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88 Episodes 2025 - 2026
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 2, 202560 mins
TV host John Oliver (TV series, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"); comic Joe Dombrowski;
Episode 2
Wed, Sep 3, 202560 mins
Jamie Lee Curtis takes "The Colbert Questionert"; former basketball player Carmelo Anthony;
Episode 3
Thu, Sep 4, 202560 mins
TV host Drew Barrymore (TV series, "The Drew Barrymore Show"); NPR CEO Katherine Maher;
Episode 4
Mon, Sep 8, 202560 mins
Actor Cillian Murphy; singer Lady Gaga performs; appearance by actor Will Ferrell;
Episode 5
Tue, Sep 9, 202560 mins
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; actor/TV host Eugene Levy (TV series, "The Reluctant Traveler");
Episode 6
Wed, Sep 10, 202560 mins
Actress Jennifer Aniston; actor Cooper Hoffman; "Rescue Dog Rescue" with Jennifer Aniston;
Episode 7
Thu, Sep 11, 202560 mins
Singer Usher; Mac DeMarco performs;
Episode 8
Tue, Sep 16, 202560 mins
Singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile; chef/TV host Samin Nosrat;
Episode 9
Wed, Sep 17, 202560 mins
Director Ron Howard (movie, "Eden"); actor Gary Oldman (TV series, "Slow Horses") takes "The Colbert Questionert";
Episode 10
Thu, Sep 18, 202560 mins
Journalist Jake Tapper; journalist Dave Remnick;
Episode 11
Mon, Sep 22, 202560 mins
Actress Scarlett Johansson (movie, "Jurassic World: Rebirth"); Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz);
Episode 12
Tue, Sep 23, 202560 mins
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif); actress/author Priscilla Presley;
Episode 13
Wed, Sep 24, 202560 mins
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn); Lainey Wilson talks and performs;
Episode 14
Thu, Sep 25, 202560 mins
Actor Jeremy Strong; actress Carrie Preston;
Episode 15
Mon, Sep 29, 202560 mins
Writer/TV host Conan O'Brien; the Broadway cast of "Ragtime" performs;
Episode 16
Tue, Sep 30, 202560 mins
TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel; Sam Smith.
Episode 17
Wed, Oct 1, 202560 mins
Actress Julia Roberts (movie, "After the Hunt"); singer Sam Smith performs;
Episode 18
Thu, Oct 2, 202560 mins
Actress/singer Lady Gaga;

Episode 19
Mon, Oct 13, 202560 mins
Actors Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter (Broadway's "Waiting for Godot"); J.I.D. performs;
Episode 20
Tue, Oct 14, 202560 mins
Actress Bette Midler; actor Tim Meadows;
Episode 21
Wed, Oct 15, 202560 mins
TV host Anderson Cooper (TV series, "The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper"); actor Mason Thames (movie, "Regretting You");
Episode 22
Thu, Oct 16, 202560 mins
Actor Nick Offerman (book, "Little Woodchucks", TV mini-series, "Death by Lightning"); cooking demo with Chef Jose Andres; Community Calendar with Nick Offerman; Nathaniel Rateliff sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 23
Mon, Oct 20, 202560 mins
Actor Jeremy Renner (TV series, "Mayor of Kingstown"); political advisor Karine Jean-Pierre; actress Laura Benanti (movie, "Everything's Going to Be Great");
Episode 24
Tue, Oct 21, 202560 mins
Actor Michael J. Fox; Jeff Tweedy talks and performs;
Episode 25
Wed, Oct 22, 202560 mins
Actress Emma Stone (movie, "Bugonia"); podcast host Alex Wagner;
Episode 26
Thu, Oct 23, 202560 mins
Actor/director Ben Stiller (movie, "Stiller and Meara: Nothing is Lost"); comic Tig Notaro;
Episode 27
Mon, Oct 27, 202560 mins
Actress Emma Thompson; author Judd Apatow; Thundercat performs with Remi Wolf;
Episode 28
Tue, Oct 28, 202560 mins
Actor Colin Farrell (movie, "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey"); filmmaker Cameron Crowe;
Episode 29
Wed, Oct 29, 202560 mins
Actress Sarah Paulson; Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz);
Episode 30
Thu, Oct 30, 202560 mins
Actor Anthony Hopkins (movie, "Locked");
Episode 31
Mon, Nov 3, 202560 mins
Actor Tom Hanks (movie "The Phoenician Scheme", TV mini-series "The American Revolution"); Mavis Staples performs;
Episode 32
Tue, Nov 4, 202560 mins
Former First Lady Michelle Obama; singer Robert Plant;
Episode 33
Wed, Nov 5, 202560 mins
Actress Tiffany Haddish; actor Gary Cole;
Episode 34
Thu, Nov 6, 202560 mins
Actress Sydney Sweeney (movie, "Christy"); Patti Smith talks and performs; special appearance by director Guillermo del Toro (movie, "Frankenstein");
Episode 35
Mon, Nov 10, 202560 mins
Actress Demi Moore (TV series, "Landman"); documentarian Ken Burns (TV mini-series, "The American Revolution");
Episode 36
Tue, Nov 11, 202560 mins
Veterans Day; actress Claire Danes (TV mini-series, "The Beast in Me"); Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.);
Episode 37
Wed, Nov 12, 202560 mins
Journalist Jonathan Karl; musician Pete Townshend;
Episode 38
Mon, Nov 17, 202560 mins
Julia Roberts takes The Colbert Questionert; John Fogerty talks and performs;
Episode 39
Tue, Nov 18, 202560 mins
Actor Ted Danson (TV series, "A Man on the Inside"); chef Alison Roman;
Episode 40
Wed, Nov 19, 202560 mins
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch; actor Patton Oswalt; Jesse Welles performs;
Episode 41
Thu, Nov 20, 202560 mins
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass); Billy Strings performs;
Episode 42
Mon, Dec 1, 202560 mins
Singer Lady Gaga; New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill; Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz perform; actor Daniel Craig;
Episode 43
Tue, Dec 2, 202560 mins
Rachel Maddow; Drive-By Truckers and Jason Isbell perform;
Episode 44
Wed, Dec 3, 202560 mins
Actor Michael Shannon (movie "Nuremberg", TV series "Death by Lightning"); actress/singer Jessie Buckley (movie, "Hamnet"); special appearance by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex;
Episode 45
Thu, Dec 4, 202560 mins
TV host Jen Psaki; musician "Weird Al" Yankovic;
Episode 46
Mon, Dec 8, 202560 mins
Actress Sigourney Weaver (movie, "Avatar: Flame and Ash"); actor Mandy Patinkin (TV series, "The Artist"); a performance from George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker", featuring Tiler Peck;
Episode 47
Tue, Dec 9, 202560 mins
Actress Laura Dern (movie, "Jay Kelly", TV series "Palm Royale"); author/co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin (TV series, "CNBC Squawk Box"); holiday "First Drafts" with Evie McGee Colbert;
Episode 48
Wed, Dec 10, 202560 mins
Singer Taylor Swift;
Episode 49
Thu, Dec 11, 202560 mins
Actress Kate Winslet (movies "Avatar: Fire and Ash" and "Goodbye June"); Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Ben and Jerry's co-founders;
Episode 50
Mon, Dec 15, 202560 mins
Actor Paul Rudd; actress Lesley Manville;
Episode 51
Tue, Dec 16, 202560 mins
TV personalities Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen; The Mountain Goats perform; Laura Benanti makes a special appearance;
Episode 52
Wed, Dec 17, 202560 mins
Actor Kumail Nanjiani (movie, "Ella McCay"); St. Vincent talks and performs;
Episode 53
Thu, Dec 18, 202560 mins
Actor Hugh Jackman (movie, "Song Sung Blue"); Louis Cato and the Late Show Band perform; "Colbert's Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel", narrated by Nick Offerman;
Episode 54
Mon, Jan 5, 202660 mins
Actor Ethan Hawke; journalist Julia Ioffe;
Episode 55
Tue, Jan 6, 202660 mins
Actress Jodie Foster; actor Tracy Letts;
Episode 56
Wed, Jan 7, 202660 mins
Journalist Chris Hayes (TV series, "All in with Chris Hayes"); Natalie Portman takes "The Colbert Questionert"; Robyn performs;
Episode 57
Thu, Jan 8, 202660 mins
Actor Tom Hiddleston; journalist Terry Gross;
Episode 58
Mon, Jan 12, 202660 mins
Jimmy Kimmel takes The Colbert Questionert; Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-Va);
Episode 59
Tue, Jan 13, 202660 mins
Actress Amanda Seyfried (movie, "The Testament of Ann Lee"); Yo-Yo Ma talks and performs;
Episode 60
Wed, Jan 14, 202660 mins
Actor Paul Giamatti; director Ryan Coogler;
Episode 61
Thu, Jan 15, 202660 mins
Actor Stellan Skarsgard (movie, "Sentimental Value"); presidential historian Jon Meacham; Warren Hayes sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 62
Tue, Jan 20, 202660 mins
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt); Lucinda Williams performs;
Episode 63
Wed, Jan 21, 202660 mins
Actress Jane Fonda; actress Jessica Williams (TV series, "Shrinking");
Episode 64
Thu, Jan 22, 202660 mins
Chance the Rapper talks and performs; political scientist Maria Stephan;
Episode 65
Mon, Jan 26, 202660 mins
Charli XCX talks and performs; Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Penn);
Episode 66
Tue, Jan 27, 202660 mins
Actor Sam Rockwell; actor George Saunders;
Episode 67
Wed, Jan 28, 202660 mins
Singer Bad Bunny (TV special, "Super Bowl LX") takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actress Katherine LaNasa (TV series, "The Pitt");
Episode 68
Thu, Jan 29, 202660 mins
Actor Alexander Skarsgard (movie, "Pillion"); journalist Jacob Soboroff;
Episode 69
Mon, Feb 2, 202660 mins
TV host John Oliver (TV series, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver");
Episode 70
Tue, Feb 3, 202660 mins
Actor Mark Ruffalo (movies "Arco" and "Crime 101"); Father James Martin (book, "Work in Progress");
Episode 71
Wed, Feb 4, 202660 mins
Actor Ian McKellen; I'm with Her perform; special appearance by Laura Benanti;
Episode 72
Thu, Feb 5, 202660 mins
James Taylor talks and performs; Valentine's Day First Drafts with Evie McGee Colbert;
Episode 73
Mon, Feb 16, 202660 mins
CBS prohibits Colbert from airing or even mentioning an interview with James Talarico, Democratic Texas House of Representatives. Actress Jennifer Garner; actress Emma Thompson; the death of actor Robert Duvall (1931-2026);
Episode 74
Tue, Feb 17, 202660 mins
Journalist Kaitlan Collins; journalist Walter Isaacson;
Episode 75
Wed, Feb 18, 202660 mins
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga); actor Kyle MacLachlan (TV series, "Fallout"); Thundercat sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band;
Episode 76
Thu, Feb 19, 202660 mins
Actress Melissa McCarthy; journalist Michael Pollan;
Episode 77
Mon, Feb 23, 202660 mins
Actor Ray Romano; actress Emma Thompson takes "The Colbert Questioner"; Cory Wong sits in with Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine;
Episode 78
Tue, Feb 24, 202660 mins
Journalist John Dickerson; Mitski performs;
Episode 79
Wed, Feb 25, 202660 mins
Actress Teyana Taylor; actor Bradley Whitford;
Episode 80
Thu, Feb 26, 202660 mins
Actors Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell (TV series, "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters"); CMAT performs;
Episode 81
Mon, Mar 2, 2026
Episode 82
Mon, Mar 2, 2026
Episode 83
Mon, Mar 2, 2026
Episode 84
Mon, Mar 2, 2026
Episode 85
Mon, Mar 2, 2026
Episode 86
Mon, Mar 2, 2026
Episode 87
Mon, Mar 2, 2026
Episode 88
Thu, May 21, 2026