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EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · May 22, 2026 · 52 words · By Yolaine De Kerchove Dexaerde

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Watch: Emotional scenes for Stephen Colbert’s final ‘Late Show' Copy/paste the link below: Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Updated: Fans lined up outside New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater ahead of Stephen Colbert’s final “Late Show,” with many…

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Fans lined up outside New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater ahead of Stephen Colbert’s final “Late Show”. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Fans lined up outside New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater ahead of Stephen Colbert’s final “Late Show”.

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Claim 1: “Fans lined up outside New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater ahead of Stephen Colbert’s final “Late Show””

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The claim is independently corroborated by multiple sources: EuroNews reports fans lining up, an Instagram post confirms hundreds of fans gathered outside the Ed Sullivan Theater for the final night, and a web search result specifically mentions fans lining up for the last taping on May 21, 2026. Wikipedia confirms the location of the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Beatles made several appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, including three in February 1964 that were among their first appearances in front of an American audience. Their first appearance, on Febr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_on_The_Ed_Sullivan…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American television host, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sullivan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ed Sullivan Theater (originally Hammerstein's Theatre; later the Manhattan Theatre, Billy Rose's Music Hall, CBS Radio Playhouse No. 3, and CBS Studio 50) is a theater at 1697–1699 Broadway, betwe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sullivan_Theater

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