Season 2022 - Episode Guide

Episode: 2022-01-03 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2022

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky; Utkarsh Ambudkar ("Ghosts").

Episode: 2022-01-04 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2022

Actress Jennifer Lawrence takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Ralph Macchio; musical performance by Nell and the Flaming Lips.

Episode: 2022-01-05 | Airdate: Jan 5, 2022

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); musical performance by SAINt JHN.

Episode: 2022-01-06 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2022

CBS journalist John Dickerson; actor Corey Hawkins.

Episode: 2022-01-07 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2022

Actor Keanu Reeves (OAD: 12/13/21); musical performance by Genesis Owusu. 

Episode: 2022-01-10 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2022

Journalist Gayle King; comic Tig Notaro.

Episode: 2022-01-11 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2022

Actor Bradley Cooper; musical performance by Robert Finley with Dan Auerbach.

Episode: 2022-01-12 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2022

Actor Keanu Reeves takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actress Caitriona Balfe.

Episode: 2022-01-13 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2022

Actor Liev Schreiber; musical performance by Allison Russell. 

Episode: 2022-01-14 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2022

Actor Bradley Cooper takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Corey Stoll; musical performance by Geese.

 

Episode: 2022-01-17 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2022

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); musical performance by Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt.

Episode: 2022-01-18 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2022

Actor Brian Cox; TV personality Samantha Bee.

Episode: 2022-01-19 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2022

Actress Christine Baranski; musical performance by Nation of Language.

Episode: 2022-01-20 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2022

Singer Dionne Warwick; actor David Cross.

Episode: 2022-01-21 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2022

Musician Elvis Costello; performance by Elvis Costello and the Imposters. 

Episode: 2022-01-24 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2022

Actress Kristen Stewart; TV personality Jonathan Van Ness.

Episode: 2022-01-25 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2022

TV host Joy Reid; actor Thomas Middleditch.

Episode: 2022-01-26 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2022

Actor Adrien Brody; performance by Lady Wray.

Episode: 2022-01-27 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2022

Actors Kate & Oliver Hudson; performance by St Paul and The Broken Bones. 
 

Episode: 2022-01-28 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2022

Actress Marlee Matlin; actress Mackenzie Davis.

Episode: 2022-01-31 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2022

TV personality Whoopi Goldberg; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).

Episode: 2022-02-01 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2022

Singer Faith Hill; CNN journalist Clarissa Ward (live from Ukraine); musical performance by Aurora. 

Episode: 2022-02-02 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2022

Singer-songwriter Tim McGraw with impromptu performance; TV personality Martha Stewart.

Episode: 2022-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2022

Singer Dua Lipa; musical performance by 2 Chainz; Valentine's Day Card First Drafts with Evelyn Colbert, Stephen's wife. 

Episode: 2022-02-14 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2022

Actor Jeffrey Wright; actress Alex Borstein; musical performance by Maxwell. 

Episode: 2022-02-15 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2022

Comic John Oliver; musical performance by Future Islands.

Episode: 2022-02-16 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2022

Actor Daniel Craig; historian/biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Episode: 2022-02-17 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2022

CBS journalist Margaret Brennan; actor Adam Scott.

Episode: 2022-02-21 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2022

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt; musical performance by alt-J.

Episode: 2022-02-22 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2022

Actor John Turturro; CNN journalist John Avlon.    

Episode: 2022-02-23 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2022

The Circus co-hosts journalist John Heilemann, political advisor Mark McKinnon, and former White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri; stand-up performance by Russell Howard.

Episode: 2022-02-24 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2022

Journalist Julia Ioffe; actor Tom Lennon; musical performance by Tears for Fears. 

Episode: 2022-02-25 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2022

Actor Sam Waterston; actress Sophia Bush; "Rescue Dog Rescue" with John Oliver.

Episode: 2022-02-28 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2022

Actor Bob Odenkirk.

Episode: 2022-03-01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2022

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont); musical performance by Big Thief; live episode following the State of the Union Address by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Episode: 2022-03-02 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2022

Actor Andy Serkis; Fiona Hill, former Russia adviser to the White House; the 15th-anniversary celebration of Ben & Jerry's "Americone Dream," featuring special celebrity guests Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles;

Episode: 2022-03-03 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2022

Actor Kyle MacLachlan; actor Arian Moayed; musical performance by Pusha T.

Episode: 2022-03-07 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2022

CNN journalist Anderson Cooper, reporting from Ukraine; actress Sutton Foster, currently in the play The Music Man.

Episode: 2022-03-08 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2022

Actor John C. Reilly; actress Kristin Chenoweth.

 

 

Episode: 2022-03-09 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2022

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul; Denée Benton of HBO's The Gilded Age; musical performance by Father John Misty.

 

 

Episode: 2022-03-10 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2022

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch; Martha Stewart Takes "The Colbert Questionert"; musical performance by Rex Orange County.

Episode: 2022-03-11 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2022

Actress Aidy Bryant; stand-up performance by comic Alex Edelman.

Episode: 2022-03-14 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2022

Actress Sandra Bullock; musical performance by Billy Strings.

Episode: 2022-03-15 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2022

Actress Anne Hathaway; actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph.

Episode: 2022-03-16 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2022

Singer Michael Bublé; comedian Rose Matafeo; musical performance by Michael Bublé featuring Jon Batiste and Stay Human.  

Episode: 2022-03-28 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2022

Broadcast journalist Chris Wallace; actor Wilmer Valderrama.

Episode: 2022-03-29 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2022

Comedian Hannah Gadsby; actress Sandra Bullock takes "The Colbert Questionert"; musical performance by Buffalo Nichols.

Episode: 2022-03-30 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2022

Actress Elle Fanning; actor Ben Schwartz.

Episode: 2022-03-31 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2022

Actor James McAvoy; musical performance by Arlo Parks; special appearance by actress Jane Krakowski.

Episode: 2022-04-01 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2022

"Maybe Coming Soon" with actor John C. Reilly; actor Mandy Patinkin and filmmaker Ken Burns. 

 

Episode: 2022-04-04 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2022

Sports analyst Shaquille O'Neal; actress Mayim Bialik.

Episode: 2022-04-05 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2022

Bandleader Jon Batiste discusses his big night at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards; actor Oscar Isaac.

Episode: 2022-04-06 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2022

Journalist Anderson Cooper; Thomas Rhett performs.

Episode: 2022-04-07 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2022

Comic Pete Holmes; poet Elizabeth Alexander.

Episode: 2022-04-11 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2022

Chance the Rapper; actress Beanie Feldstein; performance by Chance the Rapper.

Episode: 2022-04-12 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2022

Actress Molly Shannon; Representative Cori Bush (D-Missouri).

Episode: 2022-04-13 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2022

Actress Claire Foy and actor Paul Bettany; musical performance by Bright Eyes; remembering Gilbert Gottfried, who died yesterday.  

Episode: 2022-04-14 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2022

Actor Hugh Laurie; musical performance by IDLES.

Episode: 2022-04-15 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2022

Actor Josh Brolin; musical performance by The Who; Easter Card First Drafts with Evelyn Colbert, Stephen's wife. 

 

Episode: 2022-04-18 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2022

Actress Julia Roberts; musical performance by Wilco featuring Aizuri Quartet.

Episode: 2022-04-19 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2022

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; Rescue Dog Rescue with actor Oscar Isaac; stand-up performance by comedian Emmy Blotnick.

Episode: 2022-04-20 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2022

Actor Alexander Skarsgård; singer Jack White; musical performance by Jack White.

Episode: 2022-05-02 | Airdate: May 2, 2022

Actor Jon Bernthal; TV personality Alton Brown.

Episode: 2022-05-03 | Airdate: May 3, 2022

Chef José Andrés; actor/director Ron Howard; legal commentator Emily Bazelon; musical performance by Lucius featuring Sheryl Crow and Celisse Henderson.

Episode: 2022-05-04 | Airdate: May 4, 2022

Actress Glenn Close; musician Sheryl Crow; Mother's Day Card First Drafts with Evelyn Colbert, Stephen's wife. 

Episode: 2022-05-05 | Airdate: May 5, 2022

Daniel Craig takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Matt Walsh; musical performance by Joy Oladokun.

Episode: 2022-05-06 | Airdate: May 6, 2022

Actor Chris O'Donnell; musician Elvis Costello takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Episode: 2022-05-16 | Airdate: May 16, 2022

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper; comedian Judd Apatow.

Episode: 2022-05-17 | Airdate: May 17, 2022

Comedian Ricky Gervais; musical performance by Trombone Shorty.

Episode: 2022-05-18 | Airdate: May 18, 2022

Secretary of State Antony Blinken; musical performance by TWICE.

Episode: 2022-05-19 | Airdate: May 19, 2022

Episode: 2022-05-20 | Airdate: May 20, 2022

Episode: 2022-05-23 | Airdate: May 23, 2022

Actress Jennifer Connelly; actress and singer Patti LuPone

Performance by Patti LuPone

Episode: 2022-05-24 | Airdate: May 24, 2022

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern; the band Punch Brothers performs

Episode: 2022-05-25 | Airdate: May 25, 2022

Comic Michael Che; retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis.

Episode: 2022-05-26 | Airdate: May 26, 2022

Actors Josh Brolin & Hugh Dancy

Episode: 2022-06-06 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2022

Journalist Jake Tapper; actor Joel Kim Booster 

Episode: 2022-06-07 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2022

Actor Robert De Niro; actress Rosie Perez.

Episode: 2022-06-08 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2022

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.); actor Chiwetel Ejiofor; musical performance by Kurt Vile.

Episode: 2022-06-09 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2022

Jon Batiste takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Simu Liu.

Episode: 2022-06-13 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2022

Actor Bryan Cranston; Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)

Episode: 2022-06-14 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2022

Investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 

Performance by Bonnie Raitt

Episode: 2022-06-15 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2022

Actress Emma Thompson

"First Drafts" with Evie Colbert

Stand-up performance by Tom Segura

Episode: 2022-06-16 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2022

Actor Tom Hanks

Performance by Regina Spektor 

Episode: 2022-06-20 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2022

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)

Performance by The Lumineers

Episode: 2022-06-21 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2022

Filmmaker Werner Herzog

Performance by Roger Waters

Episode: 2022-06-22 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2022

Filmmaker Taika Waititi; comic David Sedaris.

Episode: 2022-06-23 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2022

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas); actress Matilda Lawler.

Episode: 2022-06-27 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2022

Comic Wanda Sykes; writer Ronan Farrow.

Episode: 2022-06-28 | Airdate: Jun 28, 2022

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.); Jimmie Allen performs.

Episode: 2022-06-29 | Airdate: Jun 29, 2022

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.); actor Karl Urban; singer Stephen Sanchez

Episode: 2022-06-30 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2022

Model Heidi Klum; writer Ibram X. Kendi.

Episode: 2022-07-18 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2022

Billy Crystal

Cooking demo with Paul Hollywood

Episode: 2022-07-19 | Airdate: Jul 19, 2022

Ethan Hawke

Performance by Courtney Barnett 

Episode: 2022-07-20 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2022

Ice-T

Michael Pollan 

Episode: 2022-07-21 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2022

THE LATE SHOW is going to broadcast LIVE after the primetime hearing of the Jan. 6 Committee at 11:35 PM ET on CBS and Paramount+. The episode on Thursday, July 21 will mark the 46th time since 2016 that THE LATE SHOW has broadcast LIVE, including the Emmy Award-winning election night special on Showtime. THE LATE SHOW's previous Live episode occurred on June 9, 2022, covering the primetime hearing of the Jan. 6 Committee.

Episode: 2022-07-25 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2022

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Performance by Death Cab for Cutie

Episode: 2022-07-26 | Airdate: Jul 26, 2022

TV personality Charlamagne tha God; actor Brett Gelman.

Episode: 2022-07-27 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2022

Actress Amanda Seyfried; actor Stephen Merchant.

Episode: 2022-07-28 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2022

Journalist Jonathan Karl; actor BJ Novak.

Episode: 2022-08-01 | Airdate: Aug 1, 2022

Patton Oswalt; U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm

Music residency: James Taylor

Episode: 2022-08-02 | Airdate: Aug 2, 2022

"Pod Save America": Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor

Stand-up performance by Bianca Cristovao

Music residency: James Taylor

Episode: 2022-08-03 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2022

Ron Howard; Morfydd Clark

Music residency: James Taylor

Episode: 2022-08-04 | Airdate: Aug 4, 2022

James Taylor; Colman Domingo

Music residency: James Taylor

Episode: 2022-08-08 | Airdate: Aug 8, 2022

Mindy Kaling

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Music residency: Joe Walsh

Episode: 2022-08-09 | Airdate: Aug 9, 2022

Actor Ben Stiller; actress D'Arcy Carden; music residency: Joe Walsh.

 

Episode: 2022-08-10 | Airdate: Aug 10, 2022

Kieran Culkin

Performance by Run the Jewels

Music residency: Joe Walsh

Episode: 2022-08-11 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2022

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Tatiana Maslany

Music residency: Joe Walsh

Episode: 2022-09-06 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2022

Stephen welcomes journalists Alex Wagner and comedian Roy Wood Jr.

Episode: 2022-09-07 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2022

Stephen welcomes journalists Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil and actress Betty Gilpin.

Episode: 2022-09-08 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2022

Stephen welcomes actor Ryan Reynolds, actor Rob McElhenney and a musical performance by James Taylor.

Episode: 2022-09-13 | Airdate: Sep 13, 2022

Stephen invites actor Robert De Niro and actor Ethan Hawke to take "The Colbert Questionert" and welcomes a musical performance by St. Vincent.

Episode: 2022-09-14 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2022

Stephen welcomes actor Steve Carell and a musical performance by Phoenix.

Episode: 2022-09-15 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2022

Stephen welcomes actress Queen Latifah and journalist Nina Totenberg.

Episode: 2022-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2022

Stephen welcomes actress Ana de Armas, director Ken Burns and a musical performance by Sudan Archives.

Episode: 2022-09-20 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2022

Stephen welcomes actor Billy Eichner and USAID Administrator Samantha Power.

Episode: 2022-09-21 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2022

Stephen welcomes actress Olivia Wilde and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba.

Episode: 2022-09-22 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2022

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; Phil Rosenthal

Episode: 2022-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2022

Actress Sigourney Weaver

Actor Zeeko Zaki – FBI (CBS)

Episode: 2022-09-27 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2022

Actor Samuel L. Jackson

Television Journalist Clarissa Ward

Episode: 2022-09-28 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2022

Broadcast Journalist Anderson Cooper

Actress Sosie Bacon – SMILE (Paramount)

Episode: 2022-09-29 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2022

Actor George Clooney

Performance by Alex G

Episode: 2022-10-03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2022

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; satirist Armando Iannucci.

Episode: 2022-10-04 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2022

Journalist Maggie Haberman

"Stephen Colbert Presents: Tooning Out the News"

Episode: 2022-10-05 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci

Political advisor and speech writer Cody Keenan

Episode: 2022-10-06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2022

Actress Cate Blanchett

Actor and screenwriter Domhnall Gleeson

"First Drafts with Evie Colbert"

Episode: 2022-10-10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2022

Actor Colin Farrell; actor Brendan Gleeson; actor Paul Mercurio.

Episode: 2022-10-11 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2022

Actor John Lithgow, actor Wendell Pierce.

 

Episode: 2022-10-12 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2022

Television host, political commentator George Stephanopoulos, actress Marcia Gay Harden.

Episode: 2022-10-13 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2022

Actor Jeremy Strong; singer-songwriter and musician Ed Sheeran.

Special performance by Ed Sheeran.

Episode: 2022-10-24 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2022

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

Author, host of the Food Network show Be My Guest with Ina Garten

Episode: 2022-10-25 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2022

Actor Eddie Redmayne; writer George R.R. Martin.

Episode: 2022-10-26 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2022

Actress Aubrey Plaza; journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Episode: 2022-10-27 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2022

Actress Kerry Washington; Joe Walsh performs.

Episode: 2022-10-31 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2022

Singer, actress, and talk show host Jennifer Hudson

Actress, musician Zosia Mamet

Episode: 2022-11-01 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2022

Actor Matthew Perry

Episode: 2022-11-02 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2022

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Former secretary of energy Ernest Moniz

Episode: 2022-11-03 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2022

Singer, songwriter Bono – interview and solo performance.

Episode: 2022-11-07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2022

Comic John Oliver; unveiling People's Sexiest Man Alive; a performance by the Broadway cast of "The Lion King."

Episode: 2022-11-08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2022

Covering the midterm elections; journalist John Dickerson; comic Mike Birbiglia.

Episode: 2022-11-09 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2022

Bono takes "The Colbert Questionert"

Rose McIver – GHOSTS (CBS)

"Just One Question: Black Panther Edition"

Episode: 2022-11-10 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2022

Actress Emily Blunt; writer George Saunders.

Episode: 2022-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2022

Former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama

Performance by Stromae

Episode: 2022-11-15 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2022

Comedian, political commentator, and television host Jon Stewart.

Performance by LCD Soundsystem.

Episode: 2022-11-16 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2022

Actor Michael Shannon, stand-up comedian, actress Tig Notaro.

Episode: 2022-11-17 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2022

Stephen welcomes Michelle Williams, Dierks Bentley and the winners of "Pickled".

Episode: 2022-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2022

Actor Daniel Craig; Stand-up performance by Josh Johnson.

Episode: 2022-11-22 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2022

Actress Cate Blanchett takes "The Colbert Questionert"

Actor Paul Dano

Performance by Holly Humberstone

Episode: 2022-11-23 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2022

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, actress Elizabeth Debicki

 

Episode: 2022-11-28 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2022

Television journalist Don Lemon, actress Gabrielle Union.

Episode: 2022-11-29 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2022

Actress Sally Field, Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa.

Episode: 2022-11-30 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2022

Secretary of treasury Janet Yellen, comedian, writer, and actor Rob Delaney.

Episode: 2022-12-01 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2022

Actor and filmmaker John Krasinski, actress, writer, director and producer Sarah Polley.

Episode: 2022-12-05 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2022

Actor John David Washington; tennis player Naomi Osaka; Spoon performs.

Episode: 2022-12-06 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2022

Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman; karaoke with Sturgill Simpson.

Episode: 2022-12-07 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2022

Mariah Carey takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Kumail Nanjiani.

Episode: 2022-12-08 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2022

Alicia Keys talks and performs, comic Eddie Izzard.

Episode: 2022-12-12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2022

Rapper Common; actress Lily Collins.

Episode: 2022-12-13 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2022

The Late Show Presents: "A Very Cold War Christmas"; TV host RuPaul; Ed Sheeran performs.

Episode: 2022-12-14 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2022

Special appearance by Jeff Goldblum. Emily Blunt takes "The Colbert Questionert," cooking with José Andrés and daughters Carlota, Inés and Lucía

Episode: 2022-12-15 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2022

"Rescue Dog Rescue" with Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.

Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.

Holiday performance by Louis Cato and THE LATE SHOW band.