Stephen Colbert’s New Gig Revealed Following The Late Show Cancellation

Colbert has landed a guest role on ‘Elsbeth’ after previously asking to play a “corpse” on the CBS series

Carson Blackwelder is a TV Writer/Editor at PEOPLE. His work has previously appeared on Good Morning America/ABC News Digital and Closer Weekly.

Stephen Colbert on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'.

Stephen Colbert on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’.Credit : Scott Kowalchyk/CBS/Getty

Weeks after CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show, the comedian has landed a new gig.

PEOPLE has learned that Colbert will guest star on Elsbeth season 3. Better yet, art will imitate life, as he will play a late-night talk show host.

CBS declined to comment when reached by PEOPLE.

Elsbeth stars Carrie Preston as the titular Elsbeth Tascioni, an attorney from Chicago who utilizes her equally unique and quirky perspective to help the New York Police Department solve crimes. The show also stars Wendell Pierce as the NYPD captain overseeing Elsbeth, and Carra Patterson plays an NYPD officer who befriends Elsbeth.

ELSBETH - Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni

Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni on ‘Elsbeth’.Michael Parmelee/CBS

Colbert will join the star-studded list of celebrities who have made guest appearances on Elsbeth.

The show, a spinoff of The Good Wife and The Good Fight, kicked off with a True Blood reunion between Preston and Stephen Moyer.

Additional season 1 guest stars included Jane Krakowski, Linda Lavin, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Retta, Blair Underwood, Gina Gershon, Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti and more.

The list of guest stars only grew larger for season 2. It included Nathan Lane, Vanessa Williams, Pamela Adlon, Vanessa Bayer, Laurie Metcalf, Eric McCormack, Matthew Broderick, Jordana Brewster, Alyssa Milano, Mary-Louise Parker, David Alan Grier and Ethan Slater, to name a few.

Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni

Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Wendell Pierce as Captain C.W. Wagner on ‘Elsbeth’.Elizabeth Fisher/CBS

Colbert previously voiced his desire to appear on Elsbeth.

Pierce stopped by The Late Show in February, and Colbert asked the actor if he could help him fulfill his dream “to be a corpse on one of these shows.”

“I want to be the body that’s found behind the pile of lettuce boxes,” Colbert pleaded.

Pierce responded with a laugh, “I can make that happen. I know a guy who knows a guy. We can get you on.”