The Top 10 Things That Would Happen on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Could be first in line for Letterman's seat

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Today, Mashable reported that Comedy Central icon Stephen Colbert is a front-runner to replace David Letterman on CBS' Late Show. Only time will tell if there's truth to the speculation, but it's left us wondering about what would happen if such a transition came to pass. And, of course, we had to put it in the form of a Top 10 list.

10. Conan O'Brien would explode.

9. Bill Carter would get another book out of it.

8.

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