Stephen Colbert brings his hosting skills to another CBS property.
The “Late Show” helmet will be a guest star in an upcoming episode of the crime comedy series “Elsbeth”, which appears as a late night front man. diversity confirmed.
A CBS representative declined diversity's request for comment.
Although it is not known how Colbert will fit into the weekly secret, the details of his role have been published. He will play the leading man of the fictional late night talk show “Way Late with Scotty Bristol”, so vultureWhat Colbert's participation first reported.
While the episode was shot this week, Colbert's “Elsbeth” role has been in progress for a long time and was started by a performance from series star Wendell Pierce in “The Late Show”.
During Pierces interview with Colbert, the late night presenter said that he asked CBS to play a body in one of the network's crime methods. When Pierce heard this, he offered to help. He said to Colbert: “I can do it. I know a man who knows a man. We can put on her.” The “deal” came right when “Elsbeth” was picked up for a third season.
Elsbeth was created by Robert and Michelle King and plays Carrie Preston together with Pierce in her role “The Good Wife”. Other remarkable guest stars from the past seasons are Nathan Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick and Retta.
In July, CBS announced that “the late show with Stephen Colbert” would end after the next television season. While the network described the move as a “financial decision”, some speculated that the cancellation should appease a FCC controlled by Donald Trump in the middle of a merger between Paramount, CBS 'parent company and Skydance.