{"id":174420,"date":"2025-12-08T23:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/174420\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:10:17","slug":"taylor-swift-sets-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/174420\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Sets &#8216;Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8217; Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1500\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/taylor-swift.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Stewart Cook\/CBS\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> has secured the most sought-after guest in late night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/taylor-swift\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift<\/a> will guest on CBS\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a> this Wednesday, December 10, Colbert announced via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSApQe3kX_D\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Swift is currently promoting The End of an Era, the six-episode, behind-the-scenes docuseries of her seismic Eras Tour, which streams on Disney+ beginning Friday, December 12.<\/p>\n<p>The marks only the pop star\u2019s second appearance on Colbert\u2019s program, having previously sat for an interview\u2014remotely\u2014in April 2021, during the show\u2019s COVID-era episodes. Appearing on the heels of the release of Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version), Swift at the time had fun with Colbert, jokingly revealing that he was the inspiration for her song \u201cHey Stephen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765235417_741_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Booking Swift is a major coup for any late-night show. While it\u2019s rare that any guest manages to move the needle ratings-wise, she is a rare <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/ratings\/the-taylor-swift-effect-nbcs-late-night-shows-see-major-ratings-gains\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exception to the rule<\/a>. Her October 6 appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a> scored the NBC talker its biggest audience for a regular episode in months, attracting 1.77 million total viewers. Two days later, her \u201cTay\/kover\u201d of NBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/late-night-with-seth-meyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Late Night with Seth Meyers<\/a> increased that show\u2019s audience, attracting 993,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Both of those NBC shows opted to devote most of their episodes to Swift, and Colbert appears to be following suit. Swift is currently scheduled to be the sole guest for Thursday night\u2019s Late Show.<\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/lineups-by-date\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our lineups area<\/a>\u00a0for updated guest listings for all the late-night shows, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to receive stories like this in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Stewart Cook\/CBS Stephen Colbert has secured the most sought-after guest in late night. 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