When one door closes, a guest spot opens.

Stephen Colbert‘s days on CBS‘s The Late Show may be numbered, but the comedian is already exploring some new ventures, including a role on CBS’s Elsbeth — as a late-night host.

Entertainment Weekly has learned that Colbert is set to guest-star in a season 3 episode of the murder mystery series. Colbert’s character will host the fictional show, Way Late with Scotty Bristol, according to Vulture, which first reported the news.

Representatives for Colbert did not immediately respond to EW’s inquiries, while a rep for CBS declined to comment.

The timing of Colbert’s newest CBS collab is certainly auspicious. Late last month, the network announced that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert would conclude next year, ending the franchise — which began with David Letterman in 1993 — after 33 years on the air.

EW has learned that plans for Colbert’s appearance on Elsbeth were set in motion months before that announcement. Back in February, Colbert welcomed Elsbeth star Wendell Pierce to The Late Show and, during their conversation, said that he’s been dying to appear on a procedural like Elsbeth.

“I want to be the body that’s found behind the pile of lettuce boxes or something like that,” he joked.

Pierce immediately offered to help out: “I can make that happen,” he quipped. “I know a guy who knows a guy. We can get you on.”

Whether Colbert will be a murderer, an ally, or a produce-stashed corpse remains to be seen, but it seems Pierce delivered on his promise to make a few calls.

A spinoff of The Good Wife and The Good Fight, Elsbeth follows the astute but unconventional attorney Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) as she uses her unique observations to solve a new murder each week. As a guest star, Colbert is in esteemed company; the series has also welcomed Nathan Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Laurie Metcalf, Mary-Louise Parker, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick, and more.

With the new season set to arrive in October, the comedian will remain busy hosting his actual late-night show until May.

In announcing the end of The Late Show, CBS said its decision to pull the plug on the franchise was “purely a financial one” and that it wasn’t “related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”

But many critics have questioned the timing of the announcement, pointing out that Colbert had recently criticized CBS’ corporate parent, Paramount Global, for agreeing to pay  $16 million to President Donald Trump over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that aired on 60 Minutes in November. Trump has long disliked late-night hosts’ jokes about his administration and celebrated news of The Late Show‘s cancellation on social media, writing that Colbert’s “talent was even less than his ratings.

For his part, Colbert has not backed down, continuing to openly criticize Trump and his administration throughout the president’s second term. Reacting to Trump’s post about his cancellation, Colbert said, “How dare you sir. Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism: Go f— yourself.”