The Late Show

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American late-night talk show television series

The Late Show is a long-running American late-night talk show on CBS known for its celebrity interviews, comedy segments, and topical monologues.

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Label	Occurrences
Late Show with David Letterman	34
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	13
The Late Show with David Letterman	7
The Late Show canonical	2
CBS Late Night	1
The Late Show franchise	1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (house band)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T294886 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Late Show
Context triple: [CBS, notableProgram, The Late Show]

A. The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show featuring celebrity interviews, comedy sketches, and musical performances.
B. Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a long-running American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show known for its satirical take on politics and pop culture.
C. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a long-running American sitcom that follows a group of self-centered friends who run a failing Irish bar and engage in increasingly outrageous and morally questionable schemes.
D. Good Morning America
Good Morning America is a long-running American morning television show on ABC that features news, interviews, and lifestyle segments.
E. Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon is an American comedian, actor, and television host best known for hosting NBC’s "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Late Show
Target entity description: The Late Show is a long-running American late-night talk show on CBS known for its celebrity interviews, comedy segments, and topical monologues.

A. The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show featuring celebrity interviews, comedy sketches, and musical performances.
B. Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a long-running American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show known for its satirical take on politics and pop culture.
C. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a long-running American sitcom that follows a group of self-centered friends who run a failing Irish bar and engage in increasingly outrageous and morally questionable schemes.
D. Good Morning America
Good Morning America is a long-running American morning television show on ABC that features news, interviews, and lifestyle segments.
E. Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon is an American comedian, actor, and television host best known for hosting NBC’s "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American late-night talk show ⓘ television series ⓘ
audienceType	live studio audience ⓘ
broadcastMedium	television ⓘ
countryBroadcast	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distribution	broadcast syndication and digital platforms ⓘ
filmingLocation	Ed Sullivan Theater ⓘ New York City ⓘ
formatFeature	celebrity interviews ⓘ comedy segments ⓘ topical monologues ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ late-night talk show ⓘ variety show ⓘ
host	David Letterman ⓘ Stephen Colbert ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
networkAffiliation	CBS network late-night lineup ⓘ
networkDebutOnCBS	1993-08-30 ⓘ
notableElement	desk and couch interview format ⓘ house band ⓘ
notableEra	David Letterman era ⓘ Stephen Colbert era ⓘ
notableFor	interviews with major entertainment and political figures ⓘ topical political humor ⓘ
originalHost	David Letterman ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	CBS ⓘ
pictureFormat	color ⓘ
predecessor	The CBS Late Movie ⓘ The Pat Sajak Show ⓘ
productionCompany	CBS Studios ⓘ
productionType	multi-camera ⓘ
segmentType	celebrity interviews ⓘ comedy sketches ⓘ musical performances ⓘ opening monologue ⓘ
setting	studio-based talk show set ⓘ
targetAudience	adult viewers ⓘ
timeSlot	late-night ⓘ
titleDuringColbertEra	The Late Show self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
titleDuringLettermanEra	The Late Show self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Late Show with David Letterman
typicalBroadcastSchedule	weeknights ⓘ
typicalRuntime	approximately 60 minutes with commercials ⓘ

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David Letterman → notableWork → The Late Show ⓘ

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David Letterman → hosted → The Late Show ⓘ

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The Late Show → titleDuringColbertEra → The Late Show self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Jerry Seinfeld → performedOn → The Late Show ⓘ

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Jon Batiste → employer → The Late Show ⓘ

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series → notableWinner → The Late Show ⓘ

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Stephen Colbert → notableWork → The Late Show ⓘ

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Willow → performedOn → The Late Show ⓘ

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The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder → precededBy → The Late Show ⓘ

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The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder → timeSlotFollowing → The Late Show ⓘ

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