The &34;Late Show&34; fixture will play a TV host named Scotty Bristol in the &34;Elsbeth&34; season 3 premiere. Stephen Colbert is back behind a latenight desk

The "Late Show" fixture will play a TV host named Scotty Bristol in the "Elsbeth" season 3 premiere.

Stephen Colbert is back behind a late-night desk in first look at his Elsbeth guest episode

The "Late Show" fixture will play a TV host named Scotty Bristol in the "Elsbeth" season 3 premiere.

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Marcia DeBonis as Sheryl Jacobs and Stephen Colbert as Scotty Bristol on 'Elsbeth'. Credit:

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Iiiiit's *The Late Show*, with… Scotty Britstol?

CBS has unveiled a first look at Stephen Colbert's guest appearance on the procedural dramedy *Elsbeth*, which will find the longtime *Late Show* emcee portraying a late-night host named Scotty Bristol.

Colbert will guest-star in the season 3 premiere of *Elsbeth*, which is a spinoff of *The Good Wife* and *The Good Fight* that follows the astute but unorthodox attorney Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) as she uses her unique observations to solve a new murder case every week. Also guest-starring in the episode are Amy Sedaris and Andy Richter (who himself knows a thing or two about late-night hosting).**

Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Stephen Colbert as Scotty Bristol on 'Elsbeth'.

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"Elsbeth dives into the world of late-night comedy when backstage tensions rise between a talk show host (Colbert), his head writer Laurel (Sedaris) and her on-air sidekick husband, Mickey (Richter)," the episode's synopsis tells us. "Also, Elsbeth meets a new police officer (Lindsay Mendez) who is an aspiring stand-up comic when off the clock."

Colbert playing a fictional late-night host comes as he's wrapping up his time as a real one. In July, CBS made the shocking announcement that it was canceling the *Late Show* franchise, which began with David Letterman in 1993. Colbert will continue his behind-the-desk duties until May, when he'll sign off for the final time at the end of the broadcast season.**

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Earlier this month, news broke that Colbert would appear on *Elsbeth* as the titular host of *Way Late With Scotty Bristol*. As EW reported at the time, plans for Colbert's guest appearance were set in motion months before *The Late Show*'s cancellation.

In fact, back in February, Colbert welcomed *Elsbeth* star Wendell Pierce to *The Late Show* and, during their conversation, said he'd been dying to appear on a procedural show.

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"I want to be the body that's found behind the pile of lettuce boxes or something like that," Colbert quipped.

"I can make that happen," Pierce replied. "I know a guy who knows a guy. We can get you on."**

Stephen Colbert as Scotty Bristol and Amy Sedaris as Laurel Hammond-Muntz on 'Elsbeth'.

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It seems Colbert got his wish about being on the show, but it remains to be seen if his desire to be a produce-concealed corpse has also been met.

*Elsbeth* returns for its third season on Sunday, Oct. 12, at 9:30 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT on CBS. The show, which also streams on Paramount+, will be back in its regular time slot at 10 p.m. Thursdays starting Oct. 16.

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