The Late Show With Stephen Colbert won Outstanding Talk Series at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, 2025. The award went to the program, not to Stephen Colbert as an individual; it was the show’s first win in the category.
Who won Outstanding Talk Series at the 2025 Emmys?
The Television Academy named The Late Show With Stephen Colbert the winner of Outstanding Talk Series. The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards took place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on September 14, 2025. The Academy’s official winners list records the series as the recipient.
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Although Colbert is the host, this was a series award, not an individual acting or performance prize. The Academy published an acceptance video for the program on September 15, 2025, on its Talk Series: 77th Emmy Awards page.
Was this The Late Show’s first Emmy in the category?
It was the program’s first win for Outstanding Talk Series. The Academy’s nominee document, published July 15, 2025, listed zero previous wins to date before the ceremony; the Associated Press also described the result as the show’s first win in best talk series. The Academy’s pre-ceremony figures recorded two nominations in the 2025 Emmy cycle and 32 Emmy nominations to date. Those are the counts as of July 15, not updated lifetime totals.
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Which shows were nominated?
The Television Academy’s 2025 Talk Series nominee field included five programs:
- The Daily Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — winner
- Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- Saturday Night Live
The Academy’s 2025 key-category nominee document lists the field.
What did Stephen Colbert say in his Emmy speech?
In his acceptance remarks, Colbert said: “Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it.” The Associated Press reported the line on September 14, 2025. The Academy’s acceptance video provides the audiovisual record of the moment.
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The Associated Press reported that CBS had canceled The Late Show weeks before the ceremony. The circumstances were contested: the AP account described disagreement about the explanation for the cancellation and attributed interpretations to observers and executives. The award and Colbert’s remark therefore landed amid uncertainty about the show’s future, but the reporting does not establish a single settled motive for the cancellation.
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