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Colbert Reunites with Jack White, Eminem, and More for Michigan Public Access Special

Stephen Colbert revisits his roots with an hour-long public access show in Monroe, Michigan, featuring an all-star lineup including Jack White, Jeff Daniels, Eminem, Steve Buscemi, and Byron Allen, reminiscent of his 2015 pre-"Late Show" st

Variety Music·May 23, 2026·via Variety Music

Colbert Reunites with Jack White, Eminem, and More for Michigan Public Access Special

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May 23, 2026 10:19am PT

Stephen Colbert Follows CBS Finale 24 Hours Later With Hilarious Hour of Michigan Public Access TV, Featuring Jack White, Jeff Daniels, Eminem, Steve Buscemi and Byron Allen

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On the final night of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ,” the host harked back to a stunt he did just prior to that show going on the air and said, “Technically our first show in July of 2015 was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan for an audience of 12 people. Show business being what it is these days, that’s probably where you’ll see me next.”

Few would have taken that gag for an actual tune-in, but that is exactly where Stephen Colbert turned up next, as 24 hours later, he returned to the airwaves in Michigan — hosting, without any serious prior warning, an hour’s worth of public-access TV. It turned out to be, well, at least one-fourth as star-studded as what he’d done the night before, and was arguably considerably more hilarious, in its hyper-minimalist fashion.