When 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' comes to an end in May 2026, it will be replaced by Byron Allen's comedy talk show

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Colbert revealed in a podcast appearance on Monday that in crafting his next moves after hosting The Late Show for the last 11 years, he was inspired by Saturday Night Live alum Bill Hader’s pivot to full-time South Park writer after leaving that show.

Stephen Colbert will make an audio cameo as the voice of “Radio Free America” in The Testaments, a spinoff of The Handmaid’s Tale, TV Insider can reveal. Colbert’s casting is a follow-up to Oprah Winfrey ‘s audio-only appearance in The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Episode 11,