The Late Show with Stephen Colbert premiered on September 8, 2015. The show is the second and final iteration of CBS' Late Show franchise. It is taped at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City in the same studio as its predecessor. David Letterman announced his retirement as host of the show in April 2014. Stephen Colbert hosted satirical news satire The Colbert Report from October 2005 to December 2014.