VIDEO: Stephen King Talks National Medal of Arts, Deceased Critics, and More on THE LATE SHOW

With his new National Medal of Arts around his neck, Stephen King made an appearance on THE LATE SHOW with its new host, Stephen Colbert. Below, watch the author discuss this honor, his fans, and his few early critics- who incidentally are all dead now.

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT premiered on Tuesday, Sept. 8 on CBs.The show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.

A multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian, Colbert is well-known for his previous late night show, "The Colbert Report," which concluded on Friday, Dec. 18, 2014. The program received wide-spread critical acclaim and earned two Peabody Awards and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including two Emmy wins for Outstanding Variety Series (2013, 2014) and four Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014). Prior to that, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as an on-air personality and writer of news satire for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series. He starred in Lincoln Center's recent revival of "Company."

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