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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Season 2016 Episodes Guide and Summaries

EpisodeEpisode NameAir Date
1Samuel L. Jackson; Olivia Hallisey
2John Krasinski, Killer Mike, George Church, Foals
3Jerry Seinfeld, Senator Rand Paul, Andra Day
4Damian Lewis, America Ferrera, FloydLittle's Double Dutch Team
5Matthew Broderick; Sarah Parcak; Kacey Musgraves
6Jane Lynch; Sec. Julian Castro; EL VY
7Saoirse Ronan; Jeremy Stoppelman; Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos; James Bay
8Paul Giamatti; Guerrilla Girls; J.B. Mauney
9Olivia Munn; T.J. Miller; Father John Misty
10Scott Kelly; Abby Wambach; Maria Bamford
11Patricia Heaton, Quincy Jones, DeRay Mckesson, Grace
12Charlie Day; Colin Hanks; Margo Price
13James Spader; Brandon Marshall; Sarah Koenig; Rev Run
14Christian Slater; Josh Radnor; Iggy Pop
15Steven Tyler, Gaby Hoffmann, Låpsley
16Donald Rumsfeld; Russell Westbrook; Jackson Browne
17Laurence Fishburne; Michael Novacek; Lake Street Dive
18Chris Pine; Danielle Brooks; Jonah Reider; Baauer
19Josh Brolin; John Dickerson; Erin Brockovich; Aubrie Sellers
20John Travolta; Courtney B. Vance; Amy Cuddy; John Moreland
21David Schwimmer; Joel Osteen; M. Ward
22Dr. Phil McGraw, Mark & Jay Duplass, Michael Eric Dyson, Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals
23Michael Strahan; Samantha Bee; Wilco
24Bobby Cannavale; Donny Deutsch; Charles Kelley
25Tina Fey; Margot Robbie; Will Ferrell; Megyn Kelly; Key & Peele
26Bill O'Reilly; Eddie George; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
27Olivia Wilde; Christiane Amanpour; Jon Batiste; Stay Human
28Ben Stiller, Bernie Sanders, Tao: Seventeen Samurai
29Kelsey Grammer, Fred Armisen, Sarah McDaniel, Ty Segall & The Muggers
30Craig Ferguson; Senator Cory Booker; Scott Waites
31Eva Longoria; Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer; Lucinda Williams
32Kate Hudson, Governor John Kasich, Courtney Barnett
33Tea Leoni, Amanda Peet, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
34Chelsea Handler; Zosia Mamet; The Lumineers
35Casey Affleck; Richard Dreyfuss; Mavis Staples
36Debra Messing; Zachary Quinto; Violent Femmes
37Adrien Brody; Danai Gurira; Brian Greene
38Tim Daly; Graham Nash; Jason Isbell
39Spike Jonze; Jeffrey Dean Morgan; Jack Garratt
40Chrissy Teigen; Mike Birbiglia; Adam Savage
41Octavia Spencer; John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier; Lucius
42Christopher Meloni, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Edward Byers, Ray LaMontagne
43Will Arnett; Charles Barkley; Max Greenfield
44Helen Mirren; J.J. Abrams; DMA's
45Sally Field; Jerrod Carmichael; Esperanza Spalding
46Anna Kendrick, Loretta Lynch, Brian Fallon
47Jeff Daniels; Mary Elizabeth Winstead; Audra McDonald
48John Oliver; Jordan Spieth; New Order
49Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; Shirley MacLaine; Gustavo Dudamel
50Theo James; Jussie Smollett; Laurie Anderson
51William H. Macy; Melissa Rauch; Isaac Mizrahi
52Tom Hiddleston, Laura Benant, Frightened Rabbit
53Adam Driver; Rachel Bloom; Savages
54Eric Stonestreet; Jason Jones; Senator Elizabeth Warren
55Sarah Paulson; Tatiana Maslany; Wynton Marsalis, Lil Buck, Jared Grimes
56Steve Buscemi, Benjamin Walker, Broadway Cast of 'American Psycho'
57Matthew Perry, Nick Offerman, Explosions In The Sky, Parliament-Funkadelic
58Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone; Arianna Huffington; Babymetal
59Anna Kendrick & Sam Rockwell; David Duchovny; Autolux
60Mindy Kaling; Tituss Burgess; Ken Burns
61Hillary Clinton; Jesse Tyler Ferguson; Katharine McPhee; Sturgill Simpson; Wayne Shorter
62Rep. Paul Ryan, Kevin Spacey, Thomas Middleditch, The Flaming Lips, Arturo Sandoval
63Dennis Quaid; Matt Walsh; Charles Bradley; Tootie & Jimmy Heath
64Tom Hanks; Leslie Odom Jr.; The Strumbellas; Roy Haynes
65Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sam Morril
66Michelle Williams, Eddie Huang, Bob Mould
67J.K. Simmons; Jane Krakowski; Chris Wallace
68Susan Sarandon; David Tennant; Catfish and the Bottlemen
69Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Hank Azaria, Phil Knight
70Anderson Cooper; Mark Feuerstein; Gwen Stefani
71Bill O'Reilly; Morris Chestnut; Deerhunter
72Dakota Johnson; Sebastian Stan; Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
73Anthony Mackie; Rob Reiner; Maxwell
74Judge Judy, Zac Posen, W. Kamau Bell
75Lily Tomlin; Kumail Nanjiani; Ryan Hamilton
76Kaley Cuoco; Dan Savage; The National
77Chloë Grace Moretz; Katie Couric; Charlamagne Tha God
78Kate Beckinsale; B.J. Novak; Desiigner
79Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe; Jessie Mueller; Animal Collective
80Matt Bomer; Zach Woods; Nick Griffin
81Jason Sudeikis; Michael Weatherly; Megyn Kelly
82Anthony Anderson; Eugene Levy; Catherine O'Hara; Coldplay
83Josh Gad; Gillian Jacobs; Band of Horses
84Rose Byrne; Bobby Flay; "Weird Al" Yankovic
85Seth Rogen; Krysten Ritter; Wolf Parade
86Emilia Clarke; Shiri Appleby; Cynthia Erivo
87Sean Hayes; Brooklyn Decker; Lewis Black
88James McAvoy; Nick Swardson; Brian Greene
89Lizzy Caplan; Neil Young; Mike Epps
90Rashida Jones; Daveed Diggs; Marina Franklin; The Struts
91James Corden; Scott Speedman; Death Cab for Cutie
92Jude Law, Norman Reedus, Hundred Waters with Skrillex featuring Chance the Rapper ​
93Laura Linney, John Leguizamo, Gary Clark Jr., Paula Robison
94Patrick Wilson; Gayle King; Gary Johnson & William Weld
95David Duchovny; Aaron Tveit; Alexander Koblikov
96Bill O'Reilly; Anna Chlumsky; Aesop Rock
97Daniel Radcliffe; George Lopez; Hinds
98Liam Hemsworth; Ana Gasteyer; Paul Mecurio
99Demi Lovato; Nick Jonas; Amy Ryan
100Aaron Paul; Michael Ian Black; Silversun Pickups
101Alexander Skarsgård, Natasha Leggero, Ziggy Marley
102Aubrey Plaza; Hugh Dancy; Andrew Zimmern
103Uzo Aduba; Neil DeGrasse Tyson; Adia Victoria
104Bernie Sanders, Paul Dano, Rascal Flatts
105Kevin Hart, Taylor Schilling, RuPaul Charles
106Kevin Love; Jenny Slate; Dierks Bentley
107Tom Brokaw; Sarah & Erin Foster; Bibi Bourelly
108Samuel L. Jackson; Julie Klausner; ScHoolboy Q
109Ellie Kemper; Patrick Fugit; We Are Scientists
110Zachary Quinto; Natasha Lyonne; 2 Chainz
111Bryan Cranston, Busy Philipps, Blink-182
112Nicholas Hoult; John Turturro; Bret Baier; Young Greatness
113Benjamin Bratt; Rob Corddry; The Shelters
114Bill Maher; Michael K. Williams; Parquet Courts
115Charlie Rose, Gayle King & Norah O'Donnell, DeRay Mckesson, Bonnie McFarlane
116RNC, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Saunders, Ron Suskind
117RNC, Keegan-Michael Key, Kathryn Hahn, Jenny Lewis & NAF
118RNC, Tony Goldwyn, Mark Cuban, Lewis Black, Cory Kahaney, Wyclef Jean
119RNC, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Billy Eichner, Cory Kahaney
120Jennifer Saunders
121DNC, Allison Janney, Anthony Weiner, Ryan Adams
122DNC, Jeff Daniels, Bassem Youssef, Aurora
123DNC, John Oliver, Jai Courtney, Charlamagne Tha God, DMC
124DNC, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Eric Andre
125DNC Highlights
126Viola Davis; Simon Helberg; Declan McKenna
127Will Smith; Logan Lerman; Tony Bennett
128John Cena; Scott Eastwood; Aaron Neville
129Jamie Dornan, Javier Muñoz, Malcolm Gladwell, The O'Jays
130Diane Kruger; Mark Normand; Ibtihaj Muhammad
131Amy Schumer; Omari Hardwick; Michaela Watkins
132Rami Malek, Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Diana Gordon
133Anderson Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Kip Moore
134Senator Tim Kaine, Tony Hale, Car Seat Headrest
135Rachel Weisz; Kevin Smith; Spike Feresten
136Riz Ahmed; Pedro Pascal; Angel Olsen
137John Krasinski; Adam Brody; St. Paul and The Broken Bones
138Christian Slater, Congressman John Lewis, Chris Geere
139Larry Wilmore; Chris Noth; Sampha
140Anna Gunn; John Dickerson; Simone Giertz
141Harry Connick Jr.; Ava DuVernay; Grouplove
142Whoopi Goldberg, Regina Hall, Captain Sully Sullenberger
143Jessica Alba; Bradley Whitford; George Takei
144Tituss Burgess; Jeff Ross; Adam Richman
145Dr. Phil McGraw, Alan Cumming, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
146Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Millie Bobby Brown; The Head and the Heart
147Trevor Noah; Allen Iverson; Chris Gethard
148Tracee Ellis Ross, Andrew Rannells, Mac Miller & Anderson Paak
149John Slattery; Oliver Stone; Jon Fisch
150Chris Pratt; Scott Bakula; Frederik the Great
151First Lady Michelle Obama, America Ferrera
152Ethan Hawke; Tim Meadows; Wilco; Nile Rodgers
153Anthony Anderson; Mark Consuelos; The Kills
154Bruce Springsteen; Emma Willmann
155Rob Lowe; Kal Penn; Emma Willmann
156Sean Penn; Sutton Foster; Regina Spektor
157Lupita Nyong'o; Donnie Wahlberg; John Prine
158Morgan Freeman; Judith Light; Jimmy Eat World
159Samantha Bee; Abby Elliott; Asa Butterfield
160Mindy Kaling; Gary Owen; Sum 41
161John Leguizamo; Cheri Oteri; Paul F. Tompkins; Melissa Etheridge
162Armie Hammer, Lindsay Vonn, Gustavo Dudamel with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
163Emily Blunt; Gael Garcia Bernal; Phantogram
164Diane Lane; Aja Naomi King; Alingon Mitra
165President Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Randall Park, Bob Weir
166Nick Offerman, Wayne Gretzky, Morgan Spurlock and Joseph
167Hugh Laurie; Paul Reiser; Nate Silver
168Tiger Woods; Elijah Wood; Jorge Ramos
169Matt LeBlanc, Joy Bryant, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Wyclef Jean
170Tom Hanks; Adam Conover
171Will Forte; Dermot Mulroney; Wyatt Cenac; Mitski
172Joel McHale; Abbi Jacobson; Jon Glaser
173Mary-Louise Parker; Pusha T; The Record Company
174Drew Carey, Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Sebastian Maniscalco
175Ruth Wilson, JB Smoove, Ghost Brothers
176Mel Gibson; Luke Bracey; Tegan & Sara
177Michael Strahan; Nick Kroll; Aaron Lewis
178Aaron Eckhart; Tig Notaro; Ron Suskind
179Viggo Mortensen; Patton Oswalt; Maz Jobrani
180Don Cheadle; Stevie Wonder; Katherine Waterston
181Miles Teller; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
182Sting; Thandie Newton
183Mark Halperin & John Heilemann, Jeff Goldblum, Elle King
184Eddie Redmayne; Senator Bernie Sanders; Alton Brown; Chris Thile
185Anna Kendrick; Mahershala Ali; Chris Gethard
186Marion Cotillard; Dev Patel; Dwight Yoakam
187Amy Adams; Simone Biles; Jeff Watson
188William H. Macy; Colin Quinn; Drive-By Truckers
189Michael Weatherly; Carrie Fisher; The Pretenders
190James Marsden; Jimmie Johnson; John Waters
191Danny DeVito, Max Greenfield, OK Go
192Tim Daly; Lauren Cohan; Sleigh Bells
193Lauren Graham; Justin Long
194Matthew Broderick, Ali Wentworth, Fergie
195Jason Bateman; Padma Lakshmi; Michael Lewis
196Vice President Joe Biden; DJ Khaled
197Sigourney Weaver; Andy Cohen; Pilobolus
198Octavia Spencer; John Mulaney; Travis Scott
199Olivia Munn; Martin Freeman; Tom Papa
200John Goodman; Denee Benton; Norah Jones
201Mark Wahlberg; Lee Daniels; Miranda Lambert
202Neil Patrick Harris; Megan Mullally
203James Franco; Michael Stipe; Gad Elmaleh
204Liam Neeson; Shepard Smith; Jon Batiste
SpecialBest Moments of 2016: Tom Hanks, OK Go
SpecialBest Moments of 2016: Bruce Springsteen, David Duchovny, Bryan Cranston
SpecialBest Moments of 2016: Robert De Niro, Amy Schumer, John Krasinski, Millie Bobby Brown
SpecialBest Moments of 2016: Will Smith, Anna Kendrick
SpecialBest Moments of 2016: Chris Pratt, Jason Bateman, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Stevie Wonder
SpecialDemocracy's Series Finale: Who's Going to Clean Up This Shit? (Live Show)