Stephen welcomes actor James Spader, journalists Anna Palmer with musical guests Jake Sherman, and The Lumineers.

The Late Show [Colbert] Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - John Krasinski, Yvonne Orji
• s04e02 - Rob Lowe, John Kerry, Kathleen Madigan
• s04e03 - Emma Thompson, Troye Sivan
• s04e04 - Sharon Osbourne, Kathleen Madigan, Jay Rock
• s04e05 - Bob Woodward, The Knocks, Foster the People
• s04e06 - Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael Rapaport
• s04e07 - Keira Knightley, Beto O'Rourke, Martha Stewart
• s04e08 - John Heilemann, Alex Wagner, Judy Greer, First Aid Kit
• s04e09 - Anna Kendrick, Anne-Marie
• s04e10 - 'Admit It, You Forgot This Happened'
• s04e11 - Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson
• s04e12 - Tiffany Haddish, Iain Armitage
• s04e13 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nik Dodani
• s04e14 - Emma Stone, Flight of the Conchords
• s04e15 - America Ferrera, Nas
• s04e16 - Candice Bergen, Jacinda Ardern, Jon Batiste
• s04e17 - Jeff Bridges, Cedric the Entertainer, Mark Leibovich
• s04e18 - Kristen Bell, Mark Leibovich, Nik Dodani, Jeff Bridges
• s04e19 - Jake Tapper, Eric Idle, Lauv, Julia Michaels
• s04e20 - Eva Longoria, Damon Wayans Jr., Steve Kornacki
• s04e21 - Nick Kroll, Jodie Whittaker, Cat Power
• s04e22 - Lady Gaga, Caitlin Peluffo
• s04e23 - Ellie Kemper, Sam Elliott
• s04e24 - Melissa McCarthy, Phoebe Robinson
• s04e25 - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brooke Baldwin
• s04e26 - Peter Dinklage, Busy Philipps, Noname
• s04e27 - Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Laura Benanti, The Revivalists
• s04e28 - Robin Wright, Caitlin Peluffo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Melissa McCarthy
• s04e29 - Sarah Silverman, Scott Bakula, Transviolet
• s04e30 - Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Charlamagne Tha God
• s04e31 - Gerard Butler, Rowan Atkinson, Ina Garten
• s04e32 - Gayle King, Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli
• s04e33 - Phil McGraw, Kayli Carter, Janelle Monáe
• s04e34 - Kerry Washington, Taylor Mac
• s04e35 - Sarah Jessica Parker, Nancy Pelosi
• s04e36 - Mike Myers, Christiane Amanpour
• s04e37 - Chris Wallace, Cole Sprouse, Tony Bennett
• s04e38 - Billy Eichner, Itzhak Perlman
• s04e39 - Jude Law, Amy Klobuchar, Flynn McGarry
• s04e40 - John Heilemann, Alex Wagner, Hasan Minhaj
• s04e41 - Chris Pine, Major Garrett, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
• s04e42 - Billy Crystal, Kirsten Gillibrand, Big Red Machine
• s04e43 - Alexander Skarsgård
• s04e44 - Hugh Jackman, Jeff Tweedy, Six-String Soldiers
• s04e45 - Rachel Weisz, Jason Mantzoukas, Demetri Martin, Dolph Lundgren
• s04e46 - Ricky Gervais, Bianna Golodryga, Flynn McGarry
• s04e47 - Ben Stiller, Jemele Hill, Jorja Smith
• s04e48 - Timothée Chalamet, Graham Cay
• s04e49 - Millie Bobby Brown, Paul Simon
• s04e50 - Michael Douglas, Ben Sasse, José Andrés
• s04e51 - Connie Britton, George R.R. Martin, Emma Willmann
• s04e52 - Cartoon Thanks-travaganza
• s04e53 - Jon Stewart, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jake Tapper, Kerry Washington, Charlamagne Tha God
• s04e54 - Eric McCormack, David Alan Grier, Sara Bareilles
• s04e55 - Garth Brooks, Tim Meadows, Emma Willmann
• s04e56 - Michelle Obama, Common
• s04e57 - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lucas Hedges, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
• s04e58 - Julia Roberts, Patrick Wilson
• s04e59 - Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer
• s04e60 - Bernie Sanders, Chris Gethard
• s04e61 - Kathy Griffin, Emma Willmann
• s04e62 - Bryan Cranston, Doris Kearns Goodwin
• s04e63 - Whoopi Goldberg, Adam Pally, Jungle
• s04e64 - Leslie Mann, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lil' Wayne
• s04e65 - Diane Kruger, Rep. Joaquin Castro, Julián Castro, Ira Madison III
• s04e66 - Tony Shalhoub, Joe Wong, Bryan Cranston, Laura Linney, Rachel Dratch, John Oliver, Nick Kroll
• s04e67 - Sandra Bullock, Barry Jenkins
• s04e68 - Emily Blunt, Rep. Adam Schiff, St. Paul & the Broken Bones
• s04e69 - Steve Carell, KiKi Layne
• s04e70 - John C. Reilly, Sen. Jeff Flake
• s04e71 - Laura Benanti, Jon Stewart, Jon Batiste & Stay Human
• s04e72 - Ethan Hawke, Jon Glaser, Taylor Bennett
• s04e73 - Keegan-Michael Key, Josh Hutcherson
• s04e74 - Kevin Hart, Nicole Byer
• s04e75 - Kamala Harris, Bradley Whitford, Gary Clark Jr.
• s04e76 - Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Jamie Oliver
• s04e77 - James McAvoy, Sonequa Martin-Green, Kane Brown
• s04e78 - Kirsten Gillibrand, M. Night Shyamalan
• s04e79 - Jake Gyllenhaal, Pete Holmes
• s04e80 - Sarah Paulson, Killer Mike, Future
• s04e81 - William H. Macy, Rebecca Traister
• s04e82 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Method Man
• s04e83 - Drew Barrymore, Mo Rocca, Maggie Rogers
• s04e84 - Matthew McConaughey, Better Oblivion Community Center
• s04e85 - Michael Moore, Ken Marino, Dermot Kennedy
• s04e86 - John Goodman, Samantha Ruddy
• s04e87 - Cliff Sims, Paul Simon
• s04e88 - Chris Christie, Yvette Nicole Brown
• s04e89 - John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner, Max Greenfield
• s04e90 - Ellen Page, Radhika Jones, Django Gold
• s04e91 - Super Bowl Edition, with Conan O'Brien, James Taylor
• s04e92 - Taraji P. Henson, Matt Walsh, Marie Kondo
• s04e93 - Live broadcast following the State of the Union
• s04e94 - Steve Buscemi, Bret Baier, Sasha Sloan
• s04e95 - Chris Pratt, Meghan McCain, Beirut
• s04e96 - Glenn Close, Byron Bowers
• s04e97 - John Oliver, BLACKPINK
• s04e98 - Regina King, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Jena Friedman
• s04e99 - Trevor Noah, Natasha Lyonne
• s04e100 - Bradley Cooper, Pete Buttigieg
• s04e101 - Jeff Goldblum, Jacques Torres, The Marcus King Band
• s04e102 - Jake Tapper, Amy Sedaris, The Claypool Lennon Delirium
• s04e103 - Andrew McCabe, Dan Levy, Sigrid
• s04e104 - Reba McEntire, Margaret Brennan, Colin Quinn
• s04e105 - Annette Bening, Ana Navarro, Ben Platt
• s04e106 - Don Cheadle, Colin Quinn
• s04e107 - Julianne Moore, Thomas Lennon, Bebe Rexha
• s04e108 - Kit Harington, Amber Tamblyn, Hozier
• s04e109 - Willie Geist, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Dwayne Perkins
• s04e110 - Gayle King, Pamela Adlon, Mumford & Sons
• s04e111 - Cory Booker, Matt Ingebretson, Jake Weisman
• s04e112 - Damian Lewis, Tulsi Gabbard, Ellie Goulding
• s04e113 - John Turturro, Andrew Rannells, Robyn
• s04e114 - Patricia Arquette, Ian McShane, Strand of Oaks, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires
• s04e115 - Christine Baranski, Adam Kinzinger, Aparna Nancherla
• s04e116 - Laura Benanti, Donnie Wahlberg, Heidi Schreck
• s04e117 - Lupita Nyong'o, Vicky Ward, Spike Jonze, Karen O, Danger Mouse
• s04e118 - Chris Hayes, Nico Parker
• s04e119 - Paul Giamatti, Doug Jones, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• s04e120 - Elizabeth Warren, Tony Hale, Paul Simon
• s04e121 - Keri Russell, Martha Stewart, Conan O'Brien
• s04e122 - Charles Barkley, Tig Notaro
• s04e123 - Nathan Lane, Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Tan France
• s04e124 - Emilia Clarke, Henry Winkler, H.E.R.
• s04e125 - John Lithgow, Stacey Abrams, Kevin Garrett
• s04e126 - Sandra Oh, Zachary Levi, Nina Nesbitt
• s04e127 - Hank Azaria, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
• s04e128 - Zach Galifianakis, Eric Swalwell, Ellie Goulding
• s04e129 - Michelle Williams, Emily Bazelon, Oscar the Grouch
• s04e130 - Anderson Cooper, Ruth Wilson, Ilhan Omar
• s04e131 - Molly Shannon, Gary Cole, Paul Simon, Trevor Noah
• s04e132 - Laurie Metcalf, Ramy Youssef, Cage the Elephant
• s04e133 - James Spader, Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, The Lumineers
• s04e134 - Samantha Bee, Retta, Spiritualized
• s04e135 - Robert De Niro, Beth Behrs
• s04e136 - Seth Rogen, Ronda Rousey, Jessica Yellin
• s04e137 - Christina Applegate, Van Jones, Bear Grylls
• s04e138 - Mariska Hargitay, Thomas Middleditch, Hootie & the Blowfish
• s04e139 - Chris Cuomo, Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins
• s04e140 - Craig Ferguson, James Taylor
• s04e141 - Common, Rachel Dratch, Maren Morris
• s04e142 - Anne Hathaway, Ari Melber
• s04e143 - Bryan Cranston, RuPaul Charles
• s04e144 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland, Clea DuVall
• s04e145 - Keanu Reeves, Santino Fontana
• s04e146 - Bill Hader, James Bay
• s04e147 - Gayle King, Anthony Mason, Tony Dokoupil, Pete Holmes, The National
• s04e148 - Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, BTS
• s04e149 - The Cast of The Big Bang Theory, Barenaked Ladies
• s04e150 - Olivia Wilde, Scott Pelley, BTS
• s04e151 - Julianna Margulies, William McRaven
• s04e152 - Howard Stern, The National
• s04e153 - Kamala Harris, Kaitlyn Dever
• s04e154 - Conan O'Brien, Jim Sciutto, The National
• s04e155 - Wanda Sykes, Vanessa Bayer
• s04e156 - Emma Thompson, Adam Scott
• s04e157 - James Corden, Zoë Kravitz, Lewis Capaldi
• s04e158 - Mindy Kaling, Seth Green
• s04e159 - Elisabeth Moss, Matt Bomer
• s04e160 - Samuel L. Jackson, Ash Carter
• s04e161 - Tim McGraw, Jon Meacham, Tessa Thompson, Jessie Reyez ft. 6lack
• s04e162 - Beto O'Rourke, Billy Porter
• s04e163 - Kevin Bacon, Mark Ronson, Lykke Li
• s04e164 - Aubrey Plaza, Dan Abrams
• s04e165 - Dax Shepard, Preet Bharara, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
• s04e166 - Chris Matthews, Jessie Buckley
• s04e167 - Ice Cube, Tig Notaro
• s04e168 - Russell Crowe, Lori Lightfoot, The Raconteurs
• s04e169 - Naomi Watts, The Raconteurs
• s04e170 - Tom Holland, Andrew Yang, Jenny Lewis
• s04e171 - Zendaya, Julian Edelman
• s04e172 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Incubus
• s04e173 - Chris Christie, Carly Zakin, Danielle Weisberg
• s04e174 - Ricky Gervais, X Ambassadors
• s04e175 - Awkwafina, Donny Deutsch, The Mountain Goats
• s04e176 - Sofía Vergara, David Cross, Tove Lo
• s04e177 - Norah O'Donnell, Topher Grace
• s04e178 - John Oliver, Joe Namath
• s04e179 - Jake Gyllenhaal, Marianne Williamson
• s04e180 - Julián Castro, Tony Hale, Nilüfer Yanya
• s04e181 - Chris Wallace, Jamie Bell
• s04e182 - Jeff Goldblum, Aisha Tyler
• s04e183 - John Leguizamo, Ricky Gervais, Candice Thompson
• s04e184 - Idris Elba, Maude Apatow, Perry Farrell
• s04e185 - Jeff Daniels, Katy Tur, Jacob Soboroff
• s04e186 - Rahm Emanuel, Michael Ian Black
• s04e187 - Meek Mill, Nicholas Braun
• s04e188 - Brian Cox, Hannah Gadsby
• s04e189 - Amanda Seyfried, Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon, Keith L. Williams
• s04e190 - Tiffany Haddish, Jared Harris, The Smashing Pumpkins
• s04e191 - Ron Burgundy
• s04e192 - Cate Blanchett, Marc Maron
• s04e193 - Jada Pinkett Smith, Ayanna Pressley, Goo Goo Dolls
• s04e194 - Curtis
• s04e195 - Kirsten Dunst, Adam Devine, Lee Pace

The Late Show [Colbert] Show Summary

Stephen Colbert, the host, writer and executive producer of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning "The Colbert Report", succeeds David Letterman as the host of "The Late Show". Stephen has been given near-full control of the show, with little interference from CBS management in regard to format.

Colbert will be bringing most of his staff from "The Colbert Report" with him to "Late Show", as well as outsiders such as Brian Stack, who is best known for his work on Conan O'Brien's programs. Jonathan Batiste and the "Stay Human" band joins "The Late Show" as the show's house band.