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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is entering its home stretch with a massive leadership overhaul! According to Hollywood Reporter, CBS officially announced that Yvonne De Mare will be promoted to late-night director, taking over for retiring Jim Hoskinson. The announcement comes as the show moves towards its planned end in May 2026.
The news follows the bigger CBS decision to wrap up The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after more than a decade as host. CBS also declared that The Late Show brand will not be continued at CBS past 2026, the end of an important late-night TV book.
Yvonne De Mare's appointment
Colbert has worked for Yvonne De Mare for nearly twenty years. She began on The Colbert Report before joining The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2015 as an associate director. Her promotion as a director takes the place of Jim Hoskinson, who has overseen the show during the David Letterman tenure and is retiring.
Boarding as director in subsequent seasons of the show guarantees De Mare's leadership of production and direction until the end of the series. While her work has consistently been number one in the background, this is the first time she will be solely responsible for directing.
The 2026 end of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS already has an exit date for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: May 2026. That's when both the Colbert-hosted show and The Late Show franchise are leaving the CBS late-night franchise. It's an indication of the network's overall re-shuffling of its late-night franchise, as television economics continue to evolve.
The Late Show franchise started in 1993 with David Letterman and moved to Stephen Colbert in 2015. With its 30-plus-year heritage on CBS, the end is the end of one of the network's most iconic franchises.
CBS's reasons for the end
Network officials confirmed that the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was due to budgetary reasons. Late-night TV has not been doing well the past few years, and ad dollars are soft, to say the least. CBS said that the cancellation was not done for ratings or the creative worth of the program.
The cancellation took place amidst wider shifts in late-night television, as some networks reconsidered the long-term sustainability of nightly talk shows. CBS's move is a function of these wider industry shifts and not particular to Colbert or his staff.
Public response and statements
Once the news was made, it was referenced during The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tapings by Stephen Colbert. He read from the audience and was pleased with all that has been done on the show since 2015. As reported by the NYTimes, he stated,
"Yeah, I share your feelings. It’s not just the end of our show, but it’s the end of ‘The Late Show’ on CBS. I’m not being replaced. This is all just going away.”
Colbert and Network words both emphasized thanking the staff, crew, and faithful fans. The tone has been established not in terms of shocking cancellation but in terms of a scheduled, deliberate ending of the hit show.
The significance of De Mare's role
Hoskinson's retirement and subsequent promotion of Yvonne De Mare allow for continuity to the latter half of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Extremely importantly, late-night directors direct live shows, collaborate with writers and producers, and keep the visual pacing of each show.
Her leadership guarantees the continuation of the series uninterrupted to its final transmission. Although the programme matter will remain unchanged, De Mare's leadership recognizes the necessity for stability with the finale of the show.
The broader legacy
The end of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert also signifies the retirement of The Late Show brand at CBS. Even though no probable return has been suggested by the network, industry observers note that the announcement categorically specifies only that the brand will no longer be under constant production at CBS.
Since it premiered in 1993, The Late Show has remained a staple of the CBS schedule. Letterman's era founded the franchise, and Colbert's added sharper cultural and political bite. De Mare's ascension as director arrives with the last reboot preceding the show's final long-term late-night run.
As The Late Show with Stephen Colbert wraps in May of 2026, Yvonne De Mare's promotion to director ensures the show will be ending on solid ground. She replaces Jim Hoskinson after decades of working with Colbert on his Comedy Central show as well as CBS.
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It's another of CBS's strategic shifts, a bigger indication of truths about late-night television. The show will remain the same in its existing tone and content, at least for now, in De Mare's care until the final episode.
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