Colbert will be reporting for a new show.
CBS made an announcement yesterday on April 10 that Stephen Colbert will be the new host for the Late Show. He will be replacing David Letterman, who hosted the show for 21 years.
"Stephen Colbert is one of the most inventive and respected forces on television," said the CEO of the network, Leslie Moonves. "David Letterman's legacy and accomplishments are in incredible source of pride for all of us here, and today's announcement speaks to our commitment of upholding what he established for CBS in late night."
The 49 year-old funny man is currently the host of the Colbert Report. Since the series started in 2005, Colbert has won numerous Emmy's. He's also had an ice cream flavor, a species of spider and a piece of exercise equipment on the International Space Station (the "Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill," or COLBERT) named after him.
Although CBS is happy with their choice, there is someone who disagrees: Rush Limbaugh. A caller asked him what was his opinion on the choice of the new host and the conservative radio host spoke his mind.
"What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny and a redefinition of what is comedy, and they're blowing up the 11:30 format under the guise that the world's changing and people don't want the kind of comedy that Carson gave us, or even Letterman. They don't want that anymore. It's media planting a flag here... It's a declaration. There's no unity in this hire."
But what's good news without being followed by negativity?
Even though CBS announced Letterman's replacement, there's no exact date as to when Colbert will host the show. It will be after Letterman's final show in 2015.
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