Season 2024 - Episode Guide

Episode: 2024-01-08 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2024

Barbra Streisand takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Taylor Tomlinson – host of AFTER MIDNIGHT (CBS).

Episode: 2024-01-09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2024

Gayle King and Charles Barkley.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

Episode: 2024-01-10 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2024

America Ferrera.

Reneé Rapp.

Episode: 2024-01-11 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2024

Emily Blunt.

Colman Domingo.

Episode: 2024-01-16 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2024

Nicki Minaj takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Jeff Tweedy.

Performance by Daniel Caesar.

Special appearance by Taylor Tomlinson – AFTER MIDNIGHT (CBS).

Episode: 2024-01-17 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2024

Clive Owen.

Juno Temple.

Episode: 2024-01-18 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2024

Common.

Steven Wright.

Episode: 2024-01-22 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2024

Trevor Noah – host of THE 66TH ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS (CBS).

American civil rights activist Ruby Bridges.

Episode: 2024-01-23 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2024

Interview with and performance by André 3000.

Jelani Cobb.

Episode: 2024-01-24 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2024

Austin Butler.

Kingsley Ben-Adir.

Episode: 2024-01-25 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2024

Martin Scorsese.

Performance by Future Islands.

Episode: 2024-01-29 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2024

Bryan Cranston.

Michelle Norris.

Episode: 2024-01-30 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2024

Emma Stone.

DNC chair Jaime Harrison.

Episode: 2024-01-31 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2024

Demi Moore.

Paul Walter Hauser.

Episode: 2024-02-01 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2024

John Cena.

Kwame Alexander.

Performance by Asake.

Episode: 2024-02-05 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2024

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); comic Usama Siddiquee.

Episode: 2024-02-06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2024

TV host Joy-Ann Reid; basketball player A'ja Wilson.

Episode: 2024-02-07 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2024

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Episode: 2024-02-08 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2024

Musician André 3000 takes The Colbert Questionert; actor Justin Hartley.

Episode: 2024-02-11 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2024

Actor John Krasinski; actor Ryan Gosling; special appearance by Jon Stewart.

Episode: 2024-02-12 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2024

John Oliver.

Performance by Killer Mike.

Episode: 2024-02-13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2024

Matt Damon.

Danielle Pinnock – GHOSTS (CBS).

Episode: 2024-02-14 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2024

Mark Wahlberg.

Lily Gladstone.

Episode: 2024-02-15 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2024

Billy Joel.

Performance by Chappell Roan.

Episode: 2024-02-26 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2024

Arnold Schwarzenegger takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Julio Torres.

Episode: 2024-02-27 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2024

Josh Brolin.

Performance by Amanda Gorman & Jan Vogler.

Episode: 2024-02-28 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2024

Chris Hayes.

Carrie Preston – ELSBETH (CBS).

Episode: 2024-02-29 | Airdate: Feb 29, 2024

Rebecca Ferguson.

Denis Villeneuve.

Episode: 2024-03-04 | Airdate: Mar 4, 2024

RuPaul.

Yuval Noah Harari.

Episode: 2024-03-05 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2024

Senator Bernie Sanders.

Performance by Bleachers.

Episode: 2024-03-06 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2024

Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Stand-up comedy from Ariel Elias.

Episode: 2024-03-07 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2024

John Dickerson – anchor, CBS NEWS PRIMETIME with JOHN DICKERSON; chief political analyst, senior national correspondent and CBS SUNDAY MORNING contributor

Performance by De La Soul

Episode: 2024-03-11 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2024

Kristen Stewart.

Tom Hollander.

Episode: 2024-03-12 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2024

Diane Lane.

Patton Oswalt.

Episode: 2024-03-13 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2024

Paul Rudd.

Cecilia Vega – correspondent, 60 MINUTES.

Episode: 2024-03-14 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2024

Interview with and performance by Paul Simon.

Episode: 2024-03-25 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2024

Justice Stephen Breyer; professional golfer Justin Thomas.

Episode: 2024-03-26 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2024

Actress Carol Burnett; Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman perform.

Episode: 2024-03-27 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2024

Actor Liam Neeson; journalist Fareed Zakaria.

Episode: 2024-04-01 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2024

Matt Damon takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Hannah Waddingham.

Episode: 2024-04-02 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2024

Savannah Guthrie.

Tim Blake Nelson.

Episode: 2024-04-03 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2024

Gillian Anderson.

Sonequa Martin-Green – STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (Paramount+).

Performance by Remi Wolf.

Episode: 2024-04-04 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2024

Steve Buscemi.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Episode: 2024-04-08 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2024

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Performance by Tyla.

Episode: 2024-04-09 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2024

Maren Morris.

Demetri Martin.

Episode: 2024-04-10 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2024

Christiane Amanpour.

Wilmer Valderrama – NCIS (CBS).

Episode: 2024-04-15 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2024

Author Salman Rushdie; actress Anna Sawai; Terence Blanchard sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band.

Episode: 2024-04-16 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2024

Actor Orlando Bloom; actor George Takei; Maggie Rogers performs.

Episode: 2024-04-17 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2024

Actor John Lithgow; historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Episode: 2024-04-18 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2024

Actress Sandra Oh; actor Reid Scott; actor Daniel Radcliffe.

Episode: 2024-04-29 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2024

Actress Jean Smart; actress Gayle Rankin.

Episode: 2024-04-30 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2024

Actor Jeff Daniels; comic Hannah Einbinder; Béla Fleck sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band.

Episode: 2024-05-01 | Airdate: May 1, 2024

Carol Burnett takes "The Colbert Questionert"; TV host Phil Keoghan; Jacob Collier performs.

Episode: 2024-05-02 | Airdate: May 2, 2024

Actor John Leguizamo; attorney Laura Coates.

Episode: 2024-05-06 | Airdate: May 6, 2024

Ethan Hawke.

Cedric the Entertainer – THE NEIGHBORHOOD (CBS).

Episode: 2024-05-07 | Airdate: May 7, 2024

Tiffany Haddish.

Meredith Scardino.

Episode: 2024-05-08 | Airdate: May 8, 2024

Jen Psaki.

Performance by Elyanna.

Episode: 2024-05-09 | Airdate: May 9, 2024

Ryan Gosling takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Desi Lydic.

Episode: 2024-05-13 | Airdate: May 13, 2024

Steve Carell.

Performance by Paul Simon.

Episode: 2024-05-14 | Airdate: May 14, 2024

Jennifer Hudson.

Marisa Abela.

Episode: 2024-05-15 | Airdate: May 15, 2024

George Stephanopoulos.

Michelle Buteau.

Episode: 2024-05-16 | Airdate: May 16, 2024

David Letterman takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Claudia Jesse.

Performance by Norah Jones.

Episode: 2024-05-20 | Airdate: May 20, 2024

Sarah Paulson.

Paul Scheer.

Performance by the Broadway cast of "Merrily We Roll Along."

Episode: 2024-05-21 | Airdate: May 21, 2024

Interview with and performance by Billie Eilish.

Episode: 2024-05-22 | Airdate: May 22, 2024

Anya Taylor-Joy.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff.

Episode: 2024-05-23 | Airdate: May 23, 2024

Chris Hemsworth.

James Dyson.

Episode: 2024-06-03 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2024

Alicia Keys.

Stephen Merchant.

Episode: 2024-06-04 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2024

Viggo Mortensen.

Olivia Cooke.

Performance by the Broadway cast of "Illinoise."

Episode: 2024-06-05 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2024

Jon Bon Jovi.

Tig Notaro.

Episode: 2024-06-06 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2024

Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Performance by Hozier.

Episode: 2024-06-10 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2024

Senator Cory Booker.

Performance by Billie Eilish.

Episode: 2024-06-11 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2024

Jake Gyllenhaal.

Chloe Fineman.

Episode: 2024-06-12 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2024

Seth Meyers.

Performance by Omar Apollo.

Episode: 2024-06-13 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2024

Jude Law.

Performance by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats.

Episode: 2024-06-17 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2024

Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Callum Turner.

Trombone Shorty sitting in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band.

Episode: 2024-06-18 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2024

The hosts of "Pod Save America": Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor.

Performance by Lake Street Dive.

Episode: 2024-06-19 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2024

Cynthia Erivo.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

Episode: 2024-06-20 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2024

Jeremy Allen White.

Ava DuVernay.

Episode: 2024-07-08 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2024

Michael Douglas.

Abby Phillip.

"Rescue Dog Rescue" with Antony Starr, Chace Crawford and Colby Minifie.

Episode: 2024-07-09 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2024

Serena Williams.

Andrew McCarthy.

Episode: 2024-07-10 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2024

Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Cooking demo with Martha Stewart.

Episode: 2024-07-11 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2024

John Dickerson – anchor, THE DAILY REPORT with JOHN DICKERSON; CBS News chief political analyst, senior national correspondent and CBS SUNDAY MORNING contributor.

Performance by Jessica Pratt.

Episode: 2024-07-15 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2024

Live ET/Delayed PT from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. 

Rep. Adam Kinzinger.

Performance by Bikini Kill.

Episode: 2024-07-16 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2024

Live ET/Delayed PT from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. 

Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Performance by Loudon Wainwright III.

Episode: 2024-07-17 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2024

Live ET/Delayed PT from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York.

Glen Powell.

Charlamagne Tha God.

Episode: 2024-07-18 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2024

Live ET/Delayed PT from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York.

Senator Bernie Sanders.

Performance by OneRepublic.

Episode: 2024-07-22 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2024

Keanu Reeves.

Performance by Charles Wesley Godwin.

Episode: 2024-07-23 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2024

Matthew Macfadyen.

Jon M. Chu.

Episode: 2024-07-24 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2024

Melinda French Gates.

Saoirse-Monica Jackson.

Episode: 2024-07-25 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2024

Kevin Hart.

Andrew Bird sitting in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band.

Episode: 2024-08-12 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2024

Journalist Kaitlan Collins; actor Walton Goggins.

Episode: 2024-08-13 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2024

Actor Bowen Yang; musician Nick Cave.

Episode: 2024-08-14 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2024

TV host Alex Wagner; comic Ali Macofsky.

Episode: 2024-08-15 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2024

"Community Calendar" with Sean Hayes; Billie Eilish takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Hiroyuki Sanada; Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph perform.

Episode: 2024-08-19 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2024

Live from the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Episode: 2024-08-20 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2024

Live from the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Episode: 2024-08-21 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2024

Live from the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Sec. Pete Buttigieg.

Performance by Chance the Rapper.

Episode: 2024-08-22 | Airdate: Aug 22, 2024

Live from the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Episode: 2024-09-03 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2024

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 

Performance by KAYTRANADA feat. Rayvn Lenae & Channel Tres

Episode: 2024-09-04 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2024

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

Jack Lowden

Episode: 2024-09-05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2024

Stephen Curry

Senator Mark Kelly

Episode: 2024-09-09 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2024

Jim Parsons.

Natasha Rothwell.

Episode: 2024-09-10 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2024

John Dickerson – anchor, THE DAILY REPORT with JOHN DICKERSON; CBS News chief political analyst, senior national correspondent and contributor to CBS SUNDAY MORNING.

Performance by Tems.

Episode: 2024-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2024

Samuel L. Jackson.

Amy Ryan.

Episode: 2024-09-12 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2024

Jeff Bridges.

Cooking demo with Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert.

Episode: 2024-09-17 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2024

Jeremy Strong.

Dr. Francis Collins.

Episode: 2024-09-18 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2024

Rachel Maddow.

Performance by Shaboozey.

Episode: 2024-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2024

Anderson Cooper.

Performance by Sting.

Episode: 2024-09-23 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2024

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

RuPaul Charles takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Episode: 2024-09-24 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2024

Actress Kate Winslet; Jude Law takes " The Colbert Questionert."

Episode: 2024-09-25 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2024

Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates; primatologist Jane Goodall.

Episode: 2024-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2024

Comic Sarah Silverman; Chris Stapleton talks and performs.

Episode: 2024-09-30 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2024

Don Cheadle.

Malcolm Gladwell.

Episode: 2024-10-01 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2024

Live from the Ed Sullivan Theater.

Chris Hayes.

Performance by Brittany Howard.

Episode: 2024-10-02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2024

Andrew Garfield.

Ina Garten.

Episode: 2024-10-03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2024

Chris Wallace.

Cooking demo with Yotam Ottolenghi.

Special appearance by Justin Hartley – TRACKER (CBS).

Episode: 2024-10-08 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris will return to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. This will be Harris' first late-night television interview since securing the Democratic Party's nomination for president. This appearance will mark Vice President Harris' seventh interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. Her first visit to the show was on April 19, 2018, and her most recent visit to the show was March 15, 2023.

Episode: 2024-10-14 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2024

Kathy Bates – MATLOCK (CBS).

Pamela Anderson.

Grace Bowers sitting in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band.

Episode: 2024-10-15 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2024

Jason Segel.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

Episode: 2024-10-16 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2024

Stanley Tucci.

Harvey Guillén.

Episode: 2024-10-17 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2024

Bob Woodward.

Performance by Wyatt Flores.

Episode: 2024-10-21 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2024

Actor Brian Cox; Yulia Navalnaya (widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny).

Episode: 2024-10-22 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2024

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.); filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón.

Episode: 2024-10-23 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2024

Actress Anna Kendrick; chef Matty Matheson.

Episode: 2024-10-24 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2024

Julia Louis-Dreyfus takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Jonathan Alter.

Performance by JHAYCO.

Episode: 2024-10-28 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2024

Robin Wright.

Nicole Scherzinger.

Episode: 2024-10-29 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2024

Tom Hanks.

Performance from Rachel Zegler and Jack Antonoff, featuring the cast of "Romeo + Juliet."

Episode: 2024-10-30 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2024

Kieran Culkin.

Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Episode: 2024-10-31 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2024

Seth Meyers.

Stand-up comedy from Mohanad Elshieky.

Episode: 2024-11-04 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2024

Governor Tim Walz.

John Oliver.

Episode: 2024-11-06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2024

Journalist John Dickerson.

Performance by Lenny Kravitz.

Episode: 2024-11-07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2024

Paul Bettany.

Mike Birbiglia.

Special appearance by Robert Zemeckis.

Episode: 2024-11-11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2024

"Rescue Dog Rescue" with Chris Evans.

Javier Bardem.

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson takes "The Colbert Questionert."

Episode: 2024-11-12 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2024

PEOPLE's "Sexiest Man Alive" cover reveal and interview.

Francis Ford Coppola.

Episode: 2024-11-13 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2024

Zoe Saldaña – SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS (Paramount+).

Ken Burns.

Episode: 2024-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2024

Billy Bob Thornton – LANDMAN (Paramount+).

Sharon Horgan.

Episode: 2024-11-18 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2024

Josh Brolin.

Kacey Musgraves.

Episode: 2024-11-19 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2024

President Bill Clinton.

Performance by Kacey Musgraves.

Episode: 2024-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2024

Paul Mescal – GLADIATOR II (Paramount Pictures).

Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett.

Performance by The Coward Brothers.

Episode: 2024-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2024

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Jeffrey Wright – THE AGENCY (Paramount+ with SHOWTIME).

Episode: 2024-12-02 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2024

Actor Daniel Craig; actress Auli'i Cravalho.

Episode: 2024-12-03 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2024

Singer and actress Selena Gomez; Seth Meyers takes The Colbert Questionert.

Episode: 2024-12-04 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2024

TV hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen; Doechii performs.

Episode: 2024-12-05 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2024

Comic Kate McKinnon; actor Peter Sarsgaard; Ben Folds sits in with Louis Cato and the Late Show Band.

Episode: 2024-12-09 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2024

Billy Crystal.

Performance by Arooj Aftab.

Episode: 2024-12-10 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2024

Mindy Kaling.

Stand-up comedy from Saul Trujillo.

Episode: 2024-12-11 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2024

Dua Lipa – AN EVENING with DUA LIPA (CBS).

Jon Batiste.

Episode: 2024-12-12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2024

Timothée Chalamet.

Sabrina Carpenter.

Episode: 2024-12-16 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2024

Nicole Kidman.

Bill Skarsgård.

Episode: 2024-12-17 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2024

Elton John & Brandi Carlile.

Episode: 2024-12-18 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2024

Adrien Brody.

Ben Schwartz – SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 (Paramount Pictures).

Episode: 2024-12-19 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2024

Edward Norton.

Performance by Louis Cato and the Late Show Band.

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