Yahoo Lifestyle ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Scores Sunday Slot After AFC Championship Game
Stephen Colbert is working another Sunday.
The Late Show will air on Sunday, January 26 after the AFC Championship Game for the first time.
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However, the move has less to do with whether the late-night host thinks the Kansas City Chiefs can make it to the Super Bowl and do a three-peat or whether the Buffalo Bills or Baltimore Ravens can trump them, and more to do with the fact that it’s CBS premiere week.
The Late Show will follow the series premiere of Watson, which will follow the NFL game. The Morris Chestnut series will then move to its regular time period on Sunday, February 16 at 9pm, where it will lead in to The Equalizer.
That week will also see the return of original episodes of The Neighborhood, Poppa’s House, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, all three FBI shows, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Ghosts, Matlock, Elsbeth, NCIS: Sydney, Fire Country and S.W.A.T.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has previously done postgame episodes after the Super Bowl in 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024.
It is produced by The Late Show Inc. and CBS Studios in association with Spartina Productions with Colbert, Tom Purcell and Jon Stewart as exec producers.
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