The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

LateNighter’s editor at large argues in a new New York Times guest essay that CBS’s decision to end The Late Show “is assenting to its own diminishment.”

On Wednesday, May 20, editor at large Bill Carter and Paley Museum curator Jason Lynch will revisit the greatest late-night talk show finales, and speculate what The Late Show‘s May 21 send-off might entail—get tickets.