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NEW YORK \u2014 Stephen Colbert’s goodbye to late-night television on Thursday featured a surprise star-studded lineup of guests, performances and celebrity attendees.<\/p>\n

Read more Embrace \u2018endless summer\u2019: Pick up a good book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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What was planned for “The Late Show” series finale of the 33-year CBS franchise was not revealed ahead of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The finale’s guests at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York included Paul McCartney \u2014 whose famous 1964 “Ed Sullivan Show” performance with the Beatles was in the same studio \u2014 and Jon Batiste, who was the band leader and musical director on “The Late Show” from 2015 to 2022, NBC News reported.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Celebrity cameos from the audience included Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, Tim Meadows and Ryan Reynolds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the opening of his final show,\u00a0Colbert highlighted the \u201cjoy\u201d for him and and his team in creating more than 1,800 episodes of \u201cThe Late Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe call it the joy machine because to do this many shows, it has to be a machine,” Colbert said. “But the thing is, if you choose to do it with joy, it doesn\u2019t hurt as much when your fingers get caught in the gears. And I cannot adequately explain to you what the people who work here have done for each other and how much we mean to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018You never know when the last one is\u2019: Kyle Busch\u2019s last post-race interview resurfaces after his death<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Colbert\u2019s chief rivals, ABC\u2019s \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d and NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,\u201d will ran reruns on Thursday night at the same time as Colbert’s goodbye.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Guests in the final week included Michael Keaton, Jon Stewart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steven Spielberg, David Byrne and Bruce Springsteen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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CBS announced last summer that Colbert\u2019s show would end, citing economic reasons after 11 seasons. But Colbert is the ratings leader in late-night TV. Many \u2014 including Colbert \u2014 have expressed skepticism that President Donald Trump\u2019s repeated criticism of the show wasn’t a factor.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The decision to shutter the show came after parent company Paramount\u2019s $16 million settlement of Trump\u2019s lawsuit over a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview as Paramount awaited his administration’s approval of a pending sale to Skydance Media. Colbert had called it a \u201cbig fat bribe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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CBS will fill \u201cThe Late Show\u201d slot with \u201cComics Unleashed,\u201d in which comedians share stories. Host Byron Allen has vowed to avoid politics.<\/p>\n

Read more NASCAR drivers and fans react to the sudden death of two-time champion Kyle Busch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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