Stephen Colbert made a surprise return to TV just one day after 'The Late Show' ended — and took shots at CBS throughout his new hosting gig.

Stephen Colbert returned to TV just one day after his CBS finale with a surprise appearance on a Michigan public access show.

Stephen Colbert’s sign-off as the host of the CBS “The Late ⁠Show” ⁠may signal the end of a historic TV franchise, ⁠but the late-night tradition is far from dead. Comedy is booming on podcasts, where former late-night hosts like Conan O’Brien,

The episode closed with Colbert, Jack White and Jeff Daniels destroying the set and burning it in a flaming dumpster.

Stephen Colbert made a surprise appearance hosting the "Only in Monroe" community access show broadcast in Monroe, Michigan, on Friday, one night after he recorded his final episode​ of "The Late Show.

"It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV, so I am grateful to be able to be here," the comedian said.

Stephen Colbert was back on late-night television on Friday, just one day after taping the final episode of the “The Late Show.” The former CBS show host helmed Monroe “Only in Monroe,” a public access program in Monroe,

President Trump followed up his Stephen Colbert "Late Show" diss with a violent A.I. video throwing the former host in a dumpster.