Stephen Colbert’s plans for after The Late Show ends in May may include a familiar character.

During the host’s big “exit interview” with GQ, Colbert revealed he has a “whole show” planned around his former right-wing Colbert Report persona. “It was actually going to involve that old character in a new job, and he would be like a central figure, but he wouldn’t be the only character in it,” he told the magazine. “And I might still do it someday, but that was my plan. And then taking over for Letterman fell on my lap.”

The series idea was his contingency plan should Colbert Report end suddenly—but with the end of The Late Show drawing to its conclusion in the spring, it may be a possibility once again.

Colbert left the fictional conservative “Colbert” behind after nine years to take ove

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