Stephen Colbert is already on the lookout for job references.

The host of The Late Present jokingly requested visitor Paul Giamatti on Wednesday's episode if he would vouch for him to find a brand new job when his present goes off the air.

In any case, Colbert loans his voice to Giamatti's new collection Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

He requested The Holdovers star how he had been as a co-worker.

"You want slightly work, however you're an up-and-comer," Giamatti stated to Colbert's delight. "You've undoubtedly received a future."

That's when Colbert requested him bluntly, "Would you advocate me, as a result of I'm going to be on the lookout for a gig."

Giamatti laughed and agreed that he would.

CBS introduced in July that The Late Present would finish after the conclusion of its season in Might.

Colbert has hosted the late-night staple since September 2015, however the franchise started again in August 1993, with David Letterman on the helm.

"The Late Present With Stephen Colbert will finish its historic run in Might 2026 on the finish of the printed season," the community stated on the time. "We contemplate Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and can retire The Late Present franchise at the moment. We’re proud that Stephen known as CBS residence. He and the printed shall be remembered within the pantheon of greats that graced late evening tv."

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Whereas there was hypothesis about whether or not the choice had been influenced by political stress exerted on Paramount by President Donald Trump and his administration, CBS execs stated in a press release that it had not.

"That is purely a monetary determination towards a difficult backdrop in late evening," the assertion learn. "It isn’t associated in any approach to the present's efficiency, content material or different issues taking place at Paramount."

Colbert then questioned on his Dec. 8 present simply how his community might afford to bid $108 billion to accumulate Warner Bros.

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Since his announcement final fall, the Emmy winner, alongside together with his fellow late-night TV hosts, together with Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers, has continued to attract Trump's ire.

He additionally requested if anybody was hiring whereas presenting on the Emmys in September, noting that "200 very well-qualified candidates" can be accessible in June.

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