Stephen Colbert tries to get Late Show staff jobs in Emmy acceptance speech
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series on Monday, honouring the cancelled late night talk show for the final time. Accepting the award, host Stephen Colbert took the opportunity to try securing his staff new jobs."If you like the comedy tonight, my old writers wrote it tonight," said Colbert. "Ariel Dumas, my head writer, is the head writer of tonight's Emmys."CBS cancelled The Late Show earlier this year, abruptly ending it after over three decades on air.
- ▪The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series on Monday, honouring the cancelled late night talk show for the final time.
- ▪Accepting the award, host Stephen Colbert took the opportunity to try securing his staff new jobs."If you like the comedy tonight, my old writers wrote it tonight," said Colbert.
- ▪"Ariel Dumas, my head writer, is the head writer of tonight's Emmys."CBS cancelled The Late Show earlier this year, abruptly ending it after over three decades on air.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series on Monday, honouring the cancelled late night talk show for the final time. Accepting the award, host Stephen Colbert took the opportunity to try securing his staff new jobs."If you like the comedy tonight, my old writers wrote it tonight," said Colbert. "Ariel Dumas, my head writer, is the head writer of tonight's Emmys."CBS cancelled The Late Show earlier this year, abruptly ending it after over three decades on air. The unexpected decision forced hundreds of people who worked on the show back onto the job market, with The Late Show's final episode airing in May.
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