The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS · 2015–2026 · Ended · Comedy · ★ 5.9/10
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!
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert episode guide
Season 2015 · 62 episodes · Sep 8, 2015 – Dec 18, 2015
- 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, Sen. Bernie Sanders, An American in Paris (Christopher Wheeldon, Robert Fairchild, 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 and 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; Jessica Chastain; Tom Hiddleston; Mia Wasikowska; Guillermo Del Toro; Beach House
- Sienna Miller, Melissa Benoist, Chance the Rapper
- Hillary Clinton; Anthony Bourdain; Carrie Brownstein; Lianne La Havas
- 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 DeNiro; Daniel Gilbert; Henry Rollins
- Michael Moore, Samantha Power, Michael C. Hall, Lazarus
- Mandy Patinkin, Kayvon Beykpour, Leon Bridges
Season 2016 · 204 episodes · Jan 4, 2016 – Dec 16, 2016
- 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
- Laurence Fishburne; Michael Novacek; Lake Street Dive
- Chris Pine; Danielle Brooks; Jonah Reider; Baauer
- Josh Brolin; John Dickerson; Erin Brockovich; Aubrie Sellers
- John Travolta; Courtney B. Vance; Amy Cuddy; John Moreland
- David Schwimmer; Joel Osteen; M. Ward
- Dr. Phil McGraw, Mark & Jay Duplass, Michael Eric Dyson, Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals
- Michael Strahan; Samantha Bee; Wilco
- Bobby Cannavale; Donny Deutsch; Charles Kelley
- Tina Fey; Margot Robbie; Will Ferrell; Megyn Kelly; Key & Peele
- Bill O'Reilly; Eddie George; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Olivia Wilde; Christiane Amanpour; Jon Batiste; Stay Human
- Ben Stiller, Bernie Sanders, Tao: Seventeen Samurai
- Kelsey Grammer, Fred Armisen, Sarah McDaniel, Ty Segall & The Muggers
- Craig Ferguson; Senator Cory Booker; Scott Waites
- Eva Longoria; Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer; Lucinda Williams
- Kate Hudson, Governor John Kasich, Courtney Barnett
- Tea Leoni, Amanda Peet, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- Chelsea Handler; Zosia Mamet; The Lumineers
- Casey Affleck; Richard Dreyfuss; Mavis Staples
- Debra Messing; Zachary Quinto; Violent Femmes
- Adrien Brody; Danai Gurira; Brian Greene
- Tim Daly; Graham Nash; Jason Isbell
- Spike Jonze; Jeffrey Dean Morgan; Jack Garratt
- Chrissy Teigen; Mike Birbiglia; Adam Savage
- Octavia Spencer; John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier; Lucius
- Christopher Meloni, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Edward Byers, Ray LaMontagne
- Will Arnett; Charles Barkley; Max Greenfield
- Helen Mirren; J.J. Abrams; DMA's
- Sally Field; Jerrod Carmichael; Esperanza Spalding
- Anna Kendrick, Loretta Lynch, Brian Fallon
- Jeff Daniels; Mary Elizabeth Winstead; Audra McDonald
- John Oliver; Jordan Spieth; New Order
- Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; Shirley MacLaine; Gustavo Dudamel
- Theo James; Jussie Smollett; Laurie Anderson
- William H. Macy; Melissa Rauch; Isaac Mizrahi
- Tom Hiddleston, Laura Benant, Frightened Rabbit
- Adam Driver; Rachel Bloom; Savages
- Eric Stonestreet; Jason Jones; Senator Elizabeth Warren
- Sarah Paulson; Tatiana Maslany; Wynton Marsalis, Lil Buck, Jared Grimes
- Steve Buscemi, Benjamin Walker, Broadway Cast of 'American Psycho'
- Matthew Perry, Nick Offerman, Explosions In The Sky, Parliament-Funkadelic
- Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone; Arianna Huffington; Babymetal
- Anna Kendrick & Sam Rockwell; David Duchovny; Autolux
- Mindy Kaling; Tituss Burgess; Ken Burns
- Hillary Clinton; Jesse Tyler Ferguson; Katharine McPhee; Sturgill Simpson; Wayne Shorter
- Rep. Paul Ryan, Kevin Spacey, Thomas Middleditch, The Flaming Lips, Arturo Sandoval
- Dennis Quaid; Matt Walsh; Charles Bradley; Tootie & Jimmy Heath
- Tom Hanks; Leslie Odom Jr.; The Strumbellas; Roy Haynes
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sam Morril
- Michelle Williams, Eddie Huang, Bob Mould
- J.K. Simmons; Jane Krakowski; Chris Wallace
- Susan Sarandon; David Tennant; Catfish and the Bottlemen
- Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Hank Azaria, Phil Knight
- Anderson Cooper; Mark Feuerstein; Gwen Stefani
- Bill O'Reilly; Morris Chestnut; Deerhunter
- Dakota Johnson; Sebastian Stan; Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- Anthony Mackie; Rob Reiner; Maxwell
- Judge Judy, Zac Posen, W. Kamau Bell
- Lily Tomlin; Kumail Nanjiani; Ryan Hamilton
- Kaley Cuoco; Dan Savage; The National
- Chloë Grace Moretz; Katie Couric; Charlamagne Tha God
- Kate Beckinsale; B.J. Novak; Desiigner
- Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe; Jessie Mueller; Animal Collective
- Matt Bomer; Zach Woods; Nick Griffin
- Jason Sudeikis; Michael Weatherly; Megyn Kelly
- Anthony Anderson; Eugene Levy; Catherine O'Hara; Coldplay
- Josh Gad; Gillian Jacobs; Band of Horses
- Rose Byrne; Bobby Flay; "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Seth Rogen; Krysten Ritter; Wolf Parade
- Emilia Clarke; Shiri Appleby; Cynthia Erivo
- Sean Hayes; Brooklyn Decker; Lewis Black
- James McAvoy; Nick Swardson; Brian Greene
- Lizzy Caplan; Neil Young; Mike Epps
- Rashida Jones; Daveed Diggs; Marina Franklin; The Struts
- James Corden; Scott Speedman; Death Cab for Cutie
- Jude Law, Norman Reedus, Hundred Waters with Skrillex featuring Chance the Rapper
- Laura Linney, John Leguizamo, Gary Clark Jr., Paula Robison
- Patrick Wilson; Gayle King; Gary Johnson & William Weld
- David Duchovny; Aaron Tveit; Alexander Koblikov
- Bill O'Reilly; Anna Chlumsky; Aesop Rock
- Daniel Radcliffe; George Lopez; Hinds
- Liam Hemsworth; Ana Gasteyer; Paul Mecurio
- Demi Lovato; Nick Jonas; Amy Ryan
- Aaron Paul; Michael Ian Black; Silversun Pickups
- Alexander Skarsgård, Natasha Leggero, Ziggy Marley
- Aubrey Plaza; Hugh Dancy; Andrew Zimmern
- Uzo Aduba; Neil DeGrasse Tyson; Adia Victoria
- Bernie Sanders, Paul Dano, Rascal Flatts
- Kevin Hart, Taylor Schilling, RuPaul Charles
- Kevin Love; Jenny Slate; Dierks Bentley
- Tom Brokaw; Sarah & Erin Foster; Bibi Bourelly
- Samuel L. Jackson; Julie Klausner; ScHoolboy Q
- Ellie Kemper; Patrick Fugit; We Are Scientists
- Zachary Quinto; Natasha Lyonne; 2 Chainz
- Bryan Cranston, Busy Philipps, Blink-182
- Nicholas Hoult; John Turturro; Bret Baier; Young Greatness
- Benjamin Bratt; Rob Corddry; The Shelters
- Bill Maher; Michael K. Williams; Parquet Courts
- Charlie Rose, Gayle King & Norah O'Donnell, DeRay Mckesson, Bonnie McFarlane
- RNC, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Saunders, Ron Suskind
- RNC, Keegan-Michael Key, Kathryn Hahn, Jenny Lewis & NAF
- RNC, Tony Goldwyn, Mark Cuban, Lewis Black, Cory Kahaney, Wyclef Jean
- RNC, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Billy Eichner, Cory Kahaney
- Jennifer Saunders
- DNC, Allison Janney, Anthony Weiner, Ryan Adams
- DNC, Jeff Daniels, Bassem Youssef, Aurora
- DNC, John Oliver, Jai Courtney, Charlamagne Tha God, DMC
- DNC, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Eric Andre
- DNC Highlights
- Viola Davis; Simon Helberg; Declan McKenna
- Will Smith; Logan Lerman; Tony Bennett
- John Cena; Scott Eastwood; Aaron Neville
- Jamie Dornan, Javier Muñoz, Malcolm Gladwell, The O'Jays
- Diane Kruger; Mark Normand; Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Amy Schumer; Omari Hardwick; Michaela Watkins
- Rami Malek, Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Diana Gordon
- Anderson Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Kip Moore
- Senator Tim Kaine, Tony Hale, Car Seat Headrest
- Rachel Weisz; Kevin Smith; Spike Feresten
- Riz Ahmed; Pedro Pascal; Angel Olsen
- John Krasinski; Adam Brody; St. Paul and The Broken Bones
- Christian Slater, Congressman John Lewis, Chris Geere
- Larry Wilmore; Chris Noth; Sampha
- Anna Gunn; John Dickerson; Simone Giertz
- Harry Connick Jr.; Ava DuVernay; Grouplove
- Whoopi Goldberg, Regina Hall, Captain Sully Sullenberger
- Jessica Alba; Bradley Whitford; George Takei
- Tituss Burgess; Jeff Ross; Adam Richman
- Dr. Phil McGraw, Alan Cumming, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Millie Bobby Brown; The Head and the Heart
- Trevor Noah; Allen Iverson; Chris Gethard
- Tracee Ellis Ross, Andrew Rannells, Mac Miller & Anderson Paak
- John Slattery; Oliver Stone; Jon Fisch
- Chris Pratt; Scott Bakula; Frederik the Great
- First Lady Michelle Obama, America Ferrera
- Ethan Hawke; Tim Meadows; Wilco; Nile Rodgers
- Anthony Anderson; Mark Consuelos; The Kills
- Bruce Springsteen; Emma Willmann
- Rob Lowe; Kal Penn; Emma Willmann
- Sean Penn; Sutton Foster; Regina Spektor
- Lupita Nyong'o; Donnie Wahlberg; John Prine
- Morgan Freeman; Judith Light; Jimmy Eat World
- Samantha Bee; Abby Elliott; Asa Butterfield
- Mindy Kaling; Gary Owen; Sum 41
- John Leguizamo; Cheri Oteri; Paul F. Tompkins; Melissa Etheridge
- Armie Hammer, Lindsay Vonn, Gustavo Dudamel with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
- Emily Blunt; Gael Garcia Bernal; Phantogram
- Diane Lane; Aja Naomi King; Alingon Mitra
- President Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Randall Park, Bob Weir
- Nick Offerman, Wayne Gretzky, Morgan Spurlock and Joseph
- Hugh Laurie; Paul Reiser; Nate Silver
- Tiger Woods; Elijah Wood; Jorge Ramos
- Matt LeBlanc, Joy Bryant, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Wyclef Jean
- Tom Hanks; Adam Conover
- Will Forte; Dermot Mulroney; Wyatt Cenac; Mitski
- Joel McHale; Abbi Jacobson; Jon Glaser
- Mary-Louise Parker; Pusha T; The Record Company
- Drew Carey, Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Sebastian Maniscalco
- Ruth Wilson, JB Smoove, Ghost Brothers
- Mel Gibson; Luke Bracey; Tegan & Sara
- Michael Strahan; Nick Kroll; Aaron Lewis
- Aaron Eckhart; Tig Notaro; Ron Suskind
- Viggo Mortensen; Patton Oswalt; Maz Jobrani
- Don Cheadle; Stevie Wonder; Katherine Waterston
- Miles Teller; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- Sting; Thandie Newton
- Mark Halperin & John Heilemann, Jeff Goldblum, Elle King
- Eddie Redmayne; Senator Bernie Sanders; Alton Brown; Chris Thile
- Anna Kendrick; Mahershala Ali; Chris Gethard
- Marion Cotillard; Dev Patel; Dwight Yoakam
- Amy Adams; Simone Biles; Jeff Watson
- William H. Macy; Colin Quinn; Drive-By Truckers
- Michael Weatherly; Carrie Fisher; The Pretenders
- James Marsden; Jimmie Johnson; John Waters
- Danny DeVito, Max Greenfield, OK Go
- Tim Daly; Lauren Cohan; Sleigh Bells
- Lauren Graham; Justin Long
- Matthew Broderick, Ali Wentworth, Fergie
- Jason Bateman; Padma Lakshmi; Michael Lewis
- Vice President Joe Biden; DJ Khaled
- Sigourney Weaver; Andy Cohen; Pilobolus
- Octavia Spencer; John Mulaney; Travis Scott
- Olivia Munn; Martin Freeman; Tom Papa
- John Goodman; Denee Benton; Norah Jones
- Mark Wahlberg; Lee Daniels; Miranda Lambert
- Neil Patrick Harris; Megan Mullally
- James Franco; Michael Stipe; Gad Elmaleh
- Liam Neeson; Shepard Smith; Jon Batiste
Season 2017 · 198 episodes · Jan 3, 2017 – Dec 15, 2017
- Oprah Winfrey; Pretty Yende
- Kate Beckinsale; Chris Messina; Jen Kirkman
- Adam Driver; Alexa Davalos; Whitney
- Charlie Rose; Hayden Panettiere; Jack Maxwell
- Billy Joel; Josh Holloway
- Andrew Garfield; Erin Andrews; Cage the Elephant
- Jude Law; Gabrielle Union; Thomas L. Friedman
- Tom Selleck; Craig Robinson; A$AP Mob
- Cuba Gooding Jr.; Rupert Friend; Gary Gulman
- Sarah Paulson; Corey Stoll; Nick Grant with Watch the Duck
- Billy Eichner; Mel B.; Gilbert Gottfried
- Idina Menzel, Rachel Bloom, Louie Anderson
- Johnny Galecki; Chris Matthews; Bash & Pop
- Jim Gaffigan; Cristela Alonzo; The Avett Brothers
- Leslie Mann; Lewis Black; Dan Levy
- Josh Groban; Rachael Ray; Japandroids
- Ricky Gervais; Christina Ricci; Jain
- Dr. Phil McGraw, Michael Bolton, Maren Morris
- Priyanka Chopra; Thomas Sadoski; Pat Brown
- Paul Giamatti; Wendy Williams; Highly Suspect
- John Oliver; Isabelle Huppert; The Avett Brothers
- Robert De Niro, Ezra Edelman, Flo Morrissey, Matthew E. White
- David Oyelowo; Taran Killam; Rae Sremmurd
- Will Arnett; Pete Holmes; Paul Mecurio
- Shailene Woodley; Laverne Cox; Rick & Marty Lagina
- Christine Baranski; Hans Zimmer
- Bob Odenkirk; Tatiana Maslany; George Saunders
- Sally Field; Maggie Siff; Lady Antebellum
- Julie Andrews; Christina Hendricks; The Umbilical Brothers
- Uma Thurman; Jason Jones; Alison Krauss
- Joe Scarborough; Kate Upton; Yvette Nicole Brown
- Kelly Ripa; Billy Gardell; The Lemon Twigs
- Aubrey Plaza; Bradley Whitford; Lupe Fiasco
- Allison Williams; Cush Jumbo; Carmen Lynch
- Jon Stewart; Connie Britton; Zoey Deutch; Lori McKenna
- Lisa Kudrow, Josh Earnest, Tony Rock
- Patrick Stewart; Chris Colfer; Roy Wood Jr.
- Hugh Jackman; Condola Rashad; The Flaming Lips
- Cate Blanchett; Paul Rust; Mo Amer
- Anderson Cooper; Judd Apatow; Jidenna
- Kevin Kline, Jerrod Carmichael, Michael Hayden
- Mark Halperin & John Heilemann; Michael Ian Black; Jackson Galaxy
- Kristen Stewart; Maz Jobrani; Dawes
- Felicity Huffman; Jurnee Smollett-Bell; Anthony DeVito
- Ewan McGregor; Finn Wittrock; The Shins
- Neil deGrasse Tyson; Todd Barry
- Jessica Lange; Bassem Youssef; Judy Gold
- Bryan Cranston; Audra McDonald; Greer Barnes
- Ryan Reynolds; Josh Lucas; Andy Daly; Green Day
- Glenn Close; Michael McKean; H. Jon Benjamin
- Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda; Jay Chandrasekhar; Aimee Mann
- Hank Azaria; Kate Walsh; Circus 1903
- Emma Roberts; Ken Jeong; Luke Bryan & Dierks Bentley
- Marisa Tomei; Hugh Dancy; Broken Social Scene
- Susan Sarandon; Joey McIntyre; Robert Klein
- Jason Sudeikis; Jennifer Esposito; Joey Bada$$
- Louis C.K.; Ernie Johnson Jr.; Father John Misty
- Sigourney Weaver, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Steve Martin, Neal Schon
- Jessica Lange, Bassem Youssef, Judy Gold
- Mandy Patinkin; Zosia Mamet; Jerrod Carmichael
- Jennifer Hudson; Chris Hayes; Christian Borle
- Alec Baldwin; Charlamagne Tha God; Moshe Kasher; Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'
- Rose Byrne; Lewis Black; PJ Harvey
- Elisabeth Moss; Anthony Atamanuik; Sheryl Crow
- Rosario Dawson, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Moshe Kasher
- Allison Janney, Sheryl Sandberg, Marty Stuart
- John Legend, Kelly Osbourne, Dr. John
- America Ferrera, Thomas Middleditch, Dave & Virginia Grohl, Preservation Hall Band
- LL Cool J, Phillipa Soo, Gorillaz
- Tom Hanks, Anna Baryshnikov
- Chris Pratt, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ryan Adams
- Amy Schumer, Gabourey Sidibe
- Jim Parsons, Jeff Garlin, Paul Scheer
- Charles Barkley, Debra Winger
- Richard Gere, Maria Bamford, Perfume Genius
- Rami Malek, Bill Nye, Roger Waters
- Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Ed Helms, Rob Corddry
- Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds
- Mayim Bialik, Andy Karl, Ramy Youssef
- Tracy Morgan, Timothy Simons, Dan Auerbach
- Danny McBride, Jane Krakowski, Metallica
- Brad Pitt, Gina Rodriguez, Ben Falcone, Jesus and Mary Chain
- Julie Chen, Matt Walsh, David Ortiz
- Ricky Gervais, Corey Hawkins, The xx
- Jennifer Garner, Demetri Martin, Paula Poundstone
- Rachel Maddow, Ben Platt
- Kevin Spacey, Terry Crews, Rob Huebel
- Robin Wright, Hannibal Buress, Paul Simon, Bill Frisell
- Oscar Isaac, Laurie Metcalf, April Ryan
- Gordon Ramsay, David Sedaris, Pixies
- Kevin Hart, Ali Wentworth, The War on Drugs
- Salma Hayek, Hasan Minhaj, Feist
- Tilda Swinton, Andy Cohen, Jordan Klepper
- John Mulaney, Richard Branson, Halsey
- Jim Gaffigan, Anna Chlumsky, Louie Anderson
- Uzo Aduba, T.J. Miller, Oliver Stone
- Olivia Wilde, Eddie Izzard, Nick Cave
- Trevor Noah, Ilana Glazer, Sam Richardson
- Milo Ventimiglia, Judy Greer, Keith Alberstadt
- Scarlett Johansson, Bill Burr, Fleet Foxes
- Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band
- Ice Cube, Marc Maron, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
- Jeffrey Tambor, John Benjamin Hickey, Lake Street Dive
- Michael Keaton, Zoe Kazan, Tom Shillue
- Eric Stonestreet, John McEnroe, Lillie Mae
- Josh Duhamel, Justin Bartha, Brian Greene
- Naomi Watts, Ari Graynor, Swet Shop Boys
- Michael Keaton, John McEnroe
- Woody Harrelson, Cobie Smulders, Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt Boys
- Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Andy Serkis
- John Oliver, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter
- Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, The New Pornographers
- John Oliver, Woody Harrelson, and Emmylou Harris; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & Monologue
- Al Gore, Issa Rae, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister, and Russia Week
- Keegan-Michael Key, Cillian Murphy and Russia Week Continues
- James McAvoy, Matteo Lane, Russia Week continues with Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov interviewed
- Jason Bateman, Muse and Russia Week
- Kenneth Branagh, Cara Delevingne, and End of Russia Week
- Paul Bettany; Laura Benanti; Tyler, The Creator
- Charlie Rose, Jessica Williams, Max Brooks
- Michael Moore, Sutton Foster, 6LACK
- Samantha Bee, Gillian Jacobs, Spoon
- Charlie Rose and Jessica Williams; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & Monologue
- Matthew McConaughey, Vanessa Bayer
- Senator Al Franken, Adam Conover, Randy Newman
- Dave Chappelle, James Van Der Beek, Joe Walsh
- Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, Arcade Fire
- Senator Al Franken, Rock Legend Joe Walsh; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & Monologue
- Laura Dern, Leah Remini, Trombone Shorty
- Christoph Waltz, Chris O'Dowd, Sean Evans
- Robert Pattinson, David Tennant, Niecy Nash
- Millie Bobby Brown, Jim Jefferies, Zeshan B
- Dave Chappelle, Chris O'Dowd; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & Monologue
- Anthony Scaramucci, Bob Odenkirk, Liam Gallagher
- Daniel Craig, Tiffany Haddish, Blackberry Smoke
- Ellie Kemper, Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Serafinowicz
- John Dickerson, Michael Rapaport, Grizzly Bear
- Anthony Scaramucci, Tiffany Haddish; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & Monologue
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, Graham Norton, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- Liev Schreiber, Joe Buck, Sonequa Martin-Green, Sheila E.
- Senator Bernie Sanders, Caitriona Balfe, The National
- Jessica Biel, Sonequa Martin-Green, Best Moments of the Week
- Second Anniversary Special
- Hillary Clinton, Emma Stone
- Jeff Bridges, Jeff Flake, Miguel
- Jim Parsons, Pamela Adlon, The Killers
- Bobby Moynihan, Tatiana Maslany
- Sterling K. Brown, Chance The Rapper
- Sofia Vergara, David Boreanaz, Ken Burns
- Nick Kroll, Michael Bloomberg, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim
- Steve Martin, Mark Feuerstein, Steep Canyon Rangers
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Pierce Brosnan, Jason Alexander, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Michael Weatherly, Natasha Leggero, Paul Weller
- Kerry Washington, Russell Brand, St. Vincent
- Morgan Freeman, Grace Gummer
- Kathy Bates, Nathan Macintosh
- Jackie Chan, Bob Schieffer, Trombone Shorty, Jon Stewart
- Tracee Ellis Ross, Luke Evans, Jade Bird
- Andrew Garfield, Tracey Ullman, Wolf Parade
- Bill Murray, Claire Foy, Jan Vogler
- Conan O'Brien, Tig Notaro
- Anna Faris, Amy Sedaris, Tyminski
- Jake Tapper, Shemar Moore, Khalid
- Hugh Laurie, Gretchen Carlson, Adam Savage, Michael Stevens
- Julianne Moore, Jermaine Fowler, Fleet Foxes
- Phil McGraw, Scott Kelly
- Billy Eichner, Anna Camp, Weezer
- Mark Ruffalo, Chris Matthews, Gilbert Gottfried, Thundercat
- Nicole Kidman, Jonathan Groff, Walter Isaacson
- Whoopi Goldberg, Kathryn Hahn, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
- Ronan Farrow, Walter Isaacson, Kelsea Ballerini
- Josh Gad, Lawrence O'Donnell, Derek DelGaudio
- Jason Segel, Jeff Fager, Lesley Stahl, Mavis Staples
- Norman Reedus, Sean Astin, Pat McGann
- William H. Macy, Jay Pharoah, Rationale
- John Mulaney, Jason Segel
- Joe Biden, Elton John
- Tyler Perry, Anthony Atamanuik, John Avlon
- Jordan Peele, Alia Shawkat, Paul Mecurio
- Ben Affleck, Greta Gerwig, Dead & Company
- Norah O'Donnell, Dead & Company
- Senator Elizabeth Warren, Desus & Mero, Vic Mensa
- Gayle King, Daveed Diggs, Gregory Porter
- John Leguizamo, Elton John
- Justin Timberlake, Carmen Yulín Cruz
- Kate Winslet, Laura Benanti, Wolf Alice
- Carol Burnett, Lewis Black
- Billy Bush, Gwendoline Christie
- Saoirse Ronan, Van Jones, Michelle Wolf
- Ed Helms, Christopher Jackson, Bleachers
- Sarah Paulson, John Hodgman
- Mark Hamill, Bobby Flay
- Matt Damon, Rahm Emanuel, Juanes
- Tom Hanks, Katy Tur, Mac DeMarco
- Nick Jonas, Dennis Rodman, Jeezy ft. Tory Lanez
- Adam Driver, John Early
- Jodie Foster, Tom Hanks, Run the Jewels
Season 2018 · 204 episodes · Jan 2, 2018 – Dec 21, 2018
- Anderson Cooper, Maz Jobrani, Margo Price
- America Ferrera, David Harbour, Julien Baker
- 50 Cent, Rachel Brosnahan, Gary Vider
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Liam Neeson, Michael Wolff, Andra Day & Common
- James Franco, Lena Waithe, Anderson East
- Sarah Jessica Parker, Pete Holmes, Jack Black
- Molly Shannon, Thomas Lennon, Owen Smith
- Laurie Metcalf, Carly Fleischmann
- John Lithgow, Chuck Schumer, Black Eyed Peas
- Jon Bon Jovi, Daniel Kaluuya, Ben Sinclair
- Ricky Gervais, Matt Czuchry, Jon Bon Jovi
- Sharon Stone, Rob Riggle, Fall Out Boy
- J.K. Simmons, Rob Riggle
- James Corden, Ann Curry, Deon Cole
- John Dickerson, Eugene Levy, Midland
- Willem Dafoe, RuPaul Charles, Roy Wood Jr.
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben McKenzie, Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Kyle MacLachlan, Deon Cole, Julia Michaels, Miley Cyrus
- Julie Chen, Joel Kinnaman, Talib Kweli with BJ the Chicago Kid
- Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Jessica Williams, Phoebe Robinson, Chris Stapleton
- Rose McGowan, Rand Paul, Curtis Harding
- Michael Shannon, Meghan McCain, John Mellencamp
- Uma Thurman, Jacob Williams
- Claire Danes, Bernadette Peters, Lil Uzi Vert
- Wanda Sykes, Thomas Haden Church, June Diane Raphael, Soul Rebels
- John Oliver, Beanie Feldstein, Wolfgang Puck
- Joel McHale, Yara Shahidi, Joywave
- Nathan Lane, John Oliver
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Chris Gethard, Portugal. The Man
- Sam Rockwell, J.J. Abrams, BØRNS
- Christine Baranski, Constance Zimmer, Bon Jovi
- Jennifer Lawrence, Patton Oswalt, MGMT
- Kiefer Sutherland, Zoe Lister-Jones, Professor John McWhorter
- Donald Glover, Omarosa Manigault-Newman, IBEYI
- Jeff Daniels, Krysten Ritter, Noah Kahan
- Steve Buscemi, Sebastian Maniscalco
- David Oyelowo, Chelsea Clinton, Martha Stewart
- Oprah Winfrey, Justin Hartley
- Reese Witherspoon, Adam Rippon, Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite
- Mindy Kaling, Chris Hayes, Amberia Allen
- Helen Mirren, David Byrne
- Tom Brady, Emmy Blotnick
- Angela Bassett, Jimmy O. Yang, Jack Johnson
- Paul Giamatti, Sean Bean, Brandi Carlile
- Drew Barrymore, Adam Devine, Moby
- Hilary Swank, Thomas Middleditch, Rory Albanese
- Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mindy Kaling
- Sean Penn, Sara Gilbert, Bishop Briggs
- Samantha Bee, Leslie Odom Jr., Tom Segura
- Dana Carvey, Simon Pegg
- Emily Blunt, John Heilemann, Alex Wagner, Kacey Musgraves
- Bryan Cranston, Jimmy Carter
- Amy Schumer, Madeleine Albright, Giada De Laurentiis
- James Spader, Katie Couric, Louie Anderson
- Martin Short, Aisha Tyler
- Diane Sawyer, Joshua Jackson, John Prine, Sturgill Simpson, Brandi Carlile
- Aubrey Plaza, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Cookie Monster
- John Dickerson, Charlamagne Tha God, Nell Scovell
- James Comey, Jason Aldean
- Cynthia Nixon, Alan Cumming, Franz Ferdinand
- Antonio Banderas, Senator Kamala Harris, Snow Patrol
- James Marsden, Coyote Peterson
- Jeffrey Wright, Ali Wentworth, Brothers Osborne, Cheech & Chong
- Hank Azaria, Ronan Farrow, Grace VanderWaal
- Lucy Liu, Henry Winkler, Run the Jewels
- Rachel Weisz, Ann Dowd, H. Jon Benjamin
- Mandy Patinkin, H. Jon Benjamin
- David Duchovny, Margaret Brennan, Robert Smigel
- Helen Hunt, Kevin Smith, Paramore
- Jim Gaffigan, Michael Avenatti, David Chang
- Charlize Theron, Ron Howard
- Chris O'Donnell, Jack White
- Jim Parsons, Alexis Ohanian, Lake Street Dive
- Michael B. Jordan, Matt Walsh, Heather Pasternak
- Gayle King, Anna Wintour
- Annette Bening, Wyatt Cenac, Leon Bridges
- Mayim Bialik, Melissa McCarthy, Daniel Boulud, Run the Jewels
- Anthony Anderson, Glenda Jackson, Michael Pollan
- Jamie Foxx, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Deadpool
- Chadwick Boseman
- Jake Tapper, Erik Bergstrom, Liam Payne ft. J. Balvin
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Mary Gallagher
- Zachary Quinto, Vanessa Bayer, Dean Baquet
- Andrew Garfield, David Cross, Jon Stewart, The Kills
- Jason Bateman, Stephen King, Jim James
- Anne Hathaway, David Sedaris, Ahmed Bharoocha
- Ethan Hawke, Toni Collette, Jeff Arcuri
- Bill Clinton, James Patterson, Tig Notaro
- Mandy Moore, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Meghan Trainor
- Nick Offerman, Niecy Nash, Lykke Li
- Jeff Glor, David Koechner, Interpol
- Chris Matthews, Alicia Silverstone, EELS
- Ed Helms, Michael K. Williams, Tom Papa
- Anthony Scaramucci, Michael Avenatti, Chromeo featuring DRAM
- Natalie Portman, Marc Maron, Alt-J featuring Pusha T & Twin Shadow
- Thandie Newton, Betty Gilpin
- Benicio Del Toro, Alison Brie, Robin Thede
- Josh Brolin, Ruth Negga, Walk the Moon
- Trevor Noah, Liza Koshy, Two Feet
- Don Lemon, Mike Colter, Death Cab for Cutie
- Seth Rogen, Danny Jolles
- Jessica Chastain, Romesh Ranganathan, Scott Rogowsky
- Hugh Grant, Margaret Hoover, Sean Donnelly, Laura Benanti
- Paul Rudd, Ken Jeong, Florence & the Machine
- Michael Moore, Eric Andre, Derrick Beckles, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Gordon Ramsay, Andrew Rannells, Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express
- Will Arnett, Neve Campbell, Marcus Samuelsson
- Dwayne Johnson, Alessia Cara
- Lawrence O'Donnell, Liv Tyler, Young the Giant
- Carey Mulligan, Kate the Chemist, Ty Cobb
- Armie Hammer, Colleen Ballinger, Paula Poundstone
- Chrissy Metz, Lewis Black, Luke Combs
- Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Dominic Cooper, Beck
- Denzel Washington, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, Carmen Lagala
- Janelle Monáe
- Eric Holder, John Cleese, Arctic Monkeys
- Tatiana Maslany, Michael McFaul, Brian Huskey
- John Dickerson, Michaela Watkins
- Jake Tapper, Michael Peña, Dua Lipa
- Laura Linney, Sasheer Zamata, Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Judd Apatow, Jace Norman, OneRepublic
- Paul Giamatti, Ronda Rousey, Paul Mecurio
- Ewan McGregor, Adam Pally, Paul Krugman
- Chloë Grace Moretz, Bobcat Goldthwait, Katie Hannigan
- Rob Reiner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Chris Hayes, Rob Corddry, Regina Spektor
- Joe Manganiello, Senator Cory Booker
- Jim Acosta, Nina Dobrev, Michael Palascak
- Issa Rae, Darren Criss, Ronny Chieng
- Nicki Minaj, Guy Pearce, Mac Miller
- Mark Wahlberg, Senator Bernie Sanders
- Jessica Biel, W. Kamau Bell, Elle King
- Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Constance Wu
- John Krasinski, Yvonne Orji
- Rob Lowe, John Kerry
- Emma Thompson, Troye Sivan
- Sharon Osbourne, Kathleen Madigan, Jay Rock
- Bob Woodward, The Knocks, Foster the People
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael Rapaport
- Keira Knightley, Beto O'Rourke, Martha Stewart
- John Heilemann, Alex Wagner, Judy Greer, First Aid Kit
- Anna Kendrick, Anne-Marie
- Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson
- Tiffany Haddish, Iain Armitage
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Emma Stone, Flight of the Conchords
- America Ferrera, Nas
- Candice Bergen, Jacinda Ardern, Jon Batiste
- Jeff Bridges, Cedric the Entertainer
- Kristen Bell, Mark Leibovich, Jeff Bridges, Nik Dodani
- Jake Tapper, Eric Idle, Lauv & Julia Michaels
- Eva Longoria, Damon Wayans Jr., Steve Kornacki
- Nick Kroll, Jodie Whittaker, Cat Power
- Lady Gaga
- Ellie Kemper, Sam Elliott
- Melissa McCarthy, Phoebe Robinson
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brooke Baldwin
- Peter Dinklage, Busy Philipps, Noname
- Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Laura Benanti, The Revivalists
- Robin Wright, Caitlin Peluffo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Melissa McCarthy
- Sarah Silverman, Scott Bakula, Transviolet
- Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Charlamagne Tha God
- Gerard Butler, Rowan Atkinson, Ina Garten
- Gayle King, Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli
- Phil McGraw, Kayli Carter, Janelle Monáe
- Kerry Washington, Taylor Mac
- Sarah Jessica Parker, Nancy Pelosi, Christine and the Queens
- Mike Myers, Christiane Amanpour
- Chris Wallace, Cole Sprouse, Tony Bennett
- Billy Eichner, Itzhak Perlman
- Jude Law, Amy Klobuchar, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- John Heilemann, Alex Wagner, Hasan Minhaj
- Chris Pine, Major Garrett
- Billy Crystal, Kirsten Gillibrand
- Alexander Skarsgård, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Big Red Machine
- Hugh Jackman, Jeff Tweedy, Six-String Soldiers
- Rachel Weisz, Jason Mantzoukas, Demetri Martin, Dolph Lundgren
- Ricky Gervais, Bianna Golodryga, Flynn McGarry
- Ben Stiller, Jemele Hill, Jorja Smith
- Timothée Chalamet, Sonia Sotomayor, Graham Kay
- Millie Bobby Brown, Anthony Salvanto, Josh Groban
- Michael Douglas, Ben Sasse
- Connie Britton, George R.R. Martin, José Andrés
- Cartoon Thanks-travaganza
- Jon Stewart, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jake Tapper, Kerry Washington, Charlamagne Tha God
- Eric McCormack, David Alan Grier, Sara Bareilles
- Garth Brooks, Tim Meadows
- Michelle Obama, Common
- Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lucas Hedges, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
- Julia Roberts, Patrick Wilson
- Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer
- Senator Bernie Sanders, Chris Gethard
- Kathy Griffin, Emma Willmann
- Bryan Cranston, Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Whoopi Goldberg, Adam Pally, Jungle
- Leslie Mann, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lil Wayne
- Diane Kruger, Joaquín Castro, Julián Castro, Ira Madison III
- Tony Shalhoub, Joe Wong, Bryan Cranston, Laura Linney, Rachel Dratch, John Oliver, Nick Kroll
- Sandra Bullock, Barry Jenkins
- Emily Blunt, Rep. Adam Schiff, St. Paul & the Broken Bones
- Steve Carell, KiKi Layne
- John C. Reilly, Senator Jeff Flake, Jon Batiste
- Laura Benanti, Jon Stewart, Jon Batiste & Stay Human
Season 2019 · 188 episodes · Jan 7, 2019 – Dec 19, 2019
- Ethan Hawke, Jon Glaser, Taylor Bennett
- Keegan-Michael Key, Josh Hutcherson
- Kevin Hart, Nicole Byer
- Senator Kamala Harris, Bradley Whitford, Gary Clark Jr.
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Jamie Oliver
- James McAvoy, Sonequa Martin-Green, Kane Brown
- Kirsten Gillibrand, M. Night Shyamalan
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Pete Holmes
- Sarah Paulson, Killer Mike, Future
- William H. Macy, Rebecca Traister
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Method Man
- Drew Barrymore, Mo Rocca, Maggie Rogers
- Matthew McConaughey, Better Oblivion Community Center
- Michael Moore, Ken Marino, Dermot Kennedy
- John Goodman, Samantha Ruddy
- Cliff Sims, Paul Simon
- Chris Christie, Yvette Nicole Brown (Live Show)
- John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner, Max Greenfield
- Ellen Page, Radhika Jones, Django Gold
- Super Bowl Edition: Conan O'Brien, James Taylor, Patrick Stewart, Steve Carell
- Taraji P. Henson, Matt Walsh, Marie Kondo
- Norah O'Donnell, John Dickerson, Gayle King, Bianna Golodryga, Spike Lee
- Steve Buscemi, Bret Baier, Sasha Sloan
- Chris Pratt, Meghan McCain, Beirut
- Glenn Close, Byron Bowers
- John Oliver, BLACKPINK
- Regina King, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Jena Friedman
- Trevor Noah, Natasha Lyonne
- Bradley Cooper, Pete Buttigieg
- Jeff Goldblum, Jacques Torres, The Marcus King Band
- Jake Tapper, Amy Sedaris, The Claypool Lennon Delirium
- Andrew McCabe, Dan Levy, Sigrid
- Reba McEntire, Margaret Brennan, Alexander Skarsgard
- Annette Bening, Ana Navarro, Ben Platt
- Don Cheadle, Colin Quinn
- Julianne Moore, Thomas Lennon, Bebe Rexha
- Kit Harington, Amber Tamblyn, Hozier
- Willie Geist, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Dwayne Perkins
- Gayle King, Pamela Adlon, Mumford & Sons
- Cory Booker, Matt Ingebretson, Jake Weisman
- Damian Lewis, Tulsi Gabbard, Ellie Goulding
- John Turturro, Andrew Rannells, Robyn
- Patricia Arquette, Ian McShane, Strand of Oaks, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires
- Christine Baranski, Adam Kinzinger
- Laura Benanti, Donnie Wahlberg, Heidi Schreck, Christine Baranski
- Lupita Nyong'o, Vicky Ward, Karen O & Danger Mouse, Spike Jonze
- Chris Hayes, Nico Parker
- Paul Giamatti, Doug Jones, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Aparna Nancherla
- Senator Elizabeth Warren, Tony Hale
- Keri Russell, Martha Stewart
- Charles Barkley, Tig Notaro
- Nathan Lane, Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Tan France
- Emilia Clarke, Henry Winkler, H.E.R.
- John Lithgow, Stacey Abrams, Kevin Garrett
- Sandra Oh, Zachary Levi, Nina Nesbitt
- Hank Azaria, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Jeff Goldblum, Emilia Clarke
- Zach Galifianakis, Eric Swalwell, Ellie Goulding
- Michelle Williams, Emily Bazelon, Oscar the Grouch
- Anderson Cooper, Ruth Wilson, Ilhan Omar
- Molly Shannon, Gary Cole, Paul Simon, Trevor Noah
- Laurie Metcalfe, Ramy Youssef
- Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, The Lumineers
- Samantha Bee, Neal Katyal, Cage the Elephant
- Robert De Niro, Beth Behrs, Retta
- Seth Rogen, Jessica Yellin
- Christina Applegate, Van Jones
- Mariska Hargitay, Thomas Middleditch, Hootie & the Blowfish
- Chris Cuomo, Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, James Taylor
- Craig Ferguson, Ronda Rousey, Bear Grylls
- Common, Rachel Dratch, Maren Morris
- Anne Hathaway, Ari Melber
- Bryan Cranston, RuPaul Charles, Bonnie Raitt
- The Cast of Veep
- Keanu Reeves, Santino Fontana, Bryan Cranston
- Bill Hader, James Bay
- Gayle King, Anthony Mason, Tony Dokoupil, Pete Holmes, The National
- Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, BTS
- The Cast of The Big Bang Theory, Barenaked Ladies
- Olivia Wilde, Scott Pelley, BTS
- Julianna Margulies, Adm. William McRaven, The Broadway cast of 'The Prom'
- Howard Stern
- Senator Kamala Harris, Kaitlyn Dever
- Conan O'Brien, Jim Sciutto, The National
- Wanda Sykes, Vanessa Bayer
- Emma Thompson, Adam Scott, Spiritualized
- James Corden, Zoë Kravitz, Lewis Capaldi
- Mindy Kaling, Seth Green
- Elisabeth Moss, Matt Bomer, Steven Rogers
- Samuel L. Jackson, Ash Carter
- Tim McGraw, Jon Meacham, Tessa Thompson, Jessie Reyez ft. 6LACK
- Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Billy Porter
- Kevin Bacon, Mark Ronson ft. Lykke Li
- Aubrey Plaza, Dan Abrams
- Dax Shepard, Preet Bharara, Jon Stewart, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- Chris Matthews, Jessie Buckley
- Ice Cube, Tig Notaro
- Russell Crowe, The Raconteurs
- Naomi Watts, Lori Lightfoot, The Raconteurs
- Tom Holland, Andrew Yang, Jenny Lewis
- Zendaya, Julian Edelman
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Incubus (Live Show)
- Chris Christie, Carly Zakin, Danielle Weisberg (Live Show)
- Ricky Gervais, X Ambassadors
- Awkwafina, Donny Deutsch, The Mountain Goats
- Sofía Vergara, David Cross, Tove Lo
- Norah O'Donnell, Topher Grace, Ahamed Weinberg
- John Oliver, Joe Namath
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Marianne Williamson, Daniel Simonsen
- Julián Castro, Tony Hale, Nilüfer Yanya
- Chris Wallace, Jamie Bell
- Jeff Goldblum, Aisha Tyler
- John Leguizamo, Ricky Gervais, Candice Thompson
- Idris Elba, Maude Apatow, Perry Farrell
- Jeff Daniels, Katy Tur, Jacob Soboroff (Live Show)
- Rahm Emanuel, Michael Ian Black (Live Show)
- Meek Mill, Nicholas Braun
- Brian Cox, Hannah Gadsby, Shane Torres
- Amanda Seyfried, Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon, Keith L. Williams
- Tiffany Haddish, Jared Harris, The Smashing Pumpkins
- Ron Burgundy
- Cate Blanchett, Marc Maron
- Jada Pinkett Smith, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Goo Goo Dolls
- 50 Cent, Jillian Bell, Tori Kelly
- Kirsten Dunst, Adam Devine, Lee Pace
- Jim Gaffigan, Ann Curry
- Joe Biden, Pixies
- Pete Buttigieg, Graham Norton
- Condoleezza Rice, Bill Skarsgård, BANKS
- Ansel Elgort, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
- James McAvoy, Stephen King, Vampire Weekend
- Jake Tapper, Jon Lovett (Live Show)
- Tom Hiddleston, Marie Osmond
- Senator Elizabeth Warren, The Cast of The Brady Bunch
- Billy Crystal, Thomas Rhett
- Taraji P. Henson, Aasif Mandvi, Kevin Camia
- The Best of Season 4: The Greatest Season 4 of All Time!
- Paul McCartney
- Whoopi Goldberg, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Renée Zellweger, Walton Goggins, Jacinda Ardern
- Senator Bernie Sanders, Brittany Howard
- Patricia Heaton, Tegan and Sara
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Wilco
- Rachel Maddow, Thom Yorke
- Rami Malek, Jill Soloway, Leah Bonnema
- Carrie Underwood, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
- Jon Hamm, Pete Alonso
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Susan Rice
- Will Smith, Andrew Scott
- Jonathan Van Ness, Brett Gelman, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg
- John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Paul McCartney, Big Thief
- Julie Andrews, Jonathan Groff, Yungblud, Dan Reynolds
- John Lithgow, Camila Mendes, Julie Andrews
- Ronan Farrow, Andrea Savage
- Steve Carell, Toby Keith
- Eddie Murphy, Ree Drummond
- Queen Latifah, Radhika Jones
- Jennifer Aniston, Thomas Middleditch
- Norman Reedus, Cynthia Erivo, Miranda Lambert
- Nancy Pelosi
- Conan O'Brien, 50 Cent, Rob Corddry
- Tim McGraw, Senator Sherrod Brown
- Elizabeth Banks, Amy Klobuchar
- Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen
- John Dickerson, King Princess
- Liev Schreiber, Daniel Kaluuya, Cold War Kids
- Tim Robbins, Nicolle Wallace
- Mark Ruffalo, Andy Cohen, Thom Yorke
- David Harbour, Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit
- Adam Driver, The 1975, Jacinda Ardern
- Helena Bonham Carter, Lucy Lawless, Bret McKenzie
- John Heilemann, Alex Wagner (Live Show)
- Senator Kamala Harris, Lady Antebellum, Peter Jackson
- Daniel Craig, Lena Waithe
- Robert De Niro, J.J. Abrams
- Paul Rudd, Adrienne Warren
- LL Cool J, José Andrés
- Eddie Redmayne, Joe Pera, Pharrell Williams
- Scarlett Johansson, The Weeknd
- Pharrell Williams, Chris Parnell, The Weeknd
- Saoirse Ronan, Tom Brokaw
- Ed Harris, Florence Pugh, Jon Batiste
- Clive Owen, Samantha Power, Thomas Rhett
- Adam Schiff
- Mark Harmon, Caitlin Weierhauser
- Aaron Paul, Idina Menzel
- Jamie Foxx
- Charlize Theron, Martha Stewart, John Lithgow
- Jennifer Hudson, Jonathan Pryce, Sharon Van Etten, Norah Jones
Season 2020 · 165 episodes · Jan 6, 2020 – Dec 18, 2020
- Jane Fonda, Tan France, Miranda Lambert
- Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Jamie Oliver, Kate Willett
- Larry David, Pedro Gonzalez
- Senator Bernie Sanders, Penn Badgley
- Laura Dern, Kesha
- Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, performance by the cast of "TINA: The Tina Turner Musical"
- Michael Bloomberg (Live Show)
- Andrew Yang, Abby McEnany
- Josh Gad, Tamron Hall, Tiana Major9, Earthgang
- Jim Gaffigan, Tom Steyer
- Patrick Stewart, Dick Cavett
- John Mulaney, Tyler Bourke
- Chris Cuomo, David Alan Grier, Jon Stewart
- Antonio Banderas, Jay Hernandez
- Steve Martin, Steep Canyon Rangers
- Samantha Bee, Michael Stipe, Dana Carvey
- Edie Falco, Fortune Feimster, Algiers, Cast of "Cheer"
- James Taylor, Rob McElhenney, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- John Leguizamo, Philip Rucker, Carol Leonnig (Live Show)
- Jim Carrey
- Pete Buttigieg, Patton Oswalt
- James Taylor, Joe Mantegna, Michael Kiwanuka
- John Oliver, Alex Ebert
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Moses Sumney
- Will Ferrell
- James Marsden, Sam Heughan, John Oliver
- Rahm Emanuel, Hailee Steinfeld
- Chris Christie, Nathaniel Rateliff (Live Show)
- Jason Segel, Charlotte Alter, Senator Elizabeth Warren
- John Turturro, Charlamagne Tha God, KALEO
- Tyra Banks, Coyote Peterson
- Ty Burrell, John Heilemann, James Taylor
- Anthony Mackie, Susan Glasser, David Alan Grier
- Chris Hayes, David Chang
- Keith Urban, Casey Wilson
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Hannah Einbinder, Ty Burrell
- John Krasinski, Rachael & Vilray
- Charles Barkley, Peter Sarsgaard
- Hank Azaria, Suzy Nakamura
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta
- Stephen Colbert from home, with John Oliver
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Karl, John Prine
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Ryan Reynolds, Keith Urban
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Alicia Keys, Nancy Pelosi
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Chance the Rapper, Jim James, Lady Gaga
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Conan O'Brien, Michael Stipe
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Bernie Sanders, Brandi Carlile
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Jon Meacham, Dave Matthews
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Matthew McConaughey, Sam Hunt
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Dr. Jonathan LaPook, Cate Blanchett
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Shaquille O'Neal, Jessica Meir, Matt Berninger
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve Martin
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Trevor Noah, Willie, Lukas and Micah Nelson
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Michael Moore, Brett Eldredge
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Nathan Lane, José Andrés
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Bill Gates, Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin
- Stephen Colbert from home, with John Mulaney, John Fogerty
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Jake Gyllenhaal, M. Ward
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Senator Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Haim
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Chuck Schumer, Paul Giamatti
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Thandie Newton, Ina Garten, John Mulaney
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Anderson Cooper, Mark Foster
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Stephen King, Sheryl Crow
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Robert De Niro, Randy Newman
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Andrew Cuomo, Christine and the Queens
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Jake Tapper; Tame Impala
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Christine Baranski, Ellie Kemper, Paul F. Tompkins
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Hugh Laurie; Benjamin Gibbard
- Stephen Colbert from home, with John Lithgow, Alison Roman
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Kumail Nanjiani, Andra Day, Elmo
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Gayle King, Amy Sedaris
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Steve Carell, Wilco, Nick Kroll
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Joe Biden
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Killer Mike, Chris Hayes
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Keegan-Michael Key, Wes Moore
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Charlamagne Tha God, Tunde Adebimpe
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Senator Cory Booker, Brian Wilson
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Karen Bass, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Grace Potter, Jackson Browne, Marcus King, Lucius
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Emmanuel Acho, Chris Wallace
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Stacey Abrams, Megan Rapinoe, the Flaming Lips
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Wesley Lowery, Judd Apatow
- Stephen Colbert from home, with John Dickerson, Black Pumas
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Hasan Minhaj, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Senator Kamala Harris, Milky Chance and Jack Johnson
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Sherrilyn Ifill, Mike Birbiglia
- Stephen Colbert from home, with James Corden, Laura Benanti, Bright Eyes
- Stephen Colbert from home, with John Bolton
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Jon Stewart
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Ibram X. Kendi, Patton Oswalt
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Norah O'Donnell, IDK
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Tom Hanks
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Ricky Gervais, Noah Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus
- Stephen Colbert from home, with W. Kamau Bell, The Chicks
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Andy Cohen, Phoebe Bridgers
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Greta Thunberg, Keegan-Michael Key
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Mary Trump
- Stephen Colbert from home, with Ava DuVernay, Kristen Bell, Ben Folds
- Jon LaPook, Maroon 5
- Laura Linney
- April Ryan, Jason Sudeikis
- Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner, Baby Rose
- Susan Rice, Sheryl Crow (Live Show)
- Senator Elizabeth Warren, Regina Spektor (Live Show)
- Senator Bernie Sanders, Jon Batiste, Nathaniel Rateliff (Live Show)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Killers (Live Show)
- Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Tim McGraw, Laura Benanti (Live Show)
- Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Trey Gowdy (Live Show)
- Nancy Pelosi, Lucinda Williams (Live Show)
- Chris Christie, Gregory Porter (Live Show)
- Bob Woodward, Luke Combs
- Janelle Monáe, Jacob Soboroff
- Drew Barrymore, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Lang Lang
- Sarah Paulson, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, PJ Morton
- H.R. McMaster, Laurence Fishburne
- Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, Jake Isaac
- Jeff Daniels, Yusuf / Cat Stevens
- Rep. Katie Porter, Tony Romo
- Mariah Carey, Rex Orange County
- Senator Cory Booker, Public Enemy (Live Show)
- John Lithgow, Jonathan Alter
- Ethan Hawke, Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann
- Dr. Jon LaPook, John Dickerson
- Jon Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi
- Jerry Seinfeld, Ella Mai
- Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Future Islands (Live Show)
- Mindy Kaling, John Brennan
- Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, Aaron Sorkin
- Joy Reid, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
- Dolly Parton, Ty Dolla $ign
- Bruce Springsteen, Eva Longoria
- Andrew Cuomo, Matt Berninger (Live Show)
- Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeff Tweedy
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Sarah Cooper
- Jaime Harrison, Elvis Costello
- Julie Andrews, Amy Walter, Sam Smith
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jon Stewart, Tony Bennett
- John Oliver, Cher, JoJo
- Shepard Smith, Leon Bridges, Lucky Daye
- Larry Wilmore, Laura Benanti
- Stacey Abrams, Thomas Middleditch
- Hugh Grant, Sturgill Simpson
- Olivia Colman, Gillian Anderson, Kylie Minogue
- Michael Moore, Steve Carell, Sara Bareilles
- Jake Tapper, Benee
- Lewis Hamilton, Andrea Bocelli
- Matthew McConaughey, Cedric the Entertainer
- LL Cool J, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters
- Glenn Close, Kane Brown ft. Swae Lee & Khalid
- Barack Obama, Brittany Howard
- Rob Corddry, José Andrés, John Lithgow
- Barack Obama, Vol. 2
- Bryan Cranston, Cori Bush
- Kate Winslet, Michael Eric Dyson
- Christopher Krebs, Aubrey Plaza
- Common, Andrea Bocelli
- Meryl Streep, Chris Stapleton
- John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, Greta Van Fleet
- Rachel Maddow, Megan Thee Stallion
- James Corden, Fleet Foxes
- Stephen Colbert's Return to New Zealand: A Magical Land Where Hugs Still Happen
- Christopher Walken, Chance the Rapper, Laura Benanti
- Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Whoopi Goldberg
- Tom Hanks, Leslie Odom Jr.
- Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Jon Batiste
- George Clooney
Season 2021 · 170 episodes · Jan 4, 2021 – Dec 16, 2021
- Stacey Abrams, RuPaul Charles, Maren Morris
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Anya Taylor-Joy
- Amy Klobuchar, Adam Kinzinger, Jamila Woods (Live Show)
- Rachel Brosnahan, Julien Baker
- George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, The Mountain Goats
- Chris Rock, Joss Stone, Aubrey Plaza
- James Comey, Lili Reinhart
- Samantha Bee, Paul Mescal
- Senator Bernie Sanders, FINNEAS
- John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner, The War On Drugs
- Senator Cory Booker, Infinity Song, Laura Benanti, Gilbert Gottfried
- Jason Segel, Black Pumas
- Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, Peter CottonTale, Chance The Rapper, Cynthia Erivo, Chicago Children's Choir, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Kofi Lost (Live Show)
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Derek DelGaudio, Frank Oz
- Serena Williams, Dayglow
- Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Adrianne Lenker
- Billy Crystal, Rep. Jackie Speier
- Viggo Mortensen, Charles Blow
- Best of President Biden & Vice President Harris
- Ethan Hawke, Mickey Guyton
- Zendaya, Father James Martin
- Salma Hayek, Mark Harris
- Tiffany Haddish, H.E.R.
- Queen Latifah; Steven Yeun
- John Oliver, Ingrid Andress
- Kristen Wiig, Rebecca Breeds
- Blake Shelton
- Bill Gates, Tune-Yards
- Billie Eilish, Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman
- Arsenio Hall, Tim Meadows, Celeste
- Regina King, Vic Mensa featuring Wyclef Jean/Peter CottonTale
- Andy Samberg, Clarissa Ward
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jon Batiste
- Paul Bettany, Metallica
- Jane Fonda, the Hosts of "Virtue Signal," Kings Of Leon
- Nicolle Wallace, Michaela Coel, Kings Of Leon
- Riz Ahmed, Janelle Monáe
- Emmanuel Acho, Gina Yashere
- Aaron Paul, Lake Street Dive, Billy Crystal
- Ringo Starr, Laura Benanti, Christopher Jackson
- Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman
- Magic Johnson, Eric Andre
- Senator Chuck Schumer, Jared Leto, LANCO
- Robert Downey Jr., Walter Isaacson, Sebastián Yatra & Guyanaa
- Dana Carvey, Imagine Dragons
- Sharon Stone, Ken Burns
- John Cena, Senator Tammy Duckworth
- Ronan Farrow, Brandi Carlile
- Leslie Odom Jr., Michio Kaku
- Hank Azaria, Jeff Goldblum, Cheap Trick
- John Boehner, Shelley FKA DRAM
- Daniel Kaluuya, Lucy Dacus, Taylor Swift
- Willie Geist, Maria Bakalova
- Amanda Seyfried, Ashley McBryde
- Anthony Hopkins; Florian Zeller; Senator Mazie Hirono
- Cher, Sam Williams
- Ed Helms, Susan Page
- Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Bebe Rexha
- Anthony Mackie, Terry Gross
- Senator Amy Klobuchar, Kyle MacLachlan
- Senator Bernie Sanders, Julia Michaels (Live Show)
- Mila Kunis, Sara Kays
- Jane Fonda, John Oliver, Ringo Starr, Teddy Swims
- Jake Tapper, Billie Eilish
- Michelle Obama, Seth Rogen
- Senator Elizabeth Warren, David Boreanaz
- Seth Rogen, Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall
- Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish, The Black Keys
- Cindy McCain, MJ Rodriguez
- Morgan Freeman, Tig Notaro
- Lisa Kudrow, Tamika D. Mallory
- John Krasinski, Yo-Yo Ma
- Anthony Anderson, Dr. Francis Collins
- Gayle King, BTS
- Will Arnett, Brockhampton, Zack Snyder
- Bradley Whitford, Carlos Watson
- Chris Matthews, Cynthia Erivo
- Clive Owen, Ziwe
- Samuel L. Jackson, Padma Lakshmi
- Samantha Power, Maroon 5, Seth Rogen
- Jon Stewart, Jon Batiste, Dana Carvey
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Rita Moreno
- Anderson Cooper, Sleater-Kinney
- Nathan Lane, Griff
- Andrew Garfield, Lorde, Gilbert Gottfried
- Wanda Sykes, Craig Melvin
- Christine Baranski, Joy Oladokun
- Robert Duvall
- Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Katja Herbers
- Vin Diesel, Helen Mirren, Ludacris, John Cena, Tyrese Gibson, Justin Lin, Jordana Brewster, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Peter Jackson, Ali Sultan
- Harvey Keitel, Randall Otis
- Jim Gaffigan, JP Saxe, John Mayer
- Keegan-Michael Key, Tones And I
- Richard Branson, Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Mindy Kaling, Wally Baram
- Hugh Jackman, Lorde
- Joy Reid, Alessia Cara
- Jason Sudeikis, Yola
- Emily Blunt, Bob Costas
- Hannah Einbinder, Alex Falcone, Zack Snyder
- Stephen King, Winston Duke
- Brian Stelter, Big Red Machine, Barack Obama
- Alan Alda, Gabriel Iglesias
- Jennifer Hudson
- Jonathan LaPook, Fumi Abe
- Amanda Peet, Roger Bennett, Clarissa Ward
- Daniel Radcliffe, Dan + Shay
- Sean and Dylan Penn, Crowded House
- Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, The War on Drugs
- Chris Wallace, Holland Taylor
- Sarah Paulson, Kacey Musgraves, Steve Burns
- Jeff Daniels, Nate Burleson
- Justice Stephen Breyer
- Jessica Chastain, Stephen Sondheim
- Melissa McCarthy, Lindsey Buckingham
- The Late Show's Celebration of Season 6: This Time with Laughs!
- Bob Woodward, Robert Costa, Leon Bridges
- Shawn Mendes, Chris Turner
- Anderson Cooper, John Mayer
- Paul Giamatti, Jon Stewart
- Drew Carey, Phoebe Robinson
- Anita Hill, Alessandro Nivola
- John Lithgow, Theo Croker, Wyclef Jean
- Rebecca Ferguson
- Julianna Margulies, Toby Keith
- Michael Keaton, Zac Brown Band
- Bret Baier, Susie Essman
- Sanjay Gupta, Denis Villeneuve
- Brian Cox; Sarah Snook; Kieran Culkin; Alan Ruck; Nicholas Braun; Matthew Macfadyen; J. Smith-Cameron
- Rep. Adam Schiff, Kacey Musgraves
- Nick Offerman, Charlamagne tha God
- Issa Rae, H.E.R.
- Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya
- Andie MacDowell, Lana Del Rey, Nick Offerman
- Bruce Springsteen
- Katie Couric, Gabby Barrett
- Elizabeth Banks, Jorja Fox
- John Leguizamo, Thomasin MacKenzie
- Trevor Noah, My Morning Jacket
- Huma Abedin, David Byrne
- Michael C. Hall, Michael Eric Dyson
- Andy Cohen, Thundercat
- Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford
- Tony Hale, Snail Mail
- Jonathan Karl, Brandi Carlile
- Quentin Tarantino
- Aubrey Plaza, Bruce Springsteen
- Kenneth Branagh, Ellie Kemper
- Jeff Goldblum, Rod Stewart
- Paul Rudd, Sting
- Eric Adams, Dwyane Wade
- Adam Driver, America Ferrera
- Kevin Hart, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss
- Andrew Garfield, José Andrés
- Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett
- Rosamund Pike, Peter Jackson
- Peter Jackson, Chelsea Cutler
- Peter Dinklage, Lee Jung-Jae, Aaron and Bryce Dessner
- Javier Bardem, Gang of Youths
- Mahershala Ali, Jason Reynolds
- Jeff Goldblum, Stephen Sondheim
- Jennifer Lawrence, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Glass Animals
- Dr. David Agus, Natalie Hemby
- Michael B. Jordan, Jon Batiste, Nathaniel Rateliff
- Sting, David Alan Grier
- Keanu Reeves, Brett Eldredge
- Henry Cavill, Jonathan Groff
- Denzel Washington, Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Anderson Cooper
Season 2022 · 161 episodes · Jan 3, 2022 – Dec 15, 2022
- Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Utkarsh Ambudkar
- Jennifer Lawrence, Ralph Macchio, Nell and the Flaming Lips
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, SAINt JHN
- John Dickerson, Corey Hawkins
- Keanu Reeves, Genesis Owusu
- Gayle King, Tig Notaro
- Bradley Cooper, Robert Finley, Dan Auerbach
- Keanu Reeves, Caitriona Balfe
- Liev Schreiber, Allison Russell
- Bradley Cooper, Corey Stoll, Geese
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Ingrid Andress, Sam Hunt
- Brian Cox, Samantha Bee
- Christine Baranski, Nation of Language
- Dionne Warwick, David Cross
- Elvis Costello, The Imposters
- Kristen Stewart, Jonathan Van Ness
- Joy Reid, Thomas Middleditch
- Adrien Brody, Lady Wray
- Kate & Oliver Hudson, St Paul and The Broken Bones
- Marlee Matlin, Mackenzie Davis
- Whoopi Goldberg, Rep. Ro Khanna
- Clarissa Ward, Faith Hill, Aurora
- Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart
- Dua Lipa, 2 Chainz
- Jeffrey Wright, Alex Borstein, Maxwell
- John Oliver, Future Islands
- Daniel Craig, Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Margaret Brennan, Adam Scott
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, alt-J
- John Turturro, John Avlon
- John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Jennifer Palmieri, Russell Howard
- Julia Ioffe, Tom Lennon, Tears for Fears
- Sam Waterston, Sophia Bush, John Oliver
- Bob Odenkirk
- Bernie Sanders, Big Thief
- Andy Serkis, Fiona Hill
- Kyle MacLachlan, Arian Moayed, Pusha T
- Anderson Cooper, Sutton Foster
- John C. Reilly, Kristin Chenoweth
- Michael McFaul, Denée Benton, Father John Misty
- Marie Yovanovitch, Martha Stewart, Rex Orange County
- Aidy Bryant, Alex Edelman
- Sandra Bullock, Billy Strings
- Anne Hathaway, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
- Michael Bublé, Jon Batiste, Stay Human, Rose Matafeo
- Chris Wallace, Wilmer Valderrama
- Hannah Gadsby, Sandra Bullock, Buffalo Nichols
- Elle Fanning, Ben Schwartz
- James McAvoy, Jane Krakowski, Arlo Parks
- John C. Reilly, Mandy Patinkin, Ken Burns
- Shaq, Mayim Bialik
- Jon Batiste, Oscar Isaac
- Anderson Cooper, Thomas Rhett
- Pete Holmes, Elizabeth Alexander
- Chance the Rapper, Beanie Feldstein
- Molly Shannon, Rep. Cori Bush
- Claire Foy, Paul Bettany, Bright Eyes
- Hugh Laurie, IDLES
- Josh Brolin, The Who
- Julia Roberts, Wilco
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Oscar Isaac, Emmy Blotnick
- Alexander Skarsgård, Jack White
- Jon Bernthal, Alton Brown
- José Andrés, Ron Howard, Emily Bazelon, Lucius, Sheryl Crow, Celisse
- Glenn Close, Sheryl Crow
- Daniel Craig, Matt Walsh, Joy Oladokun
- Chris O'Donnell, Elvis Costello
- Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Judd Apatow
- Ricky Gervais, Trombone Shorty
- Secretary Antony Blinken, TWICE
- Mike Myers, Minha Kim, Beach House
- Shaquille O'Neal takes "The Colbert Questionert", Sebastian Stan, Performance by Sharon Van Etten
- Jennifer Connelly; Patti LuPone
- Jacinda Ardern; Punch Brothers
- Michael Che, James Stavridis
- Josh Brolin; Hugh Dancy
- Jake Tapper; Joel Kim Booster
- Robert De Niro; Rosie Perez
- Rep. Adam Schiff, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kurt Vile
- Jon Batiste; Simu Liu
- Bryan Cranston; Sen. Raphael Warnock
- Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Bonnie Raitt
- Emma Thompson, Tom Segura
- Tom Hanks, Regina Spektor
- Sen. Cory Booker; The Lumineers
- Werner Herzog; Roger Waters
- Taika Waititi; David Sedaris
- Beto O'Rourke; Matilda Lawler
- Wanda Sykes; Ronan Farrow
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Jimmie Allen
- Adam Kinzinger; Karl Urban; Stephen Sanchez
- Heidi Klum; Ibram X. Kendi
- Billy Crystal, Paul Hollywood
- Ethan Hawke, Courtney Barnett
- Ice-T, Michael Pollan
- Chris Hayes
- Jamie Raskin; Death Cab for Cutie
- Charlamagne tha God; Brett Gelman
- Amanda Seyfried; Stephen Merchant
- Jonathan Karl; BJ Novak
- Patton Oswalt, Jennifer Granholm, James Taylor
- Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Bianca Cristovao, James Taylor
- Ron Howard, Morfydd Clark, James Taylor
- James Taylor, Colman Domingo
- Mindy Kaling, Sen. Chris Murphy, Joe Walsh
- Ben Stiller, D'Arcy Carden, Joe Walsh
- Kieran Culkin, Run the Jewels, Joe Walsh
- Karine Jean-Pierre, Tatiana Maslany, Joe Walsh
- Alex Wagner; Roy Wood Jr
- Gayle King; Tony Dokoupil; Nate Burleson; Betty Gilpin
- Ryan Reynolds; Rob McElhenney; James Taylor
- Robert De Niro; Ethan Hawke; St. Vincent
- Steve Carell; Phoenix
- Queen Latifah; Nina Totenberg
- Ana de Armas, Ken Burns, Sudan Archives
- Billy Eichner; Samantha Power
- Olivia Wilde; Dmytro Kuleba
- Neil deGrasse Tyson; Phil Rosenthal
- Sigourney Weaver, Zeeko Zaki
- Samuel L. Jackson, Clarissa Ward
- Anderson Cooper, Sosie Bacon
- George Clooney, Alex G
- Nancy Pelosi; Armando Iannucci
- Maggie Haberman
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, Cody Keenan
- Cate Blanchett, Domhnall Gleeson, Evie Colbert
- Colin Farrell; Brendan Gleeson; Paul Mercurio
- John Lithgow, Wendell Pierce
- George Stephanopoulos, Marcia Gay Harden
- Jeremy Strong, Ed Sheeran
- Pete Buttigieg; Ina Garten
- Eddie Redmayne; George R.R. Martin
- Aubrey Plaza; Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Kerry Washington; Joe Walsh
- Jennifer Hudson, Zosia Mamet
- Matthew Perry
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Ernest Moniz
- Bono
- John Oliver; The Lion King
- John Dickerson; Mike Birbiglia
- Bono; Rose McIver
- Emily Blunt; George Saunders
- Michelle Obama, Stromae
- Jon Stewart, LCD Soundsystem
- Michael Shannon, Tig Notaro
- Michelle Williams, Dierks Bentley
- Daniel Craig; Josh Johnson
- Cate Blanchett, Paul Dano, Holly Humberstone
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Elizabeth Debicki
- Don Lemon, Gabrielle Union
- Sally Field, Maria Ressa
- Janet Yellen, Rob Delaney
- John Krasinski, Sarah Polley
- John David Washington; Naomi Osaka; Spoon
- Red, White, & Greenland! Stephen Cold-Bear Is Lost in Space Force
- Mariah Carey; Kumail Nanjiani
- Alicia Keys; Eddie Izzard
- Common; Lily Collins
- RuPaul; Ed Sheeran
- Emily Blunt, Chef José Andrés
- Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, Louis Cato & The Late Show band
Season 2023 · 86 episodes · Jan 3, 2023 – Dec 21, 2023
- Michelle Obama, Quinta Brunson, Tom Papa
- Shania Twain, Ayo Edebiri
- Chris Wallace, Jessie Buckley
- Tom Hanks, Rachael Price, Vilray
- Prince Harry
- Janelle Monáe, Jamie Oliver
- Danai Gurira, Jeremy Pope, Ingrid Andress
- Hugh Jackman, Mimi Webb
- Jesse Eisenberg, Atsuko Okatsuka
- Trevor Noah, Stephanie Hsu
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Meet Me @ The Altar
- Nathan Lane, Sam Jay
- Jason Segel, Chuck D
- Brett Goldstein, Amanda Warren
- Audie Cornish, Elle King, Tom Hanks
- Rachel Brosnahan, Murray Bartlett
- Jessica Chastain, Jay Shetty
- Harrison Ford, Vic Mensa
- Connie Britton, Daniel Ricciardo, Evie Colbert
- John Oliver, Ron Klain
- Patrick Stewart, Ke Huy Quan, Boyz II Men
- Jim Gaffigan, Jesse Williams, RAYE, 070 Shake
- Rev. Al Sharpton, Jessica Williams
- Bernie Sanders, Little Simz
- P!nk, Jonathan Majors
- Eugene Levy, Nas
- Hank Azaria, Isabel Wilkerson, Depeche Mode
- Damian Lewis; Linda Thomas-Greenfield
- Prince Harry; Kal Penn; Big Thief
- Michelle Yeoh; Riley Keough
- Steven Spielberg; John Williams
- Nick Kroll, Rep. Jim Himes, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
- James Taylor, Eva Longoria
- Idris Elba, F. Murray Abraham
- Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Steven Spielberg, John Williams
- Christina Ricci, Jen Psaki, Robert Glasper, Yebba
- Regé-Jean Page, Skylar Astin, John Mayer
- V.P. Kamala Harris, Carrie Coon
- Hugh Grant, Sean Hayes
- Mary J. Blige, Alison Roman
- Taron Egerton, Jay Chandrasekhar, Evie Colbert
- Brooke Shields, Clint Smith, Weyes Blood
- Stephen A. Smith, Dylan McDermott, Davido
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Kander
- Victor Glover; Reid Wiseman; Christina Koch; Jeremy Hansen; Jodie Comer
- Brian Cox, Keri Russell
- Jennifer Garner, Rep. Katie Porter
- Steven Yeun, Joan Baez
- Nicolas Cage, Christine and the Queens
- Josh Groban; Sheryl Lee Ralph
- Woody Harrelson; Justin Theroux; The Walkmen
- Elizabeth Olsen; Jena Friedman
- Rachel Weisz; Danny Trejo
- James Marsden, Joy Oladokun, Nicolas Cage
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Louis Cato
- John Oliver, Boygenius
- Anderson Cooper, Japanese Breakfast
- Bob Odenkirk, Fortune Feimster
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alex Newell
- Kerry Washington, Rep. Maxwell Frost
- Sen. John Fetterman, Melissa Villaseñor
- John Mulaney, Darius Rucker
- Jada Pinkett Smith, Ricky Velez
- Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, Arlo Parks
- Jim Gaffigan, Caroline Polachek
- Talking Heads, Mae Martin
- Keegan-Michael Key, Elle Key, John Carpenter
- Henry Winkler, Melissa Etheridge
- John Dickerson, Alex Newell
- Adam Kinzinger, Willie Nelson
- Sec. Pete Buttigieg, Willie Nelson
- Barbra Streisand
- Rachel Maddow, Gracie Abrams
- Paul Giamatti, Tom Blyth
- Jonathan Karl, Maria Bamford
- David Letterman, The National
- Bradley Cooper, Chef José Andrés
- Peter Dinklage, Tig Notaro
- Liz Cheney, Olivia Rodrigo
- Taraji P. Henson, Jason Isbell, the 400 Unit
- Jason Momoa, Robert Smigel
- Greta Gerwig, Andrew Scott, Oprah Winfrey
- Kenan Thompson, Olivia Rodrigo, Evie Colbert
- Adam Driver, Jon Batiste
- Nicki Minaj
- Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen
Season 2024 · 152 episodes · Jan 8, 2024 – Dec 19, 2024
- Barbra Streisand, Taylor Tomlinson
- Gayle King, Charles Barkley, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
- America Ferrera, Reneé Rapp
- Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo
- Nicki Minaj, Jeff Tweedy, Daniel Caesar, Taylor Tomlinson
- Clive Owen, Juno Temple
- Common, Steven Wright
- Trevor Noah, Ruby Bridges
- André 3000, Jelani Cobb
- Austin Butler, Kingsley Ben-Adir
- Martin Scorsese, Future Islands
- Bryan Cranston, Michelle Norris
- Emma Stone, Jaime Harrison
- Demi Moore, Paul Walter Hauser
- John Cena, Kwame Alexander, Asake
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Usama Siddiquee
- Joy-Ann Reid, A'ja Wilson
- Christopher Nolan
- André 3000, Justin Hartley
- John Krasinski, Ryan Gosling, Jon Stewart
- John Oliver, Killer Mike
- Matt Damon, Danielle Pinnock
- Mark Wahlberg, Lily Gladstone
- Billy Joel, Chappell Roan
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Julio Torres
- Josh Brolin, Amanda Gorman, Jan Vogler
- Chris Hayes, Carrie Preston
- Rebecca Ferguson, Denis Villeneuve
- RuPaul, Yuval Noah Harari
- Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bleachers
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ariel Elias
- John Dickerson, De La Soul
- Kristen Stewart, Tom Hollander
- Diane Lane, Patton Oswalt
- Paul Rudd, Cecilia Vega
- Paul Simon
- Stephen Breyer, Justin Thomas
- Carol Burnett, Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman
- Liam Neeson, Fareed Zakaria
- Matt Damon, Hannah Waddingham
- Savannah Guthrie, Tim Blake Nelson
- Gillian Anderson, Sonequa Martin-Green, Remi Wolf
- Steve Buscemi, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tyla
- Maren Morris, Demetri Martin
- Christiane Amanpour, Wilmer Valderrama
- Salman Rushdie, Anna Sawai, Terence Blanchard
- Orlando Bloom, George Takei, Maggie Rogers
- John Lithgow, Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Sandra Oh, Reid Scott, Daniel Radcliffe
- Jean Smart, Gayle Rankin
- Jeff Daniels, Hannah Einbinder, Béla Fleck
- Carol Burnett, Phil Keoghan, Jacob Collier
- John Leguizamo, Laura Coates
- Ethan Hawke, Cedric the Entertainer
- Tiffany Haddish, Meredith Scardino
- Jen Psaki, Elyanna
- Ryan Gosling, Desi Lydic
- Steve Carell, Paul Simon
- Jennifer Hudson, Marisa Abela
- George Stephanopoulos, Michelle Buteau
- David Letterman, Claudia Jesse, Norah Jones
- Sarah Paulson, Paul Scheer, Cast of "Merrily We Roll Along"
- Billie Eilish
- Anya Taylor-Joy, Doug Emhoff
- Chris Hemsworth, James Dyson
- Alicia Keys, Stephen Merchant
- Viggo Mortensen, Olivia Cooke
- Jon Bon Jovi, Tig Notaro
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hozier
- Sen. Cory Booker, Billie Eilish
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Chloe Fineman
- Seth Meyers, Omar Apollo
- Jude Law, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, Callum Turner, Trombone Shorty
- Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Lake Street Dive
- Cynthia Erivo, Rep. Jamaal Bowman
- Jeremy Allen White, Ava DuVernay
- Michael Douglas, Abby Phillip, Antony Starr, Chace Crawford, Colby Minifie
- Serena Williams, Andrew McCarthy
- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Martha Stewart
- John Dickerson, Jessica Pratt
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Bikini Kill
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Loudon Wainwright III
- Glen Powell, Charlamagne Tha God
- Sen. Bernie Sanders, OneRepublic
- Keanu Reeves, Charles Wesley Godwin
- Matthew Macfadyen, Jon M. Chu
- Melinda French Gates, Saoirse-Monica Jackson
- Kevin Hart, Andrew Bird
- Kaitlan Collins, Walton Goggins
- Bowen Yang, Nick Cave
- Alex Wagner, Ali Macofsky
- Sean Hayes, Billie Eilish, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koe Wetzel, Jessie Murph
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
- Sec. Pete Buttigieg, Chance the Rapper
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Kaytranada feat. Rayvn Lenae & Channel Tres
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Jack Lowden
- Stephen Curry, Senator Mark Kelly
- Jim Parsons, Natasha Rothwell
- John Dickerson, Tems
- Samuel L. Jackson, Amy Ryan
- Jeff Bridges
- Jeremy Strong, Dr. Francis Collins
- Rachel Maddow, Shaboozey
- Anderson Cooper, Sting
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, RuPaul
- Kate Winslet, Jude Law
- Bill Gates, Jane Goodall
- Sarah Silverman, Chris Stapleton
- Don Cheadle, Malcolm Gladwell
- Chris Hayes, Brittany Howard
- Andrew Garfield, Ina Garten
- Chris Wallace, Yotam Ottolenghi, Justin Hartley
- V. P. Kamala Harris
- Kathy Bates, Pamela Anderson, Grace Bowers
- Jason Segel, Rep. Jasmine Crockett
- Stanley Tucci, Harvey Guillén
- Bob Woodward, Wyatt Flores
- Brian Cox, Yulia Navalnaya
- Sen. John Fetterman, Alfonso Cuarón
- Anna Kendrick, Matty Matheson
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jonathan Alter, JHAYCO
- Robin Wright, Nicole Scherzinger
- Tom Hanks, Rachel Zegler, Jack Antonoff, Cast of "Romeo + Juliet"
- Kieran Culkin, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Seth Meyers, Mohanad Elshieky
- Gov. Tim Walz, John Oliver
- John Dickerson, Lenny Kravitz
- Paul Bettany, Mike Birbiglia, Robert Zemeckis
- Chris Evans, Javier Bardem, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Zoe Saldaña, Ken Burns
- Billy Bob Thornton, Sharon Horgan
- Josh Brolin, Kacey Musgraves
- Bill Clinton, Kacey Musgraves
- Paul Mescal, Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, The Coward Brothers
- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Jeffrey Wright
- Daniel Craig, Auli'i Cravalho
- Selena Gomez, Seth Meyers
- Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen; Doechii
- Kate McKinnon, Peter Sarsgaard
- Billy Crystal, Arooj Aftab
- Mindy Kaling, Saul Trujillo
- Dua Lipa, Jon Batiste
- Timothée Chalamet, Sabrina Carpenter
- Nicole Kidman, Bill Skarsgård
- Elton John, Brandi Carlile
- Adrien Brody, Ben Schwartz
- Edward Norton
Season 2025 · 152 episodes · Jan 6, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025
- Adam Kinzinger, Jon Batiste
- Tilda Swinton, Isabella Rossellini
- Alan Cumming, Diane Morgan
- Ben Stiller, June Squibb
- David Schwimmer, Kwame Alexander
- Josh Gad, Betty Gilpin
- Adam Scott, Sec. Janet Yellen
- Kate Winslet, Jharrel Jerome
- Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Jalen Ngonda
- Michelle Yeoh, Britt Lower
- John Dickerson, Willow Avalon
- Drew Brees, Morris Chestnut
- Deion Sanders, Kane Brown
- Chris Hayes, Nicole Scherzinger
- Drew Barrymore, Brandon Scott Jones
- Will Ferrell, FLO
- Nicole Kidman, Jacob Soboroff
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Audra McDonald
- Samantha Powers, Miles Teller, W. Kamau Bell
- Damon Wayans Jr., Daniel Boulud, Evie McGee Colbert
- Elton John, Melanie Lynskey, Leon Thomas
- John Oliver, The War and Treaty
- George Clooney, Alan Ritchson
- Robert De Niro, Tamara Tunie
- Al Roker, Monica Lewinsky
- Woody Harrelson, Wendell Pierce, Sam Waterston
- Drew Barrymore, Bong Joon Ho
- Chef Guy Fieri, Pamela Brown
- RZA, Paul Mecurio, Father John Misty
- Brian Tyree Henry, Tony Hawk, Laura Benanti
- Pete Buttigieg
- Jake Tapper, Paris Paloma
- Sterling K. Brown, Reid Hoffman
- Cate Blanchett, Tramell Tillman, Peter Frampton
- Nathan Lane, Ezra Klein
- Michael Fassbender, Uzo Aduba, The Voidz
- Gary Oldman
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Roxane Gay
- Jenna Ortega, Erin Maguire, Megan Moroney
- Seth Rogen, Chris Hemsworth
- Sen. Chuck Schumer, Michelle Buteau
- Maurice DuBois, Jonathan Groff
- Michelle Williams, Max Thieriot, Nels Cline
- Pierce Brosnan, Hannah Einbinder
- Noah Wyle, Jenny Slate
- Sen. Cory Booker, Jalen Brunson, Keegan-Michael Key
- Woody Harrelson, Michael Lewis
- Sheryl Lee Ralph, Paul W. Downs, Scowl
- Sarah Snook, Melinda French Gates
- David Oyelowo, Finn Wolfhard, OK Go
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, St. Vincent, Evie McGee Colbert
- Sen. Raphael Warnock, Joe Manganiello
- Wanda Sykes, Cole Escola
- Will Ferrell, Amber Ruffin, Jonathan Groff
- Jen Psaki, d4vd
- Walton Goggins, John McWhorter
- Jim Gaffigan, Suleika Jaouad
- Rachel Maddow, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings
- Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgård
- Bill Gates, Paula Poundstone, Evie McGee Colbert
- Ryan Reynolds, Rep. Jasmine Crockett
- Alexander Skarsgård, Prof. Brian Cox
- Nick Kroll, Emily Osment
- Sen. Bernie Sanders, Pavement
- Angela Bassett, Bradley Whitford
- James Comey, Meghann Fahy
- Natalie Portman, Dawn Staley, Wednesday, Buddy Guy
- Paul Giamatti, Audra McDonald
- Jean Smart, Gov. Josh Stein
- Jacinda Ardern, King Princess
- Mark Hamill, Cristin Milioti
- Cynthia Erivo, Tony Gilroy
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, William Shatner, The Doobie Brothers, McGee Colbert
- Nicolle Wallace, Cyndi Lauper
- Colman Domingo, Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce
- John C. Reilly, Eva Victor
- Mariska Hargitay, Sen. Tammy Duckworth
- Nate Bargatze, Kerry Condon
- Allison Williams, Damson Idris, Model/Actriz
- Paul Simon, Rep. Maxwell Frost
- Idris Elba, Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani
- John Cena, Lorde
- Clarissa Ward, Michael C. Hall, Sienna Spiro
- Stephen A. Smith, Liza Colón-Zayas
- Joaquin Phoenix, Megan Stalter
- Owen Wilson, Dr. Francis Collins
- Sen. Adam Schiff, Anthony Carrigan, Noah Cyrus
- Sandra Oh, Dave Franco
- Bad Bunny, Leanne Morgan, Grace Potter
- Steve Buscemi, Molly Gordon
- Gov. Josh Shapiro, Alex G
- Matt Rogers, Bowen Yang, Ocean Vuong
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Rachael & Vilray
- Liam Neeson, Sen. Elissa Slotkin
- Kamala Harris, Renée Rapp
- Julia Garner, Robert Reich
- Fred Armisen, Gov. J.B. Pritzker
- Josh Brolin, The Black Keys
- Sen. Alex Padilla, Marcus Miller, John Scofield
- John Oliver, Joe Dombrowski
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Carmelo Anthony
- Drew Barrymore, Katherine Maher
- Cillian Murphy, Lady Gaga
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Eugene Levy
- Jennifer Aniston, Cooper Hoffman
- Usher, Jim Hoskinson, Mac DeMarco
- Brandi Carlile, Samin Nosrat
- Ron Howard, Gary Oldman
- Jake Tapper, David Remnick
- Scarlett Johansson, Sen. Mark Kelly
- Gov. Gavin Newsom, Priscilla Presley
- Sen. Chris Murphy, Lainey Wilson
- Jeremy Strong, Carrie Preston
- Conan O'Brien, Cast of "Ragtime"
- Jimmy Kimmel, Sam Smith
- Julia Roberts, Sam Smith
- Lady Gaga
- Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, J.I.D
- Bette Midler, Tim Meadows
- Anderson Cooper, Mason Thames
- Nick Offerman, José Andrés, Nathaniel Rateliff
- Jeremy Renner, Karine Jean-Pierre, Laura Benanti
- Michael J. Fox, Jeff Tweedy
- Emma Stone, Alex Wagner
- Ben Stiller, Tig Notaro
- Emma Thompson, Judd Apatow, Thundercat, Remi Wolf
- Colin Farrell, Cameron Crowe
- Sarah Paulson, Sen. Ruben Gallego
- Sir Anthony Hopkins
- Tom Hanks, Mavis Staples
- Michelle Obama, Robert Plant
- Tiffany Haddish, Gary Cole
- Sydney Sweeney, Patti Smith, Guillermo del Toro
- Demi Moore, Ken Burns
- Claire Danes, Rep. James Clyburn
- Jonathan Karl, Pete Townshend
- Julia Roberts, John Fogerty
- Ted Danson, Alison Roman
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Patton Oswalt, Jesse Welles
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Billy Strings
- Lady Gaga, Mikie Sherrill, Kristin Chenoweth, Stephen Schwartz, Daniel Craig
- Rachel Maddow, Jason Isbell
- Michael Shannon, Jessie Buckley
- Jen Psaki, "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Sigourney Weaver, Mandy Patinkin
- Laura Dern, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Evie McGee Colbert
- Taylor Swift
- Kate Winslet, Ben & Jerry
- Paul Rudd, Lesley Manville
- Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, The Mountain Goats, Laura Benanti
- Kumail Nanjiani, St. Vincent
- Hugh Jackman, Nick Offerman
Season 2026 · 65 episodes · Jan 5, 2026 – May 21, 2026
- Ethan Hawke, Julia Ioffe
- Jodie Foster, Tracy Letts
- Chris Hayes, Robyn
- Tom Hiddleston, Terry Gross
- Jimmy Kimmel, Gov. Abigail Spanberger
- Amanda Seyfried, Yo-Yo Ma
- Paul Giamatti, Ryan Coogler
- Stellan Skarsgård, Scott Galloway, Warren Haynes
- Sen. Bernie Sanders, Lucinda Williams
- Jane Fonda, Jessica Williams
- Chance the Rapper, Maria Stephan
- Gov. Josh Shapiro, The War and Treaty
- Sam Rockwell, George Saunders
- Bad Bunny, Katherine LaNasa
- Alexander Skarsgård, Jacob Soboroff
- John Oliver
- Mark Ruffalo, Father James Martin
- Ian McKellen, I'm With Her, Laura Benanti
- James Taylor, Evie McGee Colbert
- Jennifer Garner
- Kaitlan Collins, Walter Isaacson
- Sen. Jon Ossoff, Kyle MacLachlan, Thundercat
- Melissa McCarthy, Michael Pollan
- Ray Romano, Emma Thompson, Cory Wong
- John Dickerson, Mitski
- Teyana Taylor, Bradley Whitford
- Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, CMAT
- Brett McGurk, Daniel Radcliffe, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brandee Younger
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bamford
- Steve Carell, Hozier, Lake Street Dive
- Jimmy Fallon, Harvey Guillén
- John Lithgow, Paul Rieckhoff
- Michelle Pfeiffer, Dave Matthews
- Clarissa Ward, Pete Holmes
- Wanda Sykes, Robert Smigel, Dan & Peggy Reeder
- Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Robert Lopez, Andrew Rannells
- Elijah Wood, David Alan Grier, Lea Michele
- Edward Norton, Chef José Andrés
- John Mulaney, David Byrne
- Nathan Lane, Arsenio Hall
- Meryl Streep, Maggie Rogers
- Paul Simon, Ramy Youssef
- Keanu Reeves, Jack White
- Oprah Winfrey, Brandi Carlile
- Bryan Cranston, Robert Plant
- Maya Rudolph, Nick Offerman, Jeff Tweedy, Hayley Williams, Rachel Dratch
- Billy Crystal, Ina Garten
- Anne Hathaway, Josh Johnson
- Anderson Cooper, Patton Oswalt
- Don Cheadle, Jake Tapper
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, RAYE
- Pete Buttigieg, Andy Serkis, Jon Stewart
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Michael Stipe
- Christopher Nolan, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters
- Barack Obama
- Sally Field, Chris Stapleton, Evie McGee Colbert
- John Krasinski
- The Hosts of "Strike Force Five"
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Pedro Pascal
- Barack Obama, Tom Hanks
- David Letterman, The Strokes
- The Worst of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Not a Clip Show!)
- Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg, David Byrne
- Bruce Springsteen
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series Finale
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