It’s not clear when Colbert himself agreed to book the episode, but while interviewing Elsbeth co-star Wendell Pierce on The Late Show in February, the host said he had been telling his CBS bosses that he very much wanted to make an appearance on Elsbeth,

Stephen Colbert is reportedly set to make his way to a new, fictional late night home following CBS ’s shock decision to cancel “ The Late Show ” next year. Colbert is expected to guest star on CBS’s police procedural dramedy “ Elsbeth ,” a spinoff of “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight,” according to Vulture.