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Stephen Colbert signs off as Paul McCartney helps close ‘The Late Show’
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May 22, 2026
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1:43Now PlayingStephen Colbert signed off from “The Late Show” with one final star-studded night at the Ed Sullivan Theater. Paul McCartney joined Colbert for the finale, returning to the same stage where The Beatles made television history more than 60 years ago. The episode featured celebrity cameos, jokes about Colbert’s “final guest,” and ended with McCartney and Colbert turning off the theater lights together, closing out a late-night TV era.
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