Colbert Repeats as Kennedy Center Honors Host

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Late Show host Stephen Colbert has been tapped to repeat as host of CBS' annual Kennedy Center Honors telecast Dec. 29.

The show is being taped Dec. 6.

Colbert hosted last year but was wearing his Colbert Report hat.

Honorees this year are Carole King, George Lucas, Rita Moreno, Seiji Ozawa and Cicely Tyson.

Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment will executive produce.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.