Stephen Colbert Returns to 'The Late Show' With a Live Studio Audience After 460 Days

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#LSSC tonight: The pants are back! pic.twitter.com/rJXgZymNayAnd here’s how it looked when Colbert finally did make out out onstage, in case you’re wondering:TONIGHT: The words we've been waiting 15 months to hear… "Welcome to THE Late Show, I am your host Stephen Colbert." #LSSCYouThere pic.twitter.com/BSbZ1gRkLx

And just like that, he’s back! Stephen Colbert returned to the stage at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on Monday night for the first time in 460 days.

“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to The Late Show, I’m Stephen Colbert.” Those are words that the comedian and broadcaster hasn’t said for well over year.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorStephen Colbert has, nearly every weeknight for the past 15 months, led the nation’s most-watched late-night show without many of the trappings viewers have come to expect. He’s had no live audience to respond to his jokes and monologues.