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176 Episodes 2021 - 2022
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 7, 2021 60 mins
Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez; music by The War on Drugs.
Episode 2
Wed, Sep 8, 2021 60 mins
Chris Wallace; Holland Taylor.
Episode 3
Thu, Sep 9, 2021 60 mins
Sarah Paulson; Kacey Musgraves.
Episode 4
Mon, Sep 13, 2021 60 mins
With guests, Jeff Daniels; Nate Burleson.
Episode 5
Tue, Sep 14, 2021 60 mins
Stephen Breyer and Chris Turner are spotlighted.
Episode 6
Wed, Sep 15, 2021 60 mins
Wednesday, September 15 –Jessica Chastain and Stephen Sondheim appear.
Episode 7
Thu, Sep 16, 2021 60 mins
Thursday, September 16 –Melissa McCarthy appears; Lindsey Buckingham performs.
Episode 8
Mon, Sep 20, 2021 60 mins
The Late Show's Celebration of Season 6: This Time with Laughs!
Episode 9
Tue, Sep 21, 2021 60 mins
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa; performance by Leon Bridges.
Episode 10
Wed, Sep 22, 2021 60 mins
Shawn Mendes.
Episode 11
Thu, Sep 23, 2021 60 mins
Anderson Cooper; performance by John Mayer.
Episode 12
Mon, Sep 27, 2021 60 mins
Sturgill Simpson; Jon Stewart.
Episode 13
Tue, Sep 28, 2021 60 mins
Host of CBS' "The Price is Right" Drew Carey; Phoebe Robinson.
Episode 14
Wed, Sep 29, 2021 60 mins
Anita Hill; Alessandro Nivola.
Episode 15
Thu, Sep 30, 2021 60 mins
John Lithgow; performance by Theo Croker featuring Wyclef Jean.
Episode 16
Fri, Oct 1, 2021 60 mins
Paul Giamatti.
Episode 17
Mon, Oct 4, 2021 60 mins
Julianna Margulies; performance by Toby Keith.
Episode 18
Tue, Oct 5, 2021 60 mins
Michael Keaton; remote performance by Zac Brown Band.
Episode 19
Wed, Oct 6, 2021 60 mins
Bret Baier; Susie Essman.
Episode 20
Thu, Oct 7, 2021 60 mins
Sanjay Gupta; Denis Villeneuve.
Episode 21
Fri, Oct 8, 2021 60 mins
Cast of the Award-winning HBO series "Succession" in their first late-night appearance together: Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen and J. Smith-Cameron.
Episode 22
Mon, Oct 18, 2021 60 mins
Adam Schiff, performance by Kacey Musgraves.
Episode 23
Tue, Oct 19, 2021 60 mins
Nick Offerman, Charlamagne Tha God.
Episode 24
Wed, Oct 20, 2021 60 mins
Issa Rae, performance by H.E.R.
Episode 25
Thu, Oct 21, 2021 60 mins
Timothée Chalamet & Zendaya.
Episode 26
Fri, Oct 22, 2021 60 mins
Andie MacDowell, performance by Lana Del Ray.
Episode 27
Mon, Oct 25, 2021 60 mins
Bruce Springsteen.
Episode 28
Tue, Oct 26, 2021 60 mins
Gabby Barret.
Episode 29
Wed, Oct 27, 2021 60 mins
Stephen welcomes actress Elizabeth Banks and actress Jorja Fox.
Episode 30
Thu, Oct 28, 2021 60 mins
Stephen welcomes actor John Leguizamo and actress Thomasin McKenzie.
Episode 31
Fri, Oct 29, 2021 60 mins
My Morning Jacket.
Episode 32
Mon, Nov 1, 2021 60 mins
David Byrne; Huma Abedin; Broadway Performance from the cast of "American Utopia".
Episode 33
Tue, Nov 2, 2021 60 mins
Michael C. Hall; Michael Eric Dyson.
Episode 34
Wed, Nov 3, 2021 60 mins
Andy Cohen; Thundercat.
Episode 35
Thu, Nov 4, 2021 60 mins
Billy Porter; Annaleigh Ashford.
Episode 36
Fri, Nov 5, 2021 60 mins
Tony Hale; Snail Mail.
Episode 37
Mon, Nov 8, 2021 60 mins
Jonathan Karl; Brandi Carlile.
Episode 38
Tue, Nov 9, 2021 60 mins
Quentin Tarantino. Stephen reveals the next People's "Sexiest Man Alive".
Episode 39
Wed, Nov 10, 2021 60 mins
Aubrey Plaza; Bruce Springsteen.
Episode 40
Thu, Nov 11, 2021 60 mins
Kenneth Branagh; Ellie Kemper.
Episode 41
Fri, Nov 12, 2021 60 mins
Jeff Goldblum; Rod Stewart.
Episode 42
Mon, Nov 15, 2021 60 mins
Paul Rudd; performance by Sting.
Episode 43
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 60 mins
Mayor-elect of New York City Eric Adams; Dwyane Wade.
Episode 44
Wed, Nov 17, 2021 60 mins
Adam Driver; America Ferrera.
Episode 45
Fri, Nov 19, 2021 60 mins
Kevin Hart; performance by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.
Episode 46
Mon, Nov 22, 2021 60 mins
Andrew Garfield; José Andres.
Episode 47
Tue, Nov 23, 2021 60 mins
Lady Gaga; special performance by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett.
Episode 48
Wed, Nov 24, 2021 60 mins
Rosamund Pike; Peter Jackson.
Episode 49
Mon, Nov 29, 2021 60 mins
Peter Jackson and performance by Chelsea Cutler.
Episode 50
Tue, Nov 30, 2021 60 mins
Peter Dinklage; Lee Jung-Jae (Squid Game); and performance by Peter Dinklage, Aaron and Bryce Dessner (The National) from the film, "Cyrano".
Episode 51
Wed, Dec 1, 2021 60 mins
Javier Bardem; a performance by Gangs of Youth.
Episode 52
Thu, Dec 2, 2021 60 mins
Mahershala Ali; Jason Reynolds.
Episode 53
Fri, Dec 3, 2021 60 mins
Jeff Goldblum takes "The Colbert Questionert." Performance by Natalie Hemby.
Episode 54
Mon, Dec 6, 2021 60 mins
Jennifer Lawrence; performance by Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats.
Episode 55
Tue, Dec 7, 2021 60 mins
Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon; musical guest Glass Animals.
Episode 56
Wed, Dec 8, 2021 60 mins
Dr. David Agus; musical guest Natalie Hemby.
Episode 57
Thu, Dec 9, 2021 60 mins
Michael B. Jordan guests.
Episode 58
Fri, Dec 10, 2021 60 mins
David Alan Grier; and Sting takes "The Colbert Questionert."
Episode 59
Mon, Dec 13, 2021 60 mins
Featuring Keanu Reeves; and Brett Eldredge.
Episode 60
Tue, Dec 14, 2021 60 mins
Stephen interviews British actor Henry Cavill, who's interested in playing MCU's Captain Britain. Also gracing the show is actor/singer Jonathan Groff.
Episode 61
Wed, Dec 15, 2021 60 mins
Denzel Washington; Maggie Gyllenhaal; 20th Anniversary celebration of "Lord of the Rings" featuring special guests.
Episode 62
Thu, Dec 16, 2021 60 mins
Anderson Cooper; Andy Cohen.
Episode 63
Mon, Jan 3, 2022 60 mins
Dr. Rochelle Walensky; Utkarsh Ambudkar ("Ghosts").
Episode 64
Tue, Jan 4, 2022 60 mins
Jennifer Lawrence; Ralph Macchio; Nell and The Flaming Lips.
Episode 65
Wed, Jan 5, 2022 60 mins
Sen. Amy Klobuchar; performance by SAINT JHN.
Episode 66
Thu, Jan 6, 2022 60 mins
John Dickerson; Corey Hawkins.
Episode 67
Fri, Jan 7, 2022 60 mins
Jennifer Lawrence; Dianne Wiest.
Episode 68
Mon, Jan 10, 2022 60 mins
Gayle King; Tig Notaro.
Episode 69
Tue, Jan 11, 2022 60 mins
Bradley Cooper; Robert Finley with Dan Auerbach.
Episode 70
Wed, Jan 12, 2022 60 mins
Keanu Reeves; Caitriona Balfe.
Episode 71
Thu, Jan 13, 2022 60 mins
Actor Liev Schreiber is spotlighted. Also: a performance by Allison Russell.
Episode 72
Fri, Jan 14, 2022 60 mins
Actor Corey Stoll is spotlighted. Also: a musical performance by Geese.
Episode 73
Mon, Jan 17, 2022 60 mins
Sen. Elizabeth Warren; Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt.
Episode 74
Tue, Jan 18, 2022 60 mins
Brian Cox; Samantha Bee.
Episode 75
Wed, Jan 19, 2022 60 mins
Christine Baranski; Performance by Nation of Language.
Episode 76
Thu, Jan 20, 2022 60 mins
Dionne Warwick; David Cross.
Episode 77
Fri, Jan 21, 2022 60 mins
Elvis Costello; The Imposters.
Episode 78
Mon, Jan 24, 2022 60 mins
Kristen Stewart and Jonathan Van Ness are spotlighted.
Episode 79
Tue, Jan 25, 2022 60 mins
Joy Reid and Thomas Middleditch are spotlighted.
Episode 80
Wed, Jan 26, 2022 60 mins
Adrien Brody and Lady Wray are spotlighted.
Episode 81
Thu, Jan 27, 2022 60 mins
Kate & Oliver Hudson are spotlighted. Then, St. Paul and the Broken Bones perform.
Episode 82
Fri, Jan 28, 2022 60 mins
Marlee Matlin and Mackenzie Davis are spotlighted.
Episode 83
Mon, Jan 31, 2022 60 mins
Whoopi Goldberg; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA).
Episode 84
Tue, Feb 1, 2022 60 mins
Faith Hill; Clarissa Ward.
Episode 85
Wed, Feb 2, 2022 60 mins
Tim McGraw; Martha Stewart.
Episode 86
Thu, Feb 3, 2022 60 mins
Dua Lipa; performance by 2 Chainz.
Episode 87
Mon, Feb 14, 2022 60 mins
Jeffrey Wright; Alex Borstein; performance by Maxwell.
Episode 88
Tue, Feb 15, 2022 60 mins
John Oliver; performance by Future Islands.
Episode 89
Wed, Feb 16, 2022 60 mins
Daniel Craig; Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Episode 90
Thu, Feb 17, 2022 60 mins
Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Adam Scott.
Episode 91
Mon, Feb 21, 2022 60 mins
Joseph Gordon-Levitt; alt-J.
Episode 92
Tue, Feb 22, 2022 60 mins
John Turturro; John Avlon
Episode 93
Wed, Feb 23, 2022 60 mins
The Circus: John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Jennifer Palmieri; Russell Howard.
Episode 94
Thu, Feb 24, 2022 60 mins
Julia Ioffe and Tom Lennon. Performance by Tears for Fears.
Episode 95
Fri, Feb 25, 2022 60 mins
Sam Waterston; Sophia Bush; Rescue Dog Rescue with John Oliver.
Episode 96
Mon, Feb 28, 2022 60 mins
Bob Odenkirk; Pusha T.
Episode 97
Tue, Mar 1, 2022 60 mins
Sen. Bernie Sanders; Big Thief.
Episode 98
Wed, Mar 2, 2022 60 mins
The 15th Anniversary Celebration of Americone Dream; Andy Serkis; Fiona Hill.
Episode 99
Thu, Mar 3, 2022 60 mins
Kyle MacLachlan; Arian Moayed; Performance by Pusha T.
Episode 100
Mon, Mar 7, 2022 60 mins
Anderson Cooper; Sutton Foster
Episode 101
Tue, Mar 8, 2022 60 mins
John C. Reilly; Kristin Chenoweth
Episode 102
Wed, Mar 9, 2022 60 mins
Amb. Michael McFaul; Denée Benton; Performance by Father John Misty
Episode 103
Thu, Mar 10, 2022 60 mins
Former Ambassador To Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch; Performance by Rex Orange County
Episode 104
Fri, Mar 11, 2022 60 mins
Martha Stewart Takes "The Colbert Questionert"; Stand-up performance by Alex Edelma
Episode 105
Mon, Mar 14, 2022 60 mins
Sandra Bullock; performance by Billy Strings.
Episode 106
Tue, Mar 15, 2022 60 mins
Anne Hathaway; Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Episode 107
Wed, Mar 16, 2022 60 mins
Michael Bublé; Rose Matafeo; Performance by Michael Bublé featuring Jon Batiste and Stay Human
Episode 108
Mon, Mar 28, 2022 60 mins
Chris Wallace; Wilmer Valderrama.
Episode 109
Tue, Mar 29, 2022 60 mins
Hannah Gadsby; Sandra Bullock; musical performance by Buffalo Nichols.
Episode 110
Wed, Mar 30, 2022 60 mins
Elle Fanning; Ben Schwartz.
Episode 111
Thu, Mar 31, 2022 60 mins
Jane Krakowski; James McAvoy; musical performance by Arlo Parks.
Episode 112
Fri, Apr 1, 2022 60 mins
John c. Reilly, Mandy Patinkin, and Ken Burns are spotlighted.
Episode 113
Mon, Apr 4, 2022 60 mins
Shaq; Mayim Bialik.
Episode 114
Tue, Apr 5, 2022 60 mins
Oscar Isaac; Elizabeth Alexander.
Episode 115
Wed, Apr 6, 2022 60 mins
Anderson Cooper; Thomas Rhett.
Episode 116
Thu, Apr 7, 2022 60 mins
Pete Holmes; Poet Elizabeth Alexander.
Episode 117
Mon, Apr 11, 2022 60 mins
Chance the Rapper; Beanie Feldstein.
Episode 118
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 60 mins
Molly Shannon; Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO).
Episode 119
Wed, Apr 13, 2022 60 mins
Claire Foy & Paul Bettany; Bright Eyes.
Episode 120
Thu, Apr 14, 2022 60 mins
Hugh Laurie; performance by IDLES.
Episode 121
Fri, Apr 15, 2022 60 mins
Josh Brolin; The Who.
Episode 122
Mon, Apr 18, 2022 60 mins
Julia Roberts; Wilco.
Episode 123
Tue, Apr 19, 2022 60 mins
Neil deGrasse Tyson; Emmy Blotnick.
Episode 124
Wed, Apr 20, 2022 60 mins
Alexander Skarsgård; Jack White.
Episode 125
Thu, Apr 21, 2022 60 mins
Jason Bateman and Laura Linney are spotlighted. Matt Walsh is also featured.
Episode 126
Mon, May 2, 2022 60 mins
Jon Bernthal and Alton Brown are spotlighted.
Episode 127
Tue, May 3, 2022 60 mins
Jose Andres, Ron Howard, Legal Commentator Emily Bazelon and Lucius featuring Sheryl Crow are spotlighted.
Episode 128
Wed, May 4, 2022 60 mins
Glenn Close and Sheryl Crow are spotlighted.
Episode 129
Thu, May 5, 2022 60 mins
Daniel Craig Takes "The Colbert Questionert"; Matt Walsh is spotlighted and a performance by Joy Oladokun.
Episode 130
Fri, May 6, 2022 60 mins
Chris O'Donnell and Elvis Costello are spotlighted.
Episode 131
Mon, May 9, 2022 60 mins
Sarah Silverman; Shaquille O'Neal; Sharon Van Etten.
Episode 132
Tue, May 10, 2022 60 mins
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper; Tracy Letts
Episode 133
Wed, May 11, 2022 60 mins
Jean Smart; Hugh Dancy.
Episode 134
Thu, May 12, 2022 60 mins
Jake Tapper; Beach House.
Episode 135
Fri, May 13, 2022 60 mins
Ken Jeong; performance by Regina Spektor
Episode 136
Mon, May 16, 2022 60 mins
Mark Esper; Judd Apatow.
Episode 137
Tue, May 17, 2022 60 mins
Ricky Gervais; Trombone Shorty.
Episode 138
Wed, May 18, 2022 60 mins
Secretary of State Antony Blinken; a performance by TWICE.
Episode 139
Thu, May 19, 2022 60 mins
Mike Myers; Minha Kim, and a performance by Beach House.
Episode 140
Fri, May 20, 2022 60 mins
Shaquille O'Neal; Sebastian Stan; Sharon Van Etten.
Episode 141
Mon, May 23, 2022 60 mins
Jennifer Connelly; Patti LuPone.
Episode 142
Tue, May 24, 2022 60 mins
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern; a performance by Punch Brothers.
Episode 143
Wed, May 25, 2022 60 mins
Michael Che; Admiral James Stavridis.
Episode 144
Thu, May 26, 2022 60 mins
Josh Brolin takes "The Colbert Questionert;" actor Hugh Dancy.
Episode 145
Mon, Jun 6, 2022 60 mins
Jake Tapper and Joel Kim Booster are spotlighted.
Episode 146
Tue, Jun 7, 2022 60 mins
Robert De Niro and Rosie Perez are spotlighted.
Episode 147
Wed, Jun 8, 2022 60 mins
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); Chiwetel Ejiofor; Kurt Vile.
Episode 148
Thu, Jun 9, 2022 60 mins
Jon Batiste Takes "The Colbert Questionert"; Simu Liu.
Episode 149
Mon, Jun 13, 2022 60 mins
Bryan Cranston; Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA).
Episode 150
Tue, Jun 14, 2022 60 mins
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein; Bonnie Raitt.
Episode 151
Wed, Jun 15, 2022 60 mins
Emma Thompson; Tom Segura; Stephen's mother Evie Colbert.
Episode 152
Thu, Jun 16, 2022 60 mins
Tom Hanks; a performance by Regina Spektor.
Episode 153
Mon, Jun 20, 2022 60 mins
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Also: The Lumineers perform.
Episode 154
Tue, Jun 21, 2022 60 mins
Rescue Dog Rescue with Emma Thompson; and Werner Herzog. Also: Roger Waters performs.
Episode 155
Wed, Jun 22, 2022 60 mins
Taika Waititi; David Sedaris.
Episode 156
Thu, Jun 23, 2022 60 mins
Beto O'Rourke; Matilda Lawler.
Episode 157
Mon, Jun 27, 2022 60 mins
Wanda Sykes; Ronan Farrow.
Episode 158
Tue, Jun 28, 2022 60 mins
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); Jimmie Allen.
Episode 159
Wed, Jun 29, 2022 60 mins
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL); Karl Urban. Also: Stephen Sanchez performs.
Episode 160
Thu, Jun 30, 2022 60 mins
Heidi Klum; Ibram X. Kendi.
Episode 161
Mon, Jul 18, 2022 60 mins
Billy Crystal. Also: a cooking demo with Paul Hollywood.
Episode 162
Tue, Jul 19, 2022 60 mins
Ethan Hawke. Also: Courtney Barnett performs.
Episode 163
Wed, Jul 20, 2022 60 mins
Ice-T; and Michael Pollan.
Episode 164
Thu, Jul 21, 2022 60 mins
Chris Hayes.
Episode 165
Mon, Jul 25, 2022 60 mins
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.). Also: a performance by Death Cab for Cutie.
Episode 166
Tue, Jul 26, 2022 60 mins
Charlamagne tha God; Brett Gelman.
Episode 167
Wed, Jul 27, 2022 60 mins
Amanda Seyfried; Stephen Merchant.
Episode 168
Thu, Jul 28, 2022 60 mins
Jonathan Karl; BJ Novak.
Episode 169
Mon, Aug 1, 2022 60 mins
Patton Oswalt; and U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. Also: James Taylor.
Episode 170
Tue, Aug 2, 2022 60 mins
Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor ("Pod Save America"); and a stand-up performance by Bianca Cristovao. Also: James Taylor.
Episode 171
Wed, Aug 3, 2022 60 mins
Ron Howard; and Morfydd Clark. Also: James Taylor.
Episode 172
Thu, Aug 4, 2022 60 mins
James Taylor; and Colman Domingo.
Episode 173
Mon, Aug 8, 2022 60 mins
Mindy Kaling; and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). Also, Joe Walsh begins a music residency:
Episode 174
Tue, Aug 9, 2022 60 mins
Ben Stiller; and D'Arcy Carden. Also, Joe Walsh continues his music residency.
Episode 175
Wed, Aug 10, 2022 60 mins
Kieran Culkin. Also: Run the Jewels perform; and Joe Walsh continues his music residency.
Episode 176
Thu, Aug 11, 2022 60 mins
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre; and Tatiana Maslany. Also, Joe Walsh continues his music residency.