The Late Show will soon be going dark on CBS but not without one final farewell from Stephen Colbert’s fellow late night hosts.

Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver will be paying Colbert a visit on Monday, May 11. This marks a reunion of their podcast Strike Force Five, which they launched in 2023 amid the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. Profits earned from the podcast went directly to the crew members of  Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Late Night With Seth Meyer who went without pay throughout the WGA strike.

Colbert’s CBS predecessor, David Letterman, will also be stopping by the show on Thursday, May 14. Letterman handed over The Late Show after he retired from late night television in 2015.

Colbert is enjoying a proper sendoff before the show goes off the air for the first time in decades. CBS canceled The Late Show in 2025, citing “financial reasons.” However, the decision raised some red flags considering it coincided with Paramount, CBS’ parent company, paying a settlement of $16 million to Trump. The company also needed the Trump-controlled FCC to approve of its merger with Skydance.

Colbert has long been a vocal critic of Trump, leading some to believe he was let go from the network to appease the president.

Letterman certainly thinks so. The comedian told The New York Times Colbert “was dumped because the people selling the network to Skydance said, ‘Oh no, there’s not going to be any trouble with that guy. We’re going to take care of the show. We’re just going to throw that into the deal. When will the ink on the check dry?’”

He told Times journalist Jason Zinoman, “I’m just going to go on record as saying: They’re lying. Let me just add one other thing, Jason. They’re lying weasels.”

However, Colbert said he hopes to leave things on a good note with the network. “It’s possible that two things can be true,” he said in a recent interview. “Broadcast can be in trouble… I do not have any desire to debate them over what they say their business model is and how it does not work for them anymore. But less than two years before they called to say it’s over, they were very eager for me to be signed for a long time. So, something changed.”

Colbert’s last day on the air will be Tuesday, May 21 on CBS. The show’s late night slot will be filled by Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.

Next week’s guests include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Pedro Pascal, Tom Hanks, former President Barack Obama and more.

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert airs weeknights on CBS at 11:35 p.m. ET. and is available to stream on Paramount+.