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The bathtub signaled that we were in a new reality and we have to stay on the air. You genuinely felt, our fans needed to see Stephen.

Everything was changing so much. We need to figure this out. Denise Rehrig: When Stephen popped up that Monday night in his bathtub, he was doing what we were all doing.

My dog was hiding in the bathtub. Colbert was reflecting back to the country what everyone else was going through. I knew we were going to try to help him do the show. That was the most nerve-wracking part — the file transfers. Once we were able to figure out how to do that faster it got better. Now, you sit with an editor and instead of being together in a room the editor is at his or her house, you use Zoom to watch them edit. It was all kind of made up as we went along from people all over the country.

By Aug. Licht: Without an audience Stephen looked like he was swallowed up by that stage. So Stephen had to learn how to be himself. When he took the job, no one thought Trump would run for president, let alone be President.

That changed everything about the show. Stephen Colbert: You have to love the grind. You learn to love it. You have to lean in to how hard it is. No one can tell you to go do it in a tiny little converted room with a robotic camera and just a stage manager and an executive producer and you will not hear laughter for 10 months, except when your wife shows up.

Evie Colbert: For me it was quite the unexpected partnership we developed. I could tell how difficult it was for him. It makes you feel good help someone you love. Licht: The pandemic tested every part of this operation. Rehrig: So much of the staff looks to Stephen for their cues.

We have a no-assholes policy as far as staff goes and it starts with Stephen. He sets a tone for things. We looked to him during the pandemic. Is Stephen panicking? Stephen Colbert: My staff has this great esprit de corps. They like not being defeated. Everybody here is a leader. We just met with every department and asked, what do you need?

Everybody quickly identified what they needed. The collaboration, the dedication, the creativity everyone showed and the problem-solving we did to make the tools work. Evie Colbert: I have all these different skills now. I had to do on iPads and laptops what they told me to do, like a bank robber, just do what they tell you do to.

Michnevich Bracco: His family became his crew. They were such troopers. Licht: When we booked the Bidens for their first interview after the election [in December ]. And we have a George Clooney pre-tape that we have to do that morning. And there is a travel restriction and you cannot drive on the roads to Delaware.

And they all got on a Zoom and then would come back and report on their progress. And it just happened. There was no drama. Rehrig: [Michnevich Bracco] is like the Oz behind the curtain. She put so much together. By the middle of , it was getting harder to make jokes every night. And Colbert had to get comfortable with being himself.

The anxiety of the serious feelings associated with the elevation and expansion of the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd, the significant possibility that there was going to be a resistance to the democratic process from a sitting President, which turned out to be absolutely true. Like a well-placed fear. The actual denial and the riots. All of those things kept you from having the most fun you possibly could, but I would say the show was a great relief.

I had more fun doing the show than I would have not doing the show. In between we found our fun. We took our pleasures but lightly in between those things.

Licht: With every maturation of the show Colbert has leaned more into being authentic. Not everyone looks good when you show them your real self. There is no midweek miracle. Instead, CBS will reair the Aug. These weeks off also offer a break for the writers, producers, crew, and staff.

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