Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 22 ga Yuni, 2016, CBS ta sanar da cewa "The Late Show" zai watsa shirye-shiryen bidiyo na tsawon makonni biyu a lokacin zaben Republican na 2016
da kuma majalisun dimokiradiyya. Na farko daga cikin waɗannan aukuwa, a ranar 18 ga Yuli, 2016, ya buɗe tare da lambar kiɗa ta Colbert wanda ya kwatanta taron Republican da kasancewa "Kirsimeti a watan Yuli", kuma ya nuna zane-zane inda aka gaya wa Jon Stewart (wanda aka bayyana cewa yana zaune a cikin gidan gida) cewa Donald Trump ya sami takarar Republican don zaɓen shugaban ƙasa, an sake farfado da mutum na Colbert daga "The Colbert Report" kuma ya ba da fitowar Kalmar a kan "Trumpiness", da kuma zane-zane da aka yi fim a zagaye na taron a matsayin "The Hunger Games" - Julius Flickerman ya yi wahayi. Stewart ya sake bayyana a ranar Alhamis mai zuwa, yana isar da wani yanki na sukar Fox News Channel bayan korar Shugaba Roger Ailes. Ayyukan Colbert a lokacin waɗannan aukuwa an yaba da su sosai don dawowarsu zuwa girmamawa kan wasan kwaikwayo na labarai kamar "The Colbert Report" da "The Daily Show".