Stephen Colbert emerged from late night hibernation at the CBS upfronts today to crack up the Tiffany network’s advertisers and catch everyone up on what he’s been doing over break.
Colbert’s presentation started out with a pre-taped bit in which he got pretty damn enthusiastic about CBS’ programming:
The CBS Upfront is showing a taped Stephen Colbert comedy sketch, the premise of which is that he watches shows on CBS.
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) May 13, 2015
"What?! There's a CSI: Cyber now!" – Stephen Colbert SELLING LIKE HELL, complete with great rapid head turn. #CBSUpfront
— Eric Goldman (@EricIGN) May 13, 2015
Colbert and Moonves, beard buddies. #CBSUpfront pic.twitter.com/ZRDnQinEs4
— Joe Adalian (@TVMoJoe) May 13, 2015
And in case you’re wondering what Colbert’s been doing since he left The Colbert Report in December, he shared some brief highlights (warning: one of these images might break the internet):
Stephen Colbert says he's tried out multiple new personas for Late Show, including "presidential hopeful." pic.twitter.com/zZJuUSj8zs
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) May 13, 2015
Colbert: "I've taken the Which Member of One Direction Are You quiz? Luckily, I was Harry." #CBS #Upfronts2015 pic.twitter.com/zoeK0dOnH1
— Kate Aurthur (@KateAurthur) May 13, 2015
Stephen Colbert's attempt to #BreakTheInternet at CBS #Upfronts2015 pic.twitter.com/0qiRugIsYY
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) May 13, 2015
The future CBS host, of course, had some zingers ready (including one about how “Tiffany network” was named for Bill Paley‘s favorite stripper) and spoke of honoring the man he is following in the footsteps of:
Colbert: "The only way to properly honor Dave is to do the best show we can and sometime make the network mad at us."
— Frank Pallotta (@frankpallotta) May 13, 2015
Oh, and this is how Colbert welcomed network president Les Moonves to the stage:
Colbert offers Les Moonves his starting paper work and urine sample. (Not his.) "Thank you, Charlie Rose." pic.twitter.com/1jYRSLdQRm
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) May 13, 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will premiere on September 8th. Letterman’s final show is exactly one week from today.
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