Stephen Colbert announces date of final episode of The Late Show

CBS announced in July that Late Show would end in May, more than 30 years after 1993 debut under David Letterman

The final episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will air on 21 May, the host has announced.

Colbert, who has hosted the show since 2015, revealed the date on Monday during a taping of NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers to air on Tuesday night. Colbert will appear on Meyers’s show as a guest.