Stephen Colbert

Critics at Large

Late Night’s Last Laugh

The cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” raised eyebrows, but the genre is not what it was in Johnny Carson’s heyday. What does it still have to offer us?

On Television

What the Cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Means

CBS and its parent company, Paramount, have set an end date for one of the last public pipelines to some version of the truth.

Podcast Dept.

So Long, “Strike Force Five”

As the W.G.A. strike ends, so does the chatty, chops-busting podcast from Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers. What, if anything, did it teach us?

The Current

Kirsten Gillibrand and the “Late Show” Presidential Straw Poll

On Tuesday, the junior senator from New York announced her planned bid for the Presidency in a familiar spot, sitting next to Stephen Colbert.

On Television

Michael Avenatti and the Mooch Bring Their Blustering Banality to Stephen Colbert

As the veteran camera hogs fielded questions regarding the insipidity of Michael Cohen and the narcissism of the President, they evinced no chemistry, thank God.