'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' wins Emmy after CBS cancellation

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" won the Emmy for outstanding talk series Sunday for the first time — seven months before it goes off the air

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" won the Emmy for outstanding talk series Sunday for the first time — seven months before it goes off the air.

Colbert, accepting the award to rapturous applause and cheers from the audience inside Los Angeles' Peacock Theater, thanked the roughly 200 "incredible professionals" who work behind the scenes of the late-night show, which CBS is canceling.

He then reflected more broadly on the legacy of "The Late Show," saying he originally set out to do a late-night comedy series about "love" and then realized it was actually about "loss."

"Sometimes, you only know how much you love something when you get a sense you might be losing it. ... I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America."

"Stay strong and be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor," Colbert added, paraphrasing the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy."