What is Stephen Colbert doing now? In his post-"Late Show" era, the comedian made a rare, virtual appearance to accept a pair of awards.

The 2026 TCA Awards, presented remotely this year, honored The Late Show with an award for Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch. The usually clean-shaven Colbert appeared in a video to accept the trophy, sporting a fetching gray goatee.

Host Mariska Hargitay broke the news about the “incredible team” at “The Late Show,” which is nominated for nine Emmy Awards this year.

A bearded Stephen Colbert has emerged to give fellow Donald Trump enemy Jimmy Kimmel an Emmy boost, even though his own canceled show is among the nominees. The former late-night host, whose The Late Show aired its final episode in May,

During a 2020 interview, Dolly Parton made Stephen Colbert cry just by singing a few lines of a song from her childhood.