The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has never won any Emmy in its previous nine seasons despite some notable streaks of excellence. (It has been nominated 31 times.) For much of that period, it competed in late-night’s top category against Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which Emmy voters love the way Oliver loves a minor-league baseball team .

Stephen Colbert took aim at Donald Trump's gloating over his show's cancellation in his "Late Show" monologue.

Stephen Colbert returned for his first full program after last week’s announcement that CBS was canceling his “Late Show.”