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Stephen Colbert’s Final ‘Late Show’ Marks the End of an Era

NY Times · May 21, 2026, 9:00 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report” satirized politics. Then his “Late Show” confronted a moment when politics became self-satirizing.

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