The dust has now settled on news of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert being cancelled, and — with questions remaining over the real reason for the cancellation — the other late night hosts including Jon Stewart,

It's not Colbert's sense of irony or his political commentary that set him apart from the late-night pack, but his ability to be candid, clear-eyed and emotionally direct when the moment called for it.

Stephen Colbert ended The Late Show with guests including Paul McCartney. The show's cancellation has many wondering about the future of late-night comedy in today's political climate.

Colbert created television where grief could appear without being treated as an anomaly, writes Rebecca Soffer.

Colbert was joined by famous friends, fellow hosts and special guests like Paul McCartney for the finale of “The Late Show.”

Bidding farewell to "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and its gallant comedy-avenger host, who lampooned the powerful and made us laugh.

Like other checks and balances on presidential power, late-night talk shows — once ratings juggernauts, woven into the fabric of American culture — are being stress-tested. Here's how they became a staging ground for the battle over free speech.

Eighteen guests and colleagues on their funniest, most outrageous, and most cherished memories from Colbert’s decade on CBS.