Colbert Was CBS' 'Late Show' Guy Since 2012 — And Yes, He'll Keep the Name

Stephen Colbert will end The Colbert Report when his contract expires at the end of 2014, take a break, and start gearing up to take over The Late Show most likely in the fall of 2015 — part of an informal succession plan that has been in motion going back as far as December 2012, Mashable has learned.

And there’s no need to switch to an Americanized pronunciation of his name: Colbert won’t go back to KOHL-bert, but will keep the soft-ending kohl-BAYR, which he took on back in college. It was a personal choice –- not as part of any schtick — and he's not the only member of his family to use the more French-leaning pronunciation. Read more...