Season 1 episodes2015-09-08

Season 1

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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Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

George Clooney, Jeb Bush, Jon Batiste & Stay Human

45m

Episode 2

Scarlett Johansson, Elon Musk, Kendrick Lamar

45m

Episode 3

Vice President Joe Biden, Travis Kalanick, Toby Keith

45m

Episode 4

Amy Schumer, Stephen King, Troubled Waters (Paul Simon)

45m

Episode 5

Emily Blunt, Justice Stephen Breyer, The Dead Weather

45m

Season 1

Season 1

George Clooney, Jeb Bush, Jon Batiste & Stay Human

Scarlett Johansson, Elon Musk, Kendrick Lamar

Vice President Joe Biden, Travis Kalanick, Toby Keith

Amy Schumer, Stephen King, Troubled Waters (Paul Simon)

Emily Blunt, Justice Stephen Breyer, The Dead Weather

Tim Cook, Jake Gyllenhaal, Run The Jewels with TV On The Radio

Kevin Spacey, Carol Burnett, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Willie Nelson

Trevor Noah, U.N. Ban Ki-Moon, Chris Stapleton

Lupita Nyong'o, Senator Bernie Sanders, Christopher Wheeldon, Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope

Stephen Curry, Senator Ted Cruz, Don Henley

Donald Trump, Dr. Ernest Moniz, Raury

Hugh Jackman, Hugh Evans, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Pearl Jam

Andrew Sullivan, Maria Shriver, Jim Gaffigan, Archbishop Thomas Wenski, YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus, the Choir of St. Jean Baptiste

Malala Yousafzai, Kerry Washington, The Arcs

First Lady Michelle Obama, John Legend

Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg, Dominic Wilcox

John Oliver, Evan Spiegel, Bill Withers, Ed Sheeran

John Kerry, Claire Danes, PewDiePie

Morgan Freeman, Ruth Wilson, Sean Murray

Senator John McCain, Yo-Yo Ma, Misty Copeland

Bill Clinton, Billy Eichner, Florence & the Machine

Gina Rodriguez, Ben Bernanke, Tame Impala

Cate Blanchett, Brian Chesky, Dartmouth Football Dummy

James Corden, Shane Smith, Halsey

Carey Mulligan, Elvis Costello, Darlene Love

Sarah Silverman, Elijah Wood, Symphony of the Goddesses

Jack Black, Nick Woodman, Michelle Dorrance

Oprah Winfrey, Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, Judith Hill

Jimmy Kimmel, Guillermo del Toro, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Beach House

Sienna Miller, Melissa Benoist, Chance the Rapper

Hillary Clinton, Anthony Bourdain, Carrie Brownstein

Julianna Margulies, Jonathan Franzen, Alabama Shakes

Seth MacFarlane, Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Charlie Rose, Stacy Schiff, Ghost

Allison Janney, Colin Quinn, Margaret Cho

Antonio Banderas, Reed Hastings, John Irving

Daniel Craig, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dr. Eugenia Cheng

Bryan Cranston, Shamir

Whoopi Goldberg, John Kasich, Glen Hansard

Ethan Hawke, Claire McCaskill, Amy Klobuchar, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Aziz Ansari, Shonda Rhimes, Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless

Viola Davis, Brian Greene, George Ezra

Jennifer Connelly, Judd Apatow, The Internet

Mark Ruffalo, John Cleese, Michael Flatley

Bill Maher, Florent Groberg, Shepard Fairey, Acro-Cats

Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Public Image Ltd

Sharon Stone, Justin Theroux, James Taylor

Jane Fonda, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Michael Caine, Larry Wilmore, Boots

Sylvester Stallone, Ted Koppel, My Morning Jacket

Spike Lee, Andy Cohen, Carly Simon

Gloria Estefan, Eric Greitens, Jake Wood, Daniel Boulud

Steve Carell, Jennifer Hudson

Marion Cotillard, George Saunders, Joanna Newsom

Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Allen Leech, Adam McKay, Kurt Vile

Bruce Willis, Michael Lewis, Lizzo

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ike Barinholtz, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Jennifer Lawrence, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sleater-Kinney

Quentin Tarantino, Jonathan Groff, Squeeze

Robert De Niro, Daniel Gilbert, Henry Rollins

Michael Moore, Samantha Power, Michael C. Hall, Lazarus

Mandy Patinkin, Kayvon Beykpour, Leon Bridges

Samuel L. Jackson, Olivia Hallisey

John Krasinski, Killer Mike, George Church, Foals

Jerry Seinfeld, Senator Rand Paul, Andra Day

Damian Lewis, America Ferrera, FloydLittle's Double Dutch team

Matthew Broderick, Sarah Parcak, Kacey Musgraves

Jane Lynch, Sec. Julian Castro, EL VY

Saoirse Ronan, Jeremy Stoppelman, Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos, James Bay

Paul Giamatti, Guerrilla Girls, J.B. Mauney

Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Father John Misty

Scott Kelly, Abby Wambach, Maria Bamford

Patricia Heaton, Quincy Jones, Deray McKesson, Grace

Charlie Day, Colin Hanks, Margo Price

James Spader, Brandon Marshall, Sarah Koenig, Rev Run

Christian Slater, Josh Radnor, Iggy Pop

Steven Tyler, Gaby Hoffmann, Låpsley

Donald Rumsfeld, Russell Westbrook, Jackson Browne