What will Stephen Colbert's legacy be? The story of the quintessentially American comedian did not end on May 21, in spite of the funerary pomp and circumstance surrounding the finale episode of "The Late Show" on CBS,

Stephen Colbert left the air with laughter, grace, surprise celebrities and a few well-placed digs at CBS for canceling his show.

Thursday night’s series finale was the most-watched weeknight episode of Colbert’s eleven-year tenure on the show, according to overnight Nielsen ratings. Colbert and co. averaged 6.a74 million viewers,

The series finale of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” pulled off the series’ most-watched weeknight episode of all time, according to early data from CBS. The Eye network reports that the finale of “The Late Show” posted 6.

The curtains have officially closed on Stephen Colbert’s 11-year run at New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater. “The Late Show” left the airwaves Thursday night, nearly a year after CBS announced it was axing the top-rated late-night franchise.

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The final "Late Show" episode ever tried to just be a normal "Late Show" episode, until it couldn't. Host Stephen Colbert - in an impossible position since his firing was announced last July, nearly a year before his final episode was to air - creditably did a full-jokes monologue,

Colbert's last episode on "The Late Show" featured celebrity cameos, shots fired at CBS, and a Paul McCartney-sung farewell song.