The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Will Start …..

A start date for the next generation of late night talk at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in NYC has been set.

David Letterman will say his final goodbyes on The Late Show later on this spring in May, after many years at the helm at CBS.

Screen Crush reports that Stephen Colbert will officially take over on Sept. 8, 2015. What will he bring with him from his old show on Comedy Central?

CBS president Nina Tassler said:

He’s brought almost his whole creative team from ‘The Colbert Report’ with him. He will have music on the show. He’s said, repeatedly, that ‘I have to be as entertaining as my guests,’ so he will certainly have guests on his show. Whether he’s going to start with a monologue, he’s working on that right now. But clearly, he knows that he is introducing himself, the real Stephen Colbert, to this audience. And he’s really putting a lot of attention into making sure the show is still topical, is still relevant, is still dealing with current events.

Additionally, Tassler revealed that the network has entered “conversations” with David Letterman to potentially host specials leading up his May 20 exit.

Here is a clip from The Late Show with David Letterman on Monday night with Chef Gordon Ramsay: