“Late Show with Stephen Colbert” may have been cancelled, but it has earned the respect of the Hollywood industry.
The long-running late-night program won his first statue of Emmy in the Creative Arts Emmies on Sunday, and the episode earned outstanding directors of Jim Hoskinson’s various series.
Including two additional nominations from this year’s Emmy lineup, The CBS Staple has accumulated 33 Emmy Award nominations since its debut in 2015. It ranked unwinnably as the second-nominated show in Emmy’s history, following AMC’s “Better Call Saul.” The comedy “Newhart,” which ran from 1982 to 1990, held records with 25 losses until “Better Call Saul” lost its final Emmy category in 2023.
Many view the award of the series as a response to CBS’s controversial decision to cancel the “Late Show” for what the network cited as “financial reasons.”
Colbert himself already has ten Emmys in his name, and with his recent victory on Comedy Central, he said, “Stephen Colbert Election Night 2020: The Last Stand of Democracy: Back America Great Again 2020.”
The program won a steady stream of the Emmy Awards when it was hosted by David Letterman, who hosted “Late Show” from 1993 to 2015. He won nine Emmys during his tenure. This includes seven of the outstanding variety series. That streak ended in 2003 when The Daily Show with John Stewart entered a new era of late-night domination.
“Late Show with Stephen Colbert” landed two Primetime Eminoms this year for the talk series and direct (Jim Hoskinson). The Talk Series Awards will be distributed at the main ceremony on September 14th.
