{"id":817438,"date":"2026-05-23T19:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/817438\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:17:22","slug":"stephen-colbert-returns-to-tv-on-local-michigan-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/817438\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert returns to TV on local Michigan station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Thursday&#8217;s July 25, 2019 show.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Photo Archive | CBS | Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Colbert&#8217;s final appearance on &#8220;The Late Show&#8221; on Thursday marked the end of his 11-year run in his staple late night television slot. But one day later, he found a way back on TV: a Michigan public access station.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert was a surprise guest host Friday evening on Monroe Community Media&#8217;s &#8220;Only in Monroe.&#8221; The station services Monroe, Michigan \u2014 a town south of Detroit, near the state&#8217;s border with Ohio \u2014 and the surrounding county of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>At 11:35 p.m. local time, viewers of the channel saw Colbert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=acJgA0XofLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">appear on their screens<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV, so I am grateful to be able to be here on Monroe Community Media before they also get acquired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/PSKY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount<\/a>,&#8221; he said at the start of the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement ending Colbert&#8217;s show in July was not without controversy. Some observers speculated it was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/17\/stephen-colbert-will-end-his-late-show-run-next-year-as-cbs-retires-franchise.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">win the favor<\/a> of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/a> administration as the company was seeking to win regulatory approval to merge with Skydance. On his show, Colbert often poked fun at Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Regulators approved Paramount and Skydance&#8217;s merger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/24\/fcc-approves-8-billion-paramount-skydance-merger.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">later the same month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paramount at the time said there was no reason involved in the decision to cancel Colbert&#8217;s run beyond financial factors, where late night has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/26\/cbs-canceling-colbert-raises-late-night-questions.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">struggled to keep up<\/a> with changing media consumption habits amid the rise of streaming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People wait in line outside of the Ed Sullivan Theater ahead of the taping of the final episode of the &#8220;The Late Show&#8221; after 32 years on air on May 21, 2026 in New York City. <\/p>\n<p>Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a point that Colbert joked about to the Michigan audience. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Viewers outside the greater Monroe area are able to view Monroe Community Media thanks to something known as streaming, which I promised not to learn about while I was on CBS,&#8221; he quipped. &#8220;And evidently, CBS also decided not to learn about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Colbert&#8217;s appearance Friday night wasn&#8217;t his first on &#8220;Only in Monroe.&#8221; He reminded the audience at the start of the program that he was a guest host back in July 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Colbert&#8217;s guests on the program included musician Jack White and actor Jeff Daniels. Both were raised in Michigan. Actor Steve Buscemi also made an appearance through a commercial for a pizza restaurant that shares his last name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Colbert even facetimed Byron Allen during the program, the comic who is set to now get his timeslot at CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert didn&#8217;t give any indication of what he might do next after his guest host stint, but instead asked to be invited back to the local program in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for letting me host your show every 11 years,&#8221; he said. directed to the two co-hosts of the program. &#8220;See you ladies again in 2037.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Thursday&#8217;s July 25, 2019 show. 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