The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
201511 seasons · 1816 epEndedTV-14
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Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.
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Trailers & videos
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Failed Network Promos w/ Stephen Colbert & James Corden
Trailer
Cast
Stephen Colbert
Self - Host
Evelyn McGee-Colbert
Self
John Oliver
Self - Guest
Anderson Cooper
Self - Guest
Bernie Sanders
Self - Guest
Laura Benanti
Melania Trump
John Dickerson
Self - Guest
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self - Guest
Jon Stewart
Self - Guest
Elizabeth Warren
Self - Guest
Robert De Niro
Self - Guest
Kamala Harris
Self - Guest
Jon Batiste
Self - Musical Guest
Pete Buttigieg
Self - Guest
Hillary Clinton
Self - Guest
James Taylor
Self - Musical Guest
Aubrey Plaza
Self - Guest
Nick Offerman
Self - Guest
John Krasinski
Self - Guest
Jim Gaffigan
Self - Guest
Episodes
Ended
1. John Oliver, Joe Dombrowski
Sep 2, 2025 2.1
2. Jamie Lee Curtis, Carmelo Anthony
Sep 3, 2025 2.5
3. Drew Barrymore, Katherine Maher
Sep 4, 2025 2.8
4. Cillian Murphy, Lady Gaga, Will Ferrell
Sep 8, 2025 2.8
5. Sonia Sotomayor, Eugene Levy
Sep 9, 2025 3.3
6. Jennifer Aniston, Cooper Hoffman
Sep 10, 2025 2.5
7. Usher, Mac DeMarco
Sep 11, 2025 2.5
8. Brandi Carlile, Samin Nosrat
Sep 16, 2025 3.1
9. Ron Howard, Gary Oldman
Sep 17, 2025 2.9
10. Jake Tapper, St. Vincent
Sep 18, 2025 2.4
11. Scarlett Johansson, Sen. Mark Kelly
Sep 22, 2025 2.9
12. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Priscilla Presley
Sep 23, 2025 2.8
13. Sen. Chris Murphy, Lainey Wilson
Sep 24, 2025 2.6
14. Jeremy Strong, Carrie Preston
Sep 25, 2025 3.3
15. Conan O'Brien
Sep 29, 2025 2.8
16. Jimmy Kimmel, Sam Smith
Sep 30, 2025 3.0
17. Julia Roberts, Sam Smith
Oct 1, 2025 2.4
18. Lady Gaga
Oct 2, 2025 2.4
19. Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, J.I.D
Oct 13, 2025 2.8
20. Bette Midler, Tim Meadows
Oct 14, 2025 2.8
21. Anderson Cooper, Mason Thames
Oct 15, 2025 2.8
22. Nick Offerman, José Andrés, Nathaniel Rateliff
Oct 16, 2025 2.9
23. Jeremy Renner, Karine Jean-Pierre, Laura Benanti
Oct 20, 2025 4.0
24. Michael J. Fox, Jeff Tweedy
Oct 21, 2025 4.7
25. Emma Stone, Alex Wagner
Oct 22, 2025 2.9
26. Ben Stiller, Tig Notaro
Oct 23, 2025 3.0
27. Emma Thompson, Judd Apatow, Thundercat featuring Remi Wolf
Oct 27, 2025 3.8
28. Colin Farrell, Cameron Crowe
Oct 28, 2025 3.5
29. Sarah Paulson, Sen. Ruben Gallego
Oct 29, 2025 3.1
30. Anthony Hopkins
Oct 30, 2025 4.6
31. Tom Hanks, Mavis Staples
Nov 3, 2025 3.6
32. Michelle Obama, Robert Plant
Nov 4, 2025 3.2
33. Tiffany Haddish, Gary Cole
Nov 5, 2025 2.6
34. Sydney Sweeney, Patti Smith, Guillermo del Toro
Nov 6, 2025 8.4
35. Demi Moore, Ken Burns
Nov 10, 2025 2.7
36. Claire Danes, Rep. James Clyburn
Nov 11, 2025 2.3
37. Jonathan Karl, Pete Townshend
Nov 12, 2025 2.3
38. Julia Roberts, John Fogerty
Nov 17, 2025 2.0
39. Ted Danson, Alison Roman
Nov 18, 2025 2.3
40. Benedict Cumberbatch, Patton Oswalt, Jesse Welles
Nov 19, 2025 2.8
41. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Billy Strings
Nov 20, 2025 2.1
42. Lady Gaga, Mikie Sherrill, Kristin Chenoweth, Stephen Schwartz, Daniel Craig
Dec 1, 2025 2.1
43. Rachel Maddow, Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell
Dec 2, 2025 1.8
44. Michael Shannon, Jessie Buckley, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Dec 3, 2025 2.8
45. Jen Psaki, "Weird Al" Yankovic
Dec 4, 2025 1.8
46. Sigourney Weaver, Mandy Patinkin
Dec 8, 2025 3.1
47. Laura Dern, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Evie McGee Colbert
Dec 9, 2025 1.9
48. Taylor Swift
Dec 10, 2025 3.0
49. Kate Winslet; Ben Cohen; Jerry Greenfield
Dec 11, 2025 2.1
50. Paul Rudd, Lesley Manville
Dec 15, 2025 2.4
51. Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, the Mountain Goats, Laura Benanti
Dec 16, 2025 2.0
52. Kumail Nanjiani, St. Vincent
Dec 17, 2025 1.9
53. Hugh Jackman, Nick Offerman
Dec 18, 2025 2.5
54. Ethan Hawke, Julia Ioffe
Jan 5, 2026 2.3
55. Jodie Foster, Tracy Letts
Jan 6, 2026 2.5
56. Chris Hayes, Natalie Portman, Robyn
Jan 7, 2026 3.7
57. Tom Hiddleston, Terry Gross
Jan 8, 2026 2.5
58. Jimmy Kimmel, Abigail Spanberger
Jan 12, 2026 1.8
59. Amanda Seyfried, Yo-Yo Ma
Jan 13, 2026 1.9
60. Paul Giamatti, Ryan Coogler
Jan 14, 2026 3.4
61. Stellan Skarsgård, Scott Galloway, Warren Haynes
Jan 15, 2026 3.0
62. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Lucinda Williams
Jan 20, 2026 1.9
63. Jane Fonda, Jessica Williams
Jan 21, 2026 2.1
64. Chance the Rapper, Maria Stephan
Jan 22, 2026 2.3
65. Gov. Josh Shapiro, The War and Treaty
Jan 26, 2026 2.3
66. Sam Rockwell, George Saunders
Jan 27, 2026 2.8
67. Bad Bunny, Katherine LaNasa
Jan 28, 2026 2.0
68. Alexander Skarsgård, Jacob Soboroff
Jan 29, 2026 3.0
69. John Oliver
Feb 2, 2026 2.8
70. Mark Ruffalo, Father James Martin
Feb 3, 2026 2.0
71. Ian McKellen, I'm With Her, Laura Benanti
Feb 4, 2026 3.2
72. James Taylor, Evie McGee Colbert
Feb 5, 2026 2.5
73. Jennifer Garner
Feb 16, 2026 4.0
74. Kaitlan Collins, Walter Isaacson
Feb 17, 2026 3.6
75. Sen. Jon Ossoff, Kyle MacLachlan, Thundercat
Feb 18, 2026 2.8
76. Melissa McCarthy, Michael Pollan
Feb 19, 2026 2.8
77. Ray Romano, Emma Thompson, Cory Wong
Feb 23, 2026 3.4
78
78. John Dickerson, Mitski
Feb 24, 2026 4.0
79
79. Teyana Taylor, Bradley Whitford
Feb 25, 2026 2.8
80
80. Kurt & Wyatt Russell, CMAT
Feb 26, 2026 2.8
81
81. Daniel Radcliffe, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brandee Younger
Mar 2, 2026 3.2
82
82. Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bamford
Mar 3, 2026 2.8
83
83. Steve Carell, Hozier, Lake Street Dive
Mar 4, 2026 2.5
84
84. Jimmy Fallon, Harvey Guillén
Mar 5, 2026 2.3
85
85. John Lithgow, Paul Rieckhoff
Mar 9, 2026 2.5
86
86. Michelle Pfeiffer, Dave Matthews
Mar 10, 2026 3.1
87
87. Clarissa Ward, Pete Holmes
Mar 11, 2026 2.5
88
88. Wanda Sykes, Robert Smigel, Dan & Peggy Reeder
Mar 12, 2026 2.3
89
89. Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Robert Lopez, Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad, the Broadway cast of "The Book Of Mormon"
Mar 16, 2026 3.2
90
90. Elijah Wood, David Alan Grier, Lea Michele, the Broadway cast and orchestra of "Chess"
Mar 17, 2026 2.5
91
91. Edward Norton, José Andrés
Mar 18, 2026 2.5
92
92. John Mulaney, David Byrne
Mar 30, 2026 3.2
93
93. Nathan Lane, Arsenio Hall
Mar 31, 2026 4.0
94
94. Meryl Streep, Maggie Rogers
Apr 1, 2026 2.5
95
95. Paul Simon, Ramy Youssef
Apr 2, 2026 2.3
96
96. Keanu Reeves, Jack White
Apr 6, 2026 4.6
97
97. Oprah Winfrey, Brandi Carlile
Apr 7, 2026 3.6
98
98. Bryan Cranston, Robert Plant
Apr 8, 2026 2.5
99
99. Maya Rudolph, Nick Offerman, Jeff Tweedy, Hayley Williams
Apr 13, 2026 3.6
100
100. Billy Crystal, Ina Garten
Apr 14, 2026 4.0
101
101. Anne Hathaway, Josh Johnson
Apr 15, 2026 2.3
102
102. Anderson Cooper, Patton Oswalt
Apr 16, 2026 3.2
103
103. Don Cheadle, Jake Tapper
Apr 20, 2026 3.1
104
104. Neil deGrasse Tyson, RAYE, John Kerry
Apr 21, 2026 3.2
105
105. Pete Buttigieg, Andy Serkis
Apr 22, 2026 2.1
106
106. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Michael Stipe
Apr 23, 2026 2.1
107
107. Christopher Nolan, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters
May 4, 2026 3.6
108
108. Barack Obama
May 5, 2026 3.0
109
109. Sally Field, Chris Stapleton, Evie McGee Colbert
May 6, 2026 3.6
110
110. John Krasinski, Jenny Slate, Liam Neeson, John Oliver, Isa Briones, Taylor Dearden, the Avett Brothers
May 7, 2026 2.3
111
111. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Annaleigh Ashford, Christopher Jackson, Bernadette Peters, Ben Platt, Patrick Wilson
May 11, 2026 3.0
112
112. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Pedro Pascal
May 12, 2026 3.2
113
113. Barack Obama, Tom Hanks
May 13, 2026 3.0
114
114. David Letterman, the Strokes
May 14, 2026 3.0
115
115. The Worst of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" (Not A Clip Show!)
May 18, 2026 2.9
116
116. Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg, David Byrne
May 19, 2026 3.0
117
117. Bruce Springsteen
May 20, 2026 3.0
118
118. Hello Goodbye
May 21, 2026 3.0
Watch order
11 seasons — watch them in this order for the full story.
1Season 1
2015 · 202 ep · ★ 7.6
2Season 2
2016 · 206 ep · ★ 6.2
3Season 3
2017 · 194 ep · ★ 9.1
4Season 4
2018 · 195 ep · ★ 7.0
5Season 5
2019 · 173 ep · ★ 9.0
6Season 6
2020 · 168 ep · ★ 8.7
7Season 7
2021 · 170 ep · ★ 8.8
8Season 8
2022 · 107 ep · ★ 8.1
9Season 9
2023 · 129 ep · ★ 9.5
10Season 10
2024 · 153 ep · ★ 6.1
11Season 11
2025 · 118 ep · ★ 2.9
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