--- title: Stephen Colbert Hosts Puppy Oscars: Late Show Video description: Infinitely cuter than the regular Academy Awards canonical: https://time.com/4242867/stephen-colbert-puppy-oscars/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-01T16:12:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:36.573Z og:title: Watch Stephen Colbert Recreate the Oscars Using Puppies og:description: Infinitely cuter than the regular Academy Awards og:url: https://time.com/4242867/stephen-colbert-puppy-oscars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Stephen Colbert Recreate the Oscars Using Puppies twitter:description: Infinitely cuter than the regular Academy Awards twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Stephen Colbert Recreate the Oscars Using Puppies by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 1, 2016 4:12 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 1, 2016 4:12 PM UTC On Monday’s episode of _The Late Show_ _,_ Stephen Colbert explained that he usually needs a break during the [super-long Academy Awards](http://time.com/4240722/oscars-2016-review-chris-rock/). “At the Oscars halftime, I like to switch over to the Puppy Oscars,” Colbert said, “which we had to make ourselves because they don’t exist.” Colbert rounded up a bunch of adorable puppies, who are all [available for adoption](https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/704529049020821505), to recreate the ceremony. The pups, dressed up in outfits they can’t quite move around in, strut their stuff on the red carpet and recreate scenes from Best Picture nominees. Colbert really seems to enjoy featuring dogs on his show, because just a few weeks ago, he hosted his own version of the [Westminster Dog Show](http://time.com/4228902/westminster-dog-show-late-night-stephen-colbert/). One of the dogs from that video, a 15-year-old toothless pug named Dexter, makes a cameo in the Puppy Oscars video. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4242867/stephen-colbert-puppy-oscars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4242867/stephen-colbert-puppy-oscars/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert Recreate the Oscars Using Puppies","datePublished":"2016-03-01T16:12:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:36.573Z","description":"Infinitely cuter than the regular Academy Awards","url":"https://time.com/4242867/stephen-colbert-puppy-oscars/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4242867/stephen-colbert-puppy-oscars/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert Recreate the Oscars Using Puppies"}}]}] ```