"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" secured nine Emmy nominations in its final season, the largest tally of Colbert's 11-year run at the Ed Sullivan Theater. The recognition is notable because it arrives just as CBS retires the "Late Show" franchise, which the network attributed to a financial decision amid a tough late-night landscape, and it exceeds the show's previous best of five nominations achieved in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The nominations span variety series, writing, directing, production design, technical direction and camerawork, lighting design, sound mixing, picture editing and music direction. CBS aired the series finale on 21 May, ending a 33-year franchise that spanned 22 years under David Letterman and 11 under Colbert, a move that drew scrutiny given the show's ratings and the timing of Paramount's merger with Skydance. In the outstanding variety series category — now an "area" award where each nominee needs at least 90% of voters to deem it Emmy-worthy — it competes against "Last Week Tonight", "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "The Daily Show" and "Saturday Night Live". Final-round voting runs 17–26 August, with the Primetime Emmy Awards airing on 14 September on NBC.