1 of 5 | Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, testifies before a House Judiciary Committee Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Subcommittee hearing regarding migrant farm workers and the agricultural industry on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 24, 2010. Colbert was invited to testify after he spent one farcical day as a farm laborer which he said was much harder than punditry. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg |
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Colbert is under contract at Comedy Central until the end of 2014. Sources say the host would leave behind the conservative persona he assumes for Colbert Report if chosen to replace Letterman. Other candidates are rumored to include John Stewart, Neil Patrick Harris and Craig Ferguson.
"I just want to reiterate my thanks," Letterman said in his announcement. "[To] the network, all of the people who have worked here, all of the people in the theater...everybody at home, thank you very much."