"The Late Show" may be ending, but Stephen Colbert has already booked another late-night role — sort of.
The comedian, 61, will play a late-night host in an upcoming Season 3 episode of the CBS dramedy "Elsbeth," sources say. The show, a spinoff of "The Good Wife," stars Carrie Preston as an attorney and de facto detective.
CBS declined to comment. The news was first reported by Vulture.
Colbert's appearance as a guest star on another CBS show will be notable in the wake of the network's controversial decision to cancel "The Late Show." But even before that shock news was announced, Colbert expressed interest in popping up on "Elsbeth" — ideally, as a dead body.
While speaking to "Elsbeth" star Wendell Pierce on "The Late Show" in February, Colbert playfully asked, "Will you talk to somebody over there? Because I keep asking CBS, I want to be a corpse on one of these shows." He joked, "I want to be the body that's found behind the pile of lettuce boxes." Pierce assured Colbert he could "make that happen."
