Running The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was a different beast than running The Colbert Report, namely because Stephen Colbert had always “done something in character” during his time on Comedy Central.
He said these days he mainly wants the people watching at home “to feel like they’re not alone.”
At first, during his CBS gig he tried to be more buttoned up and serious and then he briefly took more of the Jimmy Fallon “let’s have fun” route before figuring out his tone.