Stephen Colbert teamed up with “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia to open Friday night’s edition of “The Late Show” by offering a special Father’s Day tribute to a woefully underappreciated subset of fathers who don’t get their due: hot TV dads.
Handsome television dads, declared the straight-faced “Late Show” host, have been “desperately overlooked” at Father’s Day.
“People like me, who play dads on TV — and are hot,” quipped Ventimiglia, who later in the show sat down for an interview with Colbert.
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With that, the pair honoured an array of hot TV dads, ranging from Coach Andy Taylor (Kyle Chandler) on “Friday Night Lights” to Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) of “Game of Thrones” to “Bobs Burgers” patriarch Bob Belcher.
During another segment, Colbert enlisted a member of the studio audience to assist him in reading some awful first drafts of Father’s Day cards, including one that read: “Happy Father’s Day! When I grow up I want to be just like dad… but y’know, without the drinking.”
You can watch “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT on Global. You can also watch full episodes online.
