“ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ” had been nominated for outstanding talk series or outstanding variety talk series nine consecutive times.

On Sunday, the show finally emerged victorious in the Emmys category.

The outstanding talk series win was somewhat bittersweet, arriving months ahead of the exit of Colbert from the CBS late-night fixture and permanent end of “The Late Show,” announced in July.

But Colbert ’s expression was all joy as he got onstage to accept the honor with his “Late Show” colleagues, who started a chant of “Stephen! Stephen!”

More staff from the show cheered from the audience.

Colbert used his time as an Emmys presenter earlier in the show to hand his resume and headshot to Harrison Ford (to give to Steven Spielberg) and announce he was lookin

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