Colbert, who already has 10 Emmys to his name, was previously honored for "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central and his most recent win for his special, audaciously titled "Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020."

Stephen Colbert was struggling to get through the opening line of his telecast on Thursday, announcing that his turn behind the desk of The Late Show was coming to an end, as well as the fact that CBS was ignominiously axing its storied late-night franchise altogether.