Entertainment Weekly has learned that Colbert is set to guest-star in a season 3 episode of the murder mystery series. Colbert's character will host the fictional show, Way Late with Scotty Bristol, according to Vulture, which first reported the news.

Elsbeth, starring Carrie Preston, Wendell Pierce and Carra Patterson, is a murder-of-the-week show. It follows astute but unconventional attorney Elsbeth Tascioni (Preston), who utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.

As many know by now, Stephen Colbert’s CBS show, The Late Show, will be cancelled by May 2026, sending a shock wave of worries throughout Hollywood and the future of public broadcasting. While we still have time before he says his final goodbye on the iconic late-night show,