United Kingdom, Sept. 15 -- Stephen Colbert won Best Talk Series at Sunday's (14.09.25) Emmy Awards.

The 61-year-old presenter recently revealed The Late show With Stephen Colbert was being axed next year but his popularity was clear at the ceremony when he received a standing ovation and delivered his acceptance speech to cheers of "Stephen! Stephen!" from the audience.

Stephen - who took the award ahead of The Daily Show and Jilly Kimmel Live! - said on stage at Los Angeles' Peacock Theater: "Thank you CBS for giving us the privilege to be part of the late-night tradition, which I hope continues long after we're no longer doing this show."

The presenter noted how, back in 2015, he thought he wanted his show to be a comedy about love ...