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,

Jimmy Kimmel is telling everyone that he wants Stephen Colbert's Late Show to win an Emmy this year, even though his own Jimmy Kimmel Live is also nominated for the same award. The comedian has rented a billboard,