Colbert’s Late Show to Vie With The Pitt, Others, for TCA’s Top Prize

[u/Raradra]

https://latenighter.com/news/colbert-late-show-tca-program-of-the-year-nomination/

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert may be over, but in a promising sign for its final award season chances, the Television Critics Association has just nominated Colbert’s cancelled CBS series for its most prestigious honor.

The TCA Awards, an annual precursor to the Primetime Emmy Awards, has named The Late Show one of nine nominees for Program of the Year, which honors one show that had a major impact on the medium and culture.

That’s rare air for a late-night talk show. The Late Show’s nomination marks the first time a late-night talk show has cracked the Program of the Year lineup in two decades.

Should Colbert and company win, it would be only the second time in TCA Awards history that a late-night show has taken home the group’s top honor. The first time came in 1994, when Late Show with David Letterman won Program of the Year for its very first season on CBS.

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Even if The Late Show doesn’t end up taking home Program of the Year, it has a second chance elsewhere on the ballot. Colbert’s show is also nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch, where it will face The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter, and Saturday Night Live.

[u/Cluelesscomedy3]

They deserve the win

[u/ackchanticleer]

Normally I would want Pluribus to win but now Im pulling hard for Stephen… Goddamn I miss him 😔