Wannan mako ya kawo ƙarshen manyan zamani biyu a gidan talabijin na sadarwa, yayin da The Late Show With Stephen Colbert na CBS ke watsa shirinsa na ƙarshe. Shirin ya fara a shekarar 1993, wanda David Letterman ya ƙirƙira bayan tashinsa mai cike da cece-kuce daga NBC. Letterman ya shirya shirin na tsawon shekaru 22 kafin ya yi ritaya ya mika ragamar shirin ga Colbert, wanda ya yi suna a Comedy Central a matsayin wakili a The Daily Show daga baya kuma ya zama mai shirya nasa shirin siyasa mai ban dariya, The Colbert Report.
'Yana da iyawa ta musamman ta zama mutum': talabijin na dare ya yi bankwana da Stephen Colbert
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Zaman Colbert a The Late Show ya dauki shekaru 11. A watan Yulin da ya gabata, CBS ta girgiza kowa ta hanyar sanar da soke shirin, tare da shirin karshe da za a watsa a ranar 21 ga Mayu. Ko da yake shugabanni sun ce shawarar ta kasance ta kudi ce kawai—duk da cewa The Late Show yana da mafi kyawun kima a cikin dukkan shirye-shiryen magana na dare na tsawon shekaru tara a jere—mutane da yawa sun ga hakan a matsayin wani motsi na siyasa zuwa ga Donald Trump, gabanin hadewar dala biliyan 8 tsakanin kamfanin iyaye na CBS, Paramount, da Skydance.
Wannan ƙarshe ne mara daraja ga wata cibiyar talabijin ta zamani, amma a hanyarta, ya dace—idan aka yi la'akari da yawan lokutan shirin da suka fi tunawa a cikin shekaru 11 da suka gabata suna da alaka kai tsaye da Trump. A lokaci guda, masu kallo sun kuma daraja lokutan mutuntaka da Colbert—wanda babu shakka shine mafi gaskiya a cikin dukkan masu shirya shirye-shiryen magana na dare—ya sanya a matsayin fifiko.
Ga manyan lokuta 10 na Late Show With Stephen Colbert daga shekaru 11 da suka gabata:
Takaitaccen Wasannin Hungry for Power, 2016
A shekararsa ta biyu a matsayin mai shirya shirin, Colbert ya dauki wani aiki mai girma: rufe taron jam'iyyar Republican da Democrat na 2016. Tare da dabbar sa Caligula da sanye da wig mai ruwan hoda kamar mai shirya shirin talabijin na Stanley Tucci daga fina-finan The Hunger Games, ya ba mu hangen nesa game da ayyukan ciki na jam'iyyun biyu da suka fi muni. Akwai lokuta da yawa daga Wasannin Hungry for Power da za a zabi daya kawai, amma takaitaccen da aka watsa bayan taron yana da kyau wajen tattara manyan abubuwan. Bugu da kari, yana da fitowar wani hali na farko da masu kallo ke so, Cajun Pope.
Bankwana da Bill O'Reilly da 'Stephen Colbert,' 2017
Halin wawa na mazan jiya da Colbert ya dauka a The Daily Show da The Colbert Report ya dogara sosai kan tsohon mai sharhi na Fox News Bill O'Reilly, sarkin masu sukar kafafen yada labarai na hannun dama—har sai da zarge-zargen lalata da wariyar launin fata ya sa aka kore shi. Bayan ya yi wasu zagi na murna ga O'Reilly—wanda Colbert yake da dangantaka mai tsauri a talabijin (ya taba sace masa toaster)—ya yanke shawarar yi masa jana'iza ta hanyar fitar da halinsa daga ritaya don wani karo na karshe. "Stephen Colbert" mai fushi ya zagi jama'ar Amurka saboda rashin taimakon jarumin nasa, kafin ya gaya wa "Papa Bear" da ya tsaya da karfi. Bankwana da ya dace ga duk wanda ya shiga.
Alex Jones Ya Kira Colbert a Kotu, 2019
Daya daga cikin mafi kyawun barkwanci na The Late Show ya ta'allaka ne kan tsohon mai mallakar InfoWars kuma mai ra'ayin makirci na hannun dama Alex Jones. A shekarar 2019, Jones yana cikin wani rikici mai zafi game da kula da yara tare da tsohuwar matarsa kuma ya yi kokarin samun tagomashi a kotu ta hanyar da'awar cewa abubuwan da yake yi a talabijin wasa ne kawai. Colbert ya yi farin ciki da wannan, yana kunna hotunan mafi munin maganganun Jones kuma ya gabatar da nasa sigar ta hanyar Tuck Buckford, mai shirya Brain Fight mai murya mai kauri. Wannan bangare—inda Buckford ke yin magana game da matsalolin hanji na Iyayen Kafa, ya ci naman zebra, ya yage wando—ya fi tunawa musamman saboda yana biyo bayan Jones ya ambaci sunan Colbert a shaidar kotu.
Aika Sako ga Trump, 2017
Colbert ya yi wasu kalamai masu zafi ga Donald Trump a rana ta 102 na wa'adinsa na farko, bayan hirar shugaban da mai shirya Face the Nation kuma abokin aikin CBS John Dickerson. Trump ya zagi Dickerson a fuskarsa sau da yawa (wannan har yanzu wani sabon abu ne a lokacin). Ya gaya wa mai jarida mai daraja cewa ya kira shirinsa "Deface the Nation." Colbert ya lura cewa yayin da Dickerson ya fi daraja don musayar zagi da shugaban Amurka, "Ni, yallabai, ba John Dickerson ba ne." Barkwancin da suka biyo baya sun kasance marasa dadi—kamar "Ba kai ne POTUS ba, kai ne Bloat-us"—har zuwa karshe, inda ya buga wannan: "Iyakar abin da bakinka ke da amfani da shi shine zama mashin din Vladimir Putin." Gidan talabijin ya toshe la'anar kafin a watsa, amma hakan bai hana martani ba, tare da #FireColbert ya zama sananne a kafafen sada zumunta. Colbert ya dan sassauta maganganunsa daga baya, musamman saboda girmamawa ga wadanda suka ga barkwancin yana nuna kyama ga 'yan luwadi, amma bai nemi afuwa ba. Daga baya an wanke shi daga keta ka'idojin FCC.
Liv Tyler Ta Cika Mafarkin Lord of the Rings, 2019
Bayan barkwanci da siyasa, Colbert an fi saninsa a matsayin babban mai son Lord of the Rings. A gaskiya, kwanan nan ya sanar da cewa zai rubuta fim na gaba a cikin jerin, The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past. A duk lokacin da yake The Late Show, Colbert ya kawo labaran fantasy na J.R.R. Tolkien sau da yawa kuma ya gayyaci mutane da yawa da suka shiga cikin fina-finan The Lord of the Rings da The Hobbit (har ma ya yi fitowar ta karshe). Wataƙila mafi kyawun lokaci shine wani bangare mai dadi tare da Liv Tyler, wacce ta taka rawar gimbiya Arwen a LOTR. Sanin yadda Colbert yake son wadannan fina-finai, ta kawo takobin da halinta ya yi amfani da shi kuma ta "cika mafarki" na Colbert ta hanyar sake yin wani shahararren yanayinta tare da shi.
Conan Ya Dauki Ragama, 2019
Conan O'Brien ya bayyana a The Late Show sau da yawa, wanda bai yi mamaki ba idan aka yi la'akari da dangantakarsu ta shekaru da yawa (Colbert ya taba neman aikin rubutu a Late Night with Conan O'Brien ba tare da nasara ba). Sun shahara wajen haduwa a lokacin yajin aikin Writers Guild a 2008, lokacin da, tare da Jon Stewart, suka yi kishiya ta karya (akan Mike Huckabee, daga cikin mutane) wanda ya ƙare da fada tsakanin su uku a shirin O'Brien. Su biyun sun ci gaba da wannan kishiya har zuwa 2019, lokacin da O'Brien ya musanya wuri da Colbert na dare daya. O'Brien ya zauna a bayan teburin mai shirya shirin yayin da Colbert ya dauki kujera mai zafi. Wani tattaunawa mai ban dariya ya biyo baya, yana ba mu hangen nesa game da abin da zai iya faruwa idan Conan ya koma CBS a zamanin da.
Tattaunawa game da Bakin Ciki tare da Joe Biden, 2020
Lokacin da cutar ta COVID-19 ta afku a 2020, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ya zama A Late Show with Stephen Colbert a Gida. An yi fim daga gidan Colbert na gaske (tare da matarsa, Evelyn McGee Colbert, sau da yawa tana cika matsayin masu kallo a studio), ya gudanar da hira ta Skype. Mafi shahara shine shirinsa na mintuna 50 tare da Joe Biden, wanda a lokacin shi ne dan takarar Democrat. Biden ya isar da sako na juriya ga Amurkawa a wannan lokaci mai wahala, musamman wadanda ke bakin cikin 'yan uwa da suka rasa rayukansu saboda cutar. Shi da Colbert—wanda ya san bakin ciki sosai, bayan ya rasa mahaifinsa da 'yan uwansa a wani hatsarin jirgin sama yana da shekaru 10 kawai—sun yi magana game da Biden ya rasa dansa, Beau, 'yan shekaru da suka gabata. Juriya da tausayin Biden sun shafi masu kallo da yawa, suna bambanta shi da Trump a wannan muhimmin lokaci a zaben 2020.
Tattaunawa game da Imani da Barkwanci tare da Dua Lipa, 2022
Abin da ya fara a matsayin hira ta yau da kullun tare da mawakiya Dua Lipa ya dauki wani juyi na ruhaniya mai ban mamaki lokacin da suka musanya matsayi don Lipa, wacce ke shirya wani podcast, ta iya yin aikin hira. Maimakon ta yi tambaya mai sauki, Lipa ta tambayi Colbert, "Shin imaninka da barkwancinka suna haduwa? Kuma ko daya ya fi nasara?" Colbert, mai son addinin Katolika, ya shiga cikin tambayar, yana tattauna yadda barkwanci ke taimaka masa wajen magance tsoro da bakin ciki, kafin ya ambaci mawaki kuma marubuci Ba'amurke Robert Hayden."Kada mu bar tsoro ko magudi su yaudare mu mu yarda da mugunta a matsayin maganin mugunta. Dole ne mu ci gaba da yin gwagwarmaya don rike mutuntakarmu, ko da yake barazanar da hukumomi ke yi suna kokarin sarrafa mu."
— Strike Force Five sun sake haduwa, 2026
A lokacin yakin kan The Tonight Show da kuma gasar kima na dare a shekarun 1990, ba za a yi tunanin cewa David Letterman da Jay Leno za su taba bayyana a shirye-shiryen juna ba. Amma lokuta sun canza. Stephen Colbert da abokan aikinsa hudu—Jimmy Fallon na The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel na Live!, John Oliver na Last Week Tonight, da Seth Meyers na Late Night—sun hada kai don yin podcast na Strike Force Five a lokacin yajin aikin Writers Guild of America na 2023. Manufarsu ita ce tallafawa abokan aikinsu a layukan yajin aikin. Su biyar sun sake haduwa kwanan nan don tallafawa Colbert yayin da yake shirin barin shirinsa. Sun yi magana game da yadda suka fara a talabijin, fushin da suka fuskanta daga Trump, bakin da suka sumbata, da makomar talabijin na dare. Wannan shaida ce ga girmamawar da Colbert yake da shi a tsakanin takwarorinsa kuma nuni ne na hadin kai mai ban sha'awa a fuskar wuce gona da iri na siyasa da tsoro na kamfanoni.
— Colbert da Letterman sun lalata dukiyar CBS, 2026
A zamaninsa na Late Show, David Letterman yana son haifar da hargitsi ta hanyar jefa dukiyar CBS daga rufin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ed Sullivan—abin da aka gaya wa Colbert da kar ya yi lokacin da ya karbi ragama. Amma yanzu, ba tare da wani abin da zai rasa ba, shi da Letterman sun sami ramuwa ta karshe. Sun dawo da al'adar kuma sun lalata wasu kayayyaki masu tsada na CBS, ciki har da kujerar Colbert. Letterman ya kammala ta hanyar yin kuskure kadan a cikin maganar marigayi mai jarida Edward Murrow, yana fatan CBS, "Barka da dare da sa'a—'yan iska."
