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 Late Show. David Letterman had been host of Late Show for 22 years, dating to his arrival at CBS in 1993. Stephen Colbert hosted satirical news show The Colbert Report from 2005 to December 2014.