Colbert Gets Ultimate Revenge on Trump With Final Show

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Stephen Colbert has gotten the last laugh over President Donald Trump.

Colbert’s final The Late Show episode on Thursday night was also his most-watched weeknight show ever, according to preliminary Nielsen data obtained by https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stephen-colbert-final-late-show-ratings-weeknight-record-viewers-1236604629/#recipient_hashed=78aec35d1e6bc497c4e0c821e99fb540eff84a51c9fedea71fe1fbce1fd0949e&recipient_salt=433f4c29304bd8dab09c5de439c213d62acedf45801f6e7accb6c5a856ba49fc&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=684276_05-22-2026&utm_term=288300?utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=1779481007-Breaking+News&utm_content=684276_5-22-2026&utm_id=684276" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stephen-colbert-final-late-show-ratings-weeknight-record-viewers-1236604629/#recipient_hashed=78aec35d1e6bc497c4e0c821e99fb540eff84a51c9fedea71fe1fbce1fd0949e&recipient_salt=433f4c29304bd8dab09c5de439c213d62acedf45801f6e7accb6c5a856ba49fc&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=684276_05-22-2026&utm_term=288300?utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=1779481007-Breaking+News&utm_content=684276_5-22-2026&utm_id=684276">The Hollywood Reporter.

The data shows that an estimated 6.74 million people tuned in to watch Colbert, 62, roast the 79-year-old president one last time in the final airing of The Late Show, which also featured celebrity appearances by Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Tim Meadows.

A performance by Paul McCartney closed the show.

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