Weeks after CBS canceled Stephen Colbert 's The Late Show, the comedian has landed a new gig. PEOPLE has learned that Colbert will guest star on Elsbeth season 3. Better yet, art will imitate life, as he will play a late-night talk show host.

As Stephen Colbert prepares to bid farewell to 'The Late Show,' he's already booked a gig on the CBS drama 'Elsbeth,' where he'll play a late-night host.

Stephen Colbert has landed his next late-night gig…fictionally of course! After it was revealed that CBS canceled the comedian’s long-running late night talk show, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,