Ed Sullivan Theater - Late-night comedy home

The Ed Sullivan Theater has been the New York home for major late-night comedy shows, hosting The Late Show with David Letterman from 1993 to 2015 and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since 2015. The theater has a long broadcast history and regularly features stand-up sets, comedic interviews, and monologues taped before a live Manhattan audience. Its location in Midtown makes it a longstanding center of televised American humor.