"Next year will be our last season,” the late-night talk show host announced Thursday, July 17. "The network will be ending 'The Late Show’ next May."

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel interrupted his summer vacation to show support for fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert following the announcement that CBS will be ending The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — and the Late Show franchise altogether — at the end of the upcoming 2025-26 season.

"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" will come to an end in May 2026, after the upcoming 2025-26 TV season, Colbert announced on Thursday

In a move commenters described as having "Craig Ferguson vibes," Stephen Colbert and Joaquin Phoenix spent the last moments of their Late Show interview in awkward silence.

The 34-year-old comedian was spotted outside "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" with the new 'do on Tuesday.

Joaquin Phoenix says he regrets his 2009 interview with David Letterman on "The Late Show," calling it "one of the worst nights of my life."

Colbert followed “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart’s attack of the deal one week earlier. Stewart works for Comedy Central, also owned by Paramount, making the two comics the most visible internal critics of the $16 million settlement that was announced on July 1.