Stephen Colbert drew consideration to CBS’ controversial choice to finish his long-running “Late Show” throughout an look on the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Whereas presenting throughout the ceremony Sunday on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Colbert teasingly whipped out a classic headshot whereas quipping about searching for a brand new job.
Because the viewers repeatedly chanted his title as he hit the stage to current the award for Finest Lead Actor in a Comedy Collection, Colbert stated, “While I have your attention: Is anyone hiring? Because I got 200 very well-qualified candidates with me here tonight who will be available in June.”
“I also brought my own resume here tonight. I haven’t had a chance to update my headshot in a bit, but I think it still works.”
Colbert, who gained an Emmy for speak collection later within the present, then handed his resume to Emmy nominee Harrison Ford, who was within the viewers, and requested him to provide it to director Steven Spielberg.
Colbert first introduced that CBS determined to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in July, with the information of its cancellation sparking a joyful response from President Donald Trump, who was continuously mocked on the present.
“I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired,” Trump wrote in a July 18 submit on Fact Social.
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The comic fired again on the POTUS throughout his monologue opening on the July 21 episode of “The Late Show,” telling Trump to “Go fuck yourself.”
CBS’ choice to nix Colbert’s program got here two weeks after Paramount International introduced that it might pay Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit tied to “60 Minutes.”
A lot of Trump’s critics, together with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), insinuated that CBS’ cancellation of Colbert’s present might be linked to the Paramount settlement.
“CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery,” Warren wrote in a July 17 submit on X, previously Twitter.
She added: “America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.”
In the meantime, CBS known as the cancellation of “The Late Show” a “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.”
“The Late Show,” which premiered in 2015 and is scheduled to finish in Could 2026, scored its first Artistic Arts Emmy Award final Sunday. The accolade was given within the Excellent Directing for a Selection Collection class.
