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The final season of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” earned nine Emmy nominations on Wednesday, the series’ most since Colbert took over the show.
In addition to Outstanding Variety Series, the late-night talk show was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series, Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Factual Series, Outstanding Technical Direction and Camera for a Series, Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Concept for a Special Series, Outstanding Editing Special for a Series, Outstanding Editing Special for a Series. Variety Editing and Outstanding Music Direction.
The show’s previous record was five nominations in 2024, when it was nominated for production design, direction, lighting, lecture series and technical direction. Colbert’s show also received five nominations in 2021 and 2022.
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Late night host Stephen Colbert accepts the Outstanding Talk Series Award for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on stage during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater on Sept. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
During Colbert’s 11-year tenure on “The Late Show,” the show received more than 40 nominations but only two wins for Outstanding Talk Series and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series. Both trailers were from 2025, months after CBS announced the show’s cancellation last year.
“Sometimes, you only know how much you love something when you get the feeling you might lose it,” Colbert said during his acceptance speech. “I have never loved my country so much. God bless America.”
Commenting on Fox News Digital, CBS referred to an Instagram post congratulating the series on its nomination.
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The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on September 14.
CBS announced last year that it would be canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” due to financial reasons. (Getty Images)
CBS canceled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last year for what it described as financial reasons with reports that the series was losing the network $40 million a year.
However, many liberal commentators, as well as Colbert himself, have accused the network of canceling the show to appease President Donald Trump ahead of a major merger that requires FCC approval. Colbert spent several episodes in his final season in the public eye attacking the network and its parent company, Paramount, for the decision.
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“This is not the 1950s,” Colbert said at the Writers Guild Awards in March. “This is not the Red Scare. And, as far as I know, nobody in the middle of the night is agitating for revolution. As we know, revolution cannot be televised. It was going to be televised, but then Paramount bought it.”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” aired its final episode in May. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)
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“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” aired its final episode on May 21. The finale helped earn the program five of nine nominations.
