It looks as if the campaign to #CancelColbert may have been somewhat successful…

On Thursday, CBS announced that Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report will replace the outgoing late-night legend David Letterman in the coveted 11:35 time slot. 

The final episode of The Colbert Report will air at the end of the year.

Colbert began working in improvisational theatre with Second City Chicago and as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In 2005, he was promoted to host his own show.

A spin-off of The Daily Show‘s fake-news format, but with a twist, The Colbert Report pushed the bounds of political satire with Stephen’s portrayal of an egotistical, willfully oblivious right-wing pundit that has often hit too close to the mark for Bill O’Reilly’s tastes.

But as host of The Late Show, the public will be introduced to the real Stephen Colbert.

Though his true self has peeked through on a few notable occasions, Colbert has maintained his facade for almost a decade on the air. It remains to be seen what a talk show hosted by the real Colbert would look like.

Let’s hope Colbert doesn’t just spend the rest of his days making small talk with A-List celebrities, like most late night hosts. (And let’s see if he can maintain the impressive attention to science that the Report has become known for.)

Will we be saying goodbye to some of the sharpest political comedy of our time?

We’ll find out in 2015. Until then, we at USDemocrazy will be savoring the final episodes of The Colbert Report.