monologue
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When CBS parent company Paramount Global agreed to settle a lawsuit with Trump for $16 million last July, Colbert targeted both sides, calling the settlement a “big fat bribe” in one monologue.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
During the show’s monologue, Colbert was riffing on Starbucks opening in Italy when a couple and their son sitting in the audience interrupted him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Like its US counterpart, the UK show has a cold open - beginning immediately with a sketch before going to a title sequence, opening credits and then an opening monologue from the guest host.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
In “Deadwood,” the finest monologue, Mr. Jackman plays a tree surgeon who begins a relationship with one of his clients, Katie.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
He suggests to a junior named Colin Lester that he build his monologue, which is from Red, a play about the painter Mark Rothko, a bit more slowly.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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