In many ways, Colbert's Late Show is basically like the old Colbert Report, but stripped of the tiring (for him) faux-conservative act. Colbert continues to make political commentaries from behind his desk (though not in character this time), and his guests have remained an eclectic mix of celebrity, political, and business figures. This version of the Late Show also slightly moves away from the pop culture commentary of other late night talk shows. Stay Human stayed with the show to become the rechristened Late Show Band. Prior to this, music was provided by Jon Batiste and Stay Human note Batiste eventually departed thanks to the show and his Oscar win for Soul, alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross raising his profile as a solo musician. He is currently joined on stage by Louis Cato and the Late Show Band, who occasionally take part in sketches and musical numbers. Colbert hosts from an extensively renovated Ed Sullivan Theater and features a brighter, more energetic style that is also simultaneously more intimate thanks to Colbert's stage being pushed closer to the audience than Letterman's. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert debuted on September 8, 2015, on CBS. Thus, the stage was set to finalize the generational shift that had been happening in American late-night TV since Jay Leno announced his first retirement. David Letterman was no longer interested in hosting a talk show and wanted to spend more time with his son, while Stephen Colbert was growing tired of maintaining his fictional persona and was planning to end his show. In 2014, two major figures were coming to crossroads in their lives.
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