprised if we see Colbert pop up in Season 5 of The Morning Show, he could certainly play the part of Jeremiah Cloudson-Storm to perfection!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With CBS\u2019 sudden cancellation of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert\u2019s decade-long tenure behind the desk will soon come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-28463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}