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    CBS Goes for the Colbert Bump

    Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman on "Late Show."

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    By Kim Masters • Apr 10, 2014 • 3m Listen

    Exactly one week after David Letterman announced his retirement, CBS President Leslie Moonves and chairman of CBS Entertainment, Nina Tassler, announced that they have signed a five-year agreement with Stephen Colbert to take over the Late Show when Letterman retires next year. Although Colbert is older than other late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon (NBC) and Jimmy Kimmel (ABC), he has the youngest audience. That said, moving to CBS also means abandoning the ultra-conservative Colbert character that made The Colbert Report such a success on Comedy Central. Kim talks with John Horn about how Colbert will change the late night scene.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      John Horn

      Los Angeles Times

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      Jenny Radelet

      Producer, 'The Treatment'

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