Emmys bear the Colbert stamp: Genial, poignant, exuberant and a little outrageous
by By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Sep 18, 2017
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - For its 69th festival of self-benediction, broadcast Sunday on CBS, the Television Academy brought on Stephen Colbert as its master of ceremonies. Already on the CBS payroll, already schooled in hosting - it is two years almost to the day that, having abandoned his ironic "Colbert Report" persona, he took over "The Late Show" - he was an obvious choice for this job. It was a choice made even easier, to be sure, as his numbers improved
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