{"id":3082,"date":"2026-05-21T23:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-to-watch-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-finale-for-free-time-streaming\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:31:29","slug":"how-to-watch-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-finale-for-free-time-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-to-watch-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-finale-for-free-time-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch the &#8216;Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8217; finale for free: Time, streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"commerce-disclosure\">\n\t\tPage Six may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change.<br \/>\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s the end of an era for late night TV.<\/p>\n<p>After a week of <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/entertainment\/the-late-show-brings-out-a-list-stars-to-give-stephen-colbert-his-viral-questionert\/\">special farewell episodes<\/a>, \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d is officially coming to an end with tonight\u2019s series finale. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes a lot of bone marrow to do the show every day, and now I\u2019ll be stepping down with enough time, enough energy to do other things that I want to do,\u201d Colbert <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stephen-colbert-reflects-the-late-show-end-whats-next-exclusive-11977797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared with People<\/a> recently, saying the show\u2019s cancellation <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/19\/celebrity-news\/why-stephen-colbert-thinks-late-show-cancellation-saved-his-life\/\">may have \u201csaved [his] life.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below, you\u2019ll find everything you need to know to catch the final episode \u2014 for free, at that. <\/p>\n<p>The final episode of \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d airs on CBS on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 11:35 p.m. ET\/PT.<\/p>\n<p>To catch the show, you\u2019ll need a live TV streaming service. One of our favorite options is <a data-nyp-link-source=\"trackonomics\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/nypost_01638_pagesix?p=https%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Fentertainment%2Fhow-to-watch-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-finale-for-free-time-streaming%2F&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.anrdoezrs.net%2Fclick-100223664-15242095%3Fsid%3Dpagesix%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.directv.com%2Faffiliates%2Fstream&amp;author=Hannah%20Southwick&amp;articleID=8948254&amp;event_type=click&amp;publishdate=may%2021%2C%202026&amp;linksource=web&amp;primarytag=stephen-colbert&amp;contentsection=entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DirecTV<\/a>, which offers a five-day free trial and has several packages including CBS. <\/p>\n<p>The show also streams live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/channel\/1a29015f-71e4-49a9-bb12-265d00ecf1ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Paramount+<\/a> for premium subscribers (and will be available on-demand the next day for ad-supported subscribers).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>While everyone from Martha Stewart to Aubrey Plaza has been part of the show\u2019s last week so far, it hasn\u2019t been announced yet who will appear on the finale. Colbert teased \u201csomething simple\u201d in the People interview. <\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/18\/entertainment\/stephen-colbert-announces-cancellation-of-late-show-franchise-after-33-years\/\">announced the long-running series\u2019 cancellation<\/a> after nearly 33 years in July 2025,\u00a0telling viewers,\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not being replaced. This is all just going away.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"8948337\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"8948337\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/late-show-stephen-colbert-tuesday-128422886.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Colbert on stage during &quot;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-8948337\"  \/><figcaption>Colbert told People the cancellation may have \u201csaved [his] life.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk \/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had the pleasure and the responsibility of sharing what we do every day in front of this camera for the last 10 years and, let me tell you, it is a fantastic job,\u201d he gushed on-air. \u201cI wish somebody else was getting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed to Variety<\/a> at the time that the cancellation of the series was a \u201cpurely financial decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/entertainment\/how-to-watch-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-finale-for-free-time-streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page Six may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128423130.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}