On July 18 , 2016 , Colbert briefly revived his '' Colbert Report '' persona in an episode of '' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert '' covering the 2016 Republican National Convention , which included a The Wørd segment about " Trumpiness . " On the July 27 , 2016 , episode , after stating that another company — implied to be Viacom , had threatened CBS over his use of aspects from '' The Colbert Report '' on '' Late Show '' , Colbert introduced a character that is the twin cousin of the Colbert character and also named Stephen Colbert , and brought back the segment once more as the '' ' WERD '' '
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
Recurring segments on The Colbert Report