The Late Show
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The Late Show is a long-running American late-night talk show on CBS known for its celebrity interviews, comedy segments, and topical monologues.
All labels observed (7)
| 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]
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A.
The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show featuring celebrity interviews, comedy sketches, and musical performances.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is a long-running American morning television show on ABC that features news, interviews, and lifestyle segments.
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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.
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A.
The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show featuring celebrity interviews, comedy sketches, and musical performances.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is a long-running American morning television show on ABC that features news, interviews, and lifestyle segments.
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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
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television series ⓘ |
| audienceType | live studio audience ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | television ⓘ |
| countryBroadcast |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distribution | broadcast syndication and digital platforms ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Ed Sullivan Theater
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New York City ⓘ |
| formatFeature |
celebrity interviews
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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
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house band ⓘ |
| notableEra |
David Letterman era
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Stephen Colbert era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interviews with major entertainment and political figures
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topical political humor ⓘ |
| originalHost | David Letterman ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | color ⓘ |
| predecessor |
The CBS Late Movie
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The Pat Sajak Show ⓘ |
| productionCompany | CBS Studios ⓘ |
| productionType | multi-camera ⓘ |
| segmentType |
celebrity interviews
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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
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surface form:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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| titleDuringLettermanEra |
The Late Show
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Late Show with David Letterman
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| typicalBroadcastSchedule | weeknights ⓘ |
| typicalRuntime | approximately 60 minutes with commercials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Late Show Description of subject: The Late Show is a long-running American late-night talk show on CBS known for its celebrity interviews, comedy segments, and topical monologues.
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Late Show with David Letterman
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Late Show with David Letterman
this entity surface form:
Late Show with David Letterman
this entity surface form:
Late Show with David Letterman
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The Late Show franchise
this entity surface form:
Late Show with David Letterman
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
this entity surface form:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
this entity surface form:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert