Posted 29 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownAfter His Talk Show Was Canceled, Stephen Colbert Just Won An Emmy Award And Gave A Passionate Speech"I realized that in some ways, we were doing a late-night comedy show about loss."by Nora DominickBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Politics The 2025 Emmy Awards happened tonight, which celebrated the very best in television from the past year. From shows like The Pitt and Adolescence, the night was filled with long-awaited and much-deserved wins. Kevin Mazur / Kevin Mazur/Getty Images, CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images And while there were so many amazing wins early in the night, one of the biggest came towards the end of the show when Bryan Cranston announced the winner for Outstanding Talk Series. VALERIE MACON / AFP / Getty Images The category featured The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with the latter receiving so much applause at just the mention of the show's name. CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images Then, when Cranston announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won the Emmy Award, the entire theater went wild and erupted in "Stephen" cheers, as Colbert took the stage alongside all of the hardworking people who make the show possible. Kevin Winter / Getty Images The show had previously been nominated six times for Outstanding Variety Talk Series. BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicLet's chat about all things PoliticsSee our Politics Discussions For context, back in July, news broke that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is being canceled after a decade-long run. Colbert announced the news during a segment on the show, saying, "Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending The Late Show in May." When the audience began to boo, Colbert added, "Yeah, I share your feelings. It's not just the end of our show, but it's the end of The Late Show on CBS. I'm not being replaced. This is all just going away." CBS / Via youtube.com CBS confirmed the news in a statement, noting that the cancellation was "purely a financial decision." After news broke, other late-night hosts shared their heartbreak, with Jimmy Kimmel notably sharing on his Instagram Story, "Love you Stephen. Fuck you and all your Sheldons CBS." Several people have speculated that CBS's decision to cancel the show was influenced by politics, given that it came almost two weeks after the network's parent company, Paramount, agreed to pay President Donald Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit. The suit saw Trump accuse the show 60 Minutes of editing an interview with Kamala Harris in the run-up to the US presidential election, and misleading voters. Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images So, this win for Colbert and The Late Show felt so well-earned and poignant, given that it comes after the show's cancellation. Taking the stage, Colbert said, "Thank you for this honor. I want to thank CBS for giving us the privilege of being part of the late-night tradition, which I hope lasts long after this show." VALERIE MACON / AFP / Getty Images He then went on to thank his children and wife before saying, "Ten years ago, in September of 2015, Spike Jonze stopped by my office and said, 'Hey, what do you want this show to be about?' I said, 'Spike, I don't know how you could do it, but I would like to do a late-night comedy show that was about love. I don't know if I ever figured that out, but at a certain point - and you can guess what that point was - I realized that in some ways, we were doing a late-night comedy show about loss." CBS Colbert continued, "That's related to love, because sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it." CBS He concluded his speech, saying, "Ten years later, in September of 2025, my friends, I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor." CBS The Late Show team then stayed on stage for a little longer and embraced in an emotional group hug. CBS Let's go, Colbert. We'll follow you anywhere. And check out all of our Emmys coverage here.