What Stephen Colbert's exit means for the future of late-night

The curtain comes down one final time on Thursday for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Colbert has entertained and provoked audiences from the Ed Sullivan Theater stage for the last decade in ways that transformed the comedic landscape. Geoff Bennett takes a look at what led to this point and what it may mean for the future of late-night. It’s part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.

Geoff Bennett:

Tonight, the curtain closes on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" and on more than 30 years of late-night TV history.Colbert has entertained and provoked from the historic Ed Sullivan Stage for the last decade in ways that transformed the comedic landscape. We take a look now at what led up to this inflection point and what it might mean for the future of late night, part of our arts and culture series, Canvas.

Stephen Colbert:

Welcome to "The Late Show," everybody. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.