Next Episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is
Season 2025 / Episode 49 and airs on Apr 15, 2025 03:35
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late-night. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show broadcasts from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. 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. Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer, and writer of The Late Show on Sept. 8, 2015. Colbert is best known for his work as a television host, writer, actor, and producer, and lest known for his charity work teaching English as a second language on Tunisian date farms. Before joining the CBS family -- and being officially adopted by network president Les Moonves -- Colbert helmed The Colbert Report, which aired nearly 1,500 episodes and required Stephen to wear nearly 1,500 different neckties. The program received two Peabody Awards, two Grammy Awards, and several unwelcome shoulder massages. It won two Emmys for Outstanding Variety Series in 2013 and 2014, both of which appear to have been lost in the move. Colbert is pronounced koʊlˈbɛər, according to Wikipedia. His understudy is William Cavanaugh, who will be hosting The Late Show approximately one-third of the time. Good luck, Bill!
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky; Utkarsh Ambudkar ("Ghosts").
Actress Jennifer Lawrence takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Ralph Macchio; musical performance by Nell and the Flaming Lips.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); musical performance by SAINt JHN.
CBS journalist John Dickerson; actor Corey Hawkins.
Actor Keanu Reeves (OAD: 12/13/21); musical performance by Genesis Owusu.
Journalist Gayle King; comic Tig Notaro.
Actor Bradley Cooper; musical performance by Robert Finley with Dan Auerbach.
Actor Keanu Reeves takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actress Caitriona Balfe.
Actor Liev Schreiber; musical performance by Allison Russell.
Actor Bradley Cooper takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Corey Stoll; musical performance by Geese.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); musical performance by Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt.
Actor Brian Cox; TV personality Samantha Bee.
Actress Christine Baranski; musical performance by Nation of Language.
Singer Dionne Warwick; actor David Cross.
Musician Elvis Costello; performance by Elvis Costello and the Imposters.
Actress Kristen Stewart; TV personality Jonathan Van Ness.
TV host Joy Reid; actor Thomas Middleditch.
Actor Adrien Brody; performance by Lady Wray.
Actors Kate & Oliver Hudson; performance by St Paul and The Broken Bones.
Actress Marlee Matlin; actress Mackenzie Davis.
TV personality Whoopi Goldberg; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).
Singer Faith Hill; CNN journalist Clarissa Ward (live from Ukraine); musical performance by Aurora.
Singer-songwriter Tim McGraw with impromptu performance; TV personality Martha Stewart.
Singer Dua Lipa; musical performance by 2 Chainz; Valentine's Day Card First Drafts with Evelyn Colbert, Stephen's wife.
Actor Jeffrey Wright; actress Alex Borstein; musical performance by Maxwell.
Comic John Oliver; musical performance by Future Islands.
Actor Daniel Craig; historian/biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin.
CBS journalist Margaret Brennan; actor Adam Scott.
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt; musical performance by alt-J.
Actor John Turturro; CNN journalist John Avlon.
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.
Journalist Julia Ioffe; actor Tom Lennon; musical performance by Tears for Fears.
Actor Sam Waterston; actress Sophia Bush; "Rescue Dog Rescue" with John Oliver.
Actor Bob Odenkirk.
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.
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;
Actor Kyle MacLachlan; actor Arian Moayed; musical performance by Pusha T.
CNN journalist Anderson Cooper, reporting from Ukraine; actress Sutton Foster, currently in the play The Music Man.
Actor John C. Reilly; actress Kristin Chenoweth.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul; Denée Benton of HBO's The Gilded Age; musical performance by Father John Misty.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch; Martha Stewart Takes "The Colbert Questionert"; musical performance by Rex Orange County.
Actress Aidy Bryant; stand-up performance by comic Alex Edelman.
Actress Sandra Bullock; musical performance by Billy Strings.
Actress Anne Hathaway; actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph.
Singer Michael Bublé; comedian Rose Matafeo; musical performance by Michael Bublé featuring Jon Batiste and Stay Human.
Broadcast journalist Chris Wallace; actor Wilmer Valderrama.
Comedian Hannah Gadsby; actress Sandra Bullock takes "The Colbert Questionert"; musical performance by Buffalo Nichols.
Actress Elle Fanning; actor Ben Schwartz.
Actor James McAvoy; musical performance by Arlo Parks; special appearance by actress Jane Krakowski.
"Maybe Coming Soon" with actor John C. Reilly; actor Mandy Patinkin and filmmaker Ken Burns.
Sports analyst Shaquille O'Neal; actress Mayim Bialik.
Bandleader Jon Batiste discusses his big night at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards; actor Oscar Isaac.
Journalist Anderson Cooper; Thomas Rhett performs.
Comic Pete Holmes; poet Elizabeth Alexander.
Chance the Rapper; actress Beanie Feldstein; performance by Chance the Rapper.
Actress Molly Shannon; Representative Cori Bush (D-Missouri).
Actress Claire Foy and actor Paul Bettany; musical performance by Bright Eyes; remembering Gilbert Gottfried, who died yesterday.
Actor Hugh Laurie; musical performance by IDLES.
Actor Josh Brolin; musical performance by The Who; Easter Card First Drafts with Evelyn Colbert, Stephen's wife.
Actress Julia Roberts; musical performance by Wilco featuring Aizuri Quartet.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; Rescue Dog Rescue with actor Oscar Isaac; stand-up performance by comedian Emmy Blotnick.
Actor Alexander Skarsgård; singer Jack White; musical performance by Jack White.
Actor Jon Bernthal; TV personality Alton Brown.
Chef José Andrés; actor/director Ron Howard; legal commentator Emily Bazelon; musical performance by Lucius featuring Sheryl Crow and Celisse Henderson.
Actress Glenn Close; musician Sheryl Crow; Mother's Day Card First Drafts with Evelyn Colbert, Stephen's wife.
Daniel Craig takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Matt Walsh; musical performance by Joy Oladokun.
Actor Chris O'Donnell; musician Elvis Costello takes "The Colbert Questionert."
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper; comedian Judd Apatow.
Comedian Ricky Gervais; musical performance by Trombone Shorty.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken; musical performance by TWICE.
Actress Jennifer Connelly; actress and singer Patti LuPone
Performance by Patti LuPone
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern; the band Punch Brothers performs
Comic Michael Che; retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis.
Actors Josh Brolin & Hugh Dancy
Journalist Jake Tapper; actor Joel Kim Booster
Actor Robert De Niro; actress Rosie Perez.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.); actor Chiwetel Ejiofor; musical performance by Kurt Vile.
Jon Batiste takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Simu Liu.
Actor Bryan Cranston; Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
Investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Performance by Bonnie Raitt
Actress Emma Thompson
"First Drafts" with Evie Colbert
Stand-up performance by Tom Segura
Actor Tom Hanks
Performance by Regina Spektor
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Performance by The Lumineers
Filmmaker Werner Herzog
Performance by Roger Waters
Filmmaker Taika Waititi; comic David Sedaris.
Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas); actress Matilda Lawler.
Comic Wanda Sykes; writer Ronan Farrow.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.); Jimmie Allen performs.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.); actor Karl Urban; singer Stephen Sanchez
Model Heidi Klum; writer Ibram X. Kendi.
Billy Crystal
Cooking demo with Paul Hollywood
Ethan Hawke
Performance by Courtney Barnett
Ice-T
Michael Pollan
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.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Performance by Death Cab for Cutie
TV personality Charlamagne tha God; actor Brett Gelman.
Actress Amanda Seyfried; actor Stephen Merchant.
Journalist Jonathan Karl; actor BJ Novak.
Patton Oswalt; U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
Music residency: James Taylor
"Pod Save America": Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor
Stand-up performance by Bianca Cristovao
Music residency: James Taylor
Ron Howard; Morfydd Clark
Music residency: James Taylor
James Taylor; Colman Domingo
Music residency: James Taylor
Mindy Kaling
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Music residency: Joe Walsh
Actor Ben Stiller; actress D'Arcy Carden; music residency: Joe Walsh.
Kieran Culkin
Performance by Run the Jewels
Music residency: Joe Walsh
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Tatiana Maslany
Music residency: Joe Walsh
Stephen welcomes journalists Alex Wagner and comedian Roy Wood Jr.
Stephen welcomes journalists Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil and actress Betty Gilpin.
Stephen welcomes actor Ryan Reynolds, actor Rob McElhenney and a musical performance by James Taylor.
Stephen invites actor Robert De Niro and actor Ethan Hawke to take "The Colbert Questionert" and welcomes a musical performance by St. Vincent.
Stephen welcomes actor Steve Carell and a musical performance by Phoenix.
Stephen welcomes actress Queen Latifah and journalist Nina Totenberg.
Stephen welcomes actress Ana de Armas, director Ken Burns and a musical performance by Sudan Archives.
Stephen welcomes actor Billy Eichner and USAID Administrator Samantha Power.
Stephen welcomes actress Olivia Wilde and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; Phil Rosenthal
Actress Sigourney Weaver
Actor Zeeko Zaki – FBI (CBS)
Actor Samuel L. Jackson
Television Journalist Clarissa Ward
Broadcast Journalist Anderson Cooper
Actress Sosie Bacon – SMILE (Paramount)
Actor George Clooney
Performance by Alex G
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; satirist Armando Iannucci.
Journalist Maggie Haberman
"Stephen Colbert Presents: Tooning Out the News"
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Political advisor and speech writer Cody Keenan
Actress Cate Blanchett
Actor and screenwriter Domhnall Gleeson
"First Drafts with Evie Colbert"
Actor Colin Farrell; actor Brendan Gleeson; actor Paul Mercurio.
Actor John Lithgow, actor Wendell Pierce.
Television host, political commentator George Stephanopoulos, actress Marcia Gay Harden.
Actor Jeremy Strong; singer-songwriter and musician Ed Sheeran.
Special performance by Ed Sheeran.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
Author, host of the Food Network show Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Actor Eddie Redmayne; writer George R.R. Martin.
Actress Aubrey Plaza; journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Actress Kerry Washington; Joe Walsh performs.
Singer, actress, and talk show host Jennifer Hudson
Actress, musician Zosia Mamet
Actor Matthew Perry
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Former secretary of energy Ernest Moniz
Singer, songwriter Bono – interview and solo performance.
Comic John Oliver; unveiling People's Sexiest Man Alive; a performance by the Broadway cast of "The Lion King."
Covering the midterm elections; journalist John Dickerson; comic Mike Birbiglia.
Bono takes "The Colbert Questionert"
Rose McIver – GHOSTS (CBS)
"Just One Question: Black Panther Edition"
Actress Emily Blunt; writer George Saunders.
Former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama
Performance by Stromae
Comedian, political commentator, and television host Jon Stewart.
Performance by LCD Soundsystem.
Actor Michael Shannon, stand-up comedian, actress Tig Notaro.
Stephen welcomes Michelle Williams, Dierks Bentley and the winners of "Pickled".
Actor Daniel Craig; Stand-up performance by Josh Johnson.
Actress Cate Blanchett takes "The Colbert Questionert"
Actor Paul Dano
Performance by Holly Humberstone
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, actress Elizabeth Debicki
Television journalist Don Lemon, actress Gabrielle Union.
Actress Sally Field, Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa.
Secretary of treasury Janet Yellen, comedian, writer, and actor Rob Delaney.
Actor and filmmaker John Krasinski, actress, writer, director and producer Sarah Polley.
Actor John David Washington; tennis player Naomi Osaka; Spoon performs.
Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman; karaoke with Sturgill Simpson.
Mariah Carey takes "The Colbert Questionert"; actor Kumail Nanjiani.
Alicia Keys talks and performs, comic Eddie Izzard.
Rapper Common; actress Lily Collins.
The Late Show Presents: "A Very Cold War Christmas"; TV host RuPaul; Ed Sheeran performs.
Special appearance by Jeff Goldblum. Emily Blunt takes "The Colbert Questionert," cooking with José Andrés and daughters Carlota, Inés and Lucía
"Rescue Dog Rescue" with Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.
Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.
Holiday performance by Louis Cato and THE LATE SHOW band.
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