The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Episodes Guide and Summaries

Episode	Air Date	Episode Name
1	Jan 04, 2016	Samuel L. Jackson; Olivia Hallisey
2	Jan 05, 2016	John Krasinski, Killer Mike, George Church, Foals
3	Jan 06, 2016	Jerry Seinfeld, Senator Rand Paul, Andra Day
4	Jan 07, 2016	Damian Lewis, America Ferrera, FloydLittle's Double Dutch Team
5	Jan 08, 2016	Matthew Broderick; Sarah Parcak; Kacey Musgraves
6	Jan 11, 2016	Jane Lynch; Sec. Julian Castro; EL VY
7	Jan 12, 2016	Saoirse Ronan; Jeremy Stoppelman; Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos; James Bay
8	Jan 13, 2016	Paul Giamatti; Guerrilla Girls; J.B. Mauney
9	Jan 14, 2016	Olivia Munn; T.J. Miller; Father John Misty
10	Jan 15, 2016	Scott Kelly; Abby Wambach; Maria Bamford
11	Jan 18, 2016	Patricia Heaton, Quincy Jones, DeRay Mckesson, Grace
12	Jan 19, 2016	Charlie Day; Colin Hanks; Margo Price
13	Jan 20, 2016	James Spader; Brandon Marshall; Sarah Koenig; Rev Run
14	Jan 21, 2016	Christian Slater; Josh Radnor; Iggy Pop
15	Jan 22, 2016	Steven Tyler, Gaby Hoffmann, Låpsley
16	Jan 25, 2016	Donald Rumsfeld; Russell Westbrook; Jackson Browne
17	Jan 26, 2016	Laurence Fishburne; Michael Novacek; Lake Street Dive
18	Jan 27, 2016	Chris Pine; Danielle Brooks; Jonah Reider; Baauer
19	Jan 28, 2016	Josh Brolin; John Dickerson; Erin Brockovich; Aubrie Sellers
20	Feb 01, 2016	John Travolta; Courtney B. Vance; Amy Cuddy; John Moreland
21	Feb 02, 2016	David Schwimmer; Joel Osteen; M. Ward
22	Feb 03, 2016	Dr. Phil McGraw, Mark & Jay Duplass, Michael Eric Dyson, Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals
23	Feb 04, 2016	Michael Strahan; Samantha Bee; Wilco
24	Feb 05, 2016	Bobby Cannavale; Donny Deutsch; Charles Kelley
25	Feb 07, 2016	Tina Fey; Margot Robbie; Will Ferrell; Megyn Kelly; Key & Peele
26	Feb 08, 2016	Bill O'Reilly; Eddie George; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
27	Feb 09, 2016	Olivia Wilde; Christiane Amanpour; Jon Batiste; Stay Human
28	Feb 10, 2016	Ben Stiller, Bernie Sanders, Tao: Seventeen Samurai
29	Feb 11, 2016	Kelsey Grammer, Fred Armisen, Sarah McDaniel, Ty Segall & The Muggers
30	Feb 15, 2016	Craig Ferguson; Senator Cory Booker; Scott Waites
31	Feb 16, 2016	Eva Longoria; Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer; Lucinda Williams
32	Feb 17, 2016	Kate Hudson, Governor John Kasich, Courtney Barnett
33	Feb 18, 2016	Tea Leoni, Amanda Peet, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
34	Feb 19, 2016	Chelsea Handler; Zosia Mamet; The Lumineers
35	Feb 22, 2016	Casey Affleck; Richard Dreyfuss; Mavis Staples
36	Feb 23, 2016	Debra Messing; Zachary Quinto; Violent Femmes
37	Feb 24, 2016	Adrien Brody; Danai Gurira; Brian Greene
38	Feb 25, 2016	Tim Daly; Graham Nash; Jason Isbell
39	Feb 29, 2016	Spike Jonze; Jeffrey Dean Morgan; Jack Garratt
40	Mar 01, 2016	Chrissy Teigen; Mike Birbiglia; Adam Savage
41	Mar 02, 2016	Octavia Spencer; John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier; Lucius
42	Mar 03, 2016	Christopher Meloni, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Edward Byers, Ray LaMontagne
43	Mar 07, 2016	Will Arnett; Charles Barkley; Max Greenfield
44	Mar 08, 2016	Helen Mirren; J.J. Abrams; DMA's
45	Mar 09, 2016	Sally Field; Jerrod Carmichael; Esperanza Spalding
46	Mar 10, 2016	Anna Kendrick, Loretta Lynch, Brian Fallon
47	Mar 11, 2016	Jeff Daniels; Mary Elizabeth Winstead; Audra McDonald
48	Mar 14, 2016	John Oliver; Jordan Spieth; New Order
49	Mar 15, 2016	Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; Shirley MacLaine; Gustavo Dudamel
50	Mar 16, 2016	Theo James; Jussie Smollett; Laurie Anderson
51	Mar 17, 2016	William H. Macy; Melissa Rauch; Isaac Mizrahi
52	Mar 28, 2016	Tom Hiddleston, Laura Benant, Frightened Rabbit
53	Mar 29, 2016	Adam Driver; Rachel Bloom; Savages
54	Mar 30, 2016	Eric Stonestreet; Jason Jones; Elizabeth Warren
55	Mar 31, 2016	Sarah Paulson; Tatiana Maslany; Wynton Marsalis, Lil Buck, Jared Grimes
56	Apr 01, 2016	Steve Buscemi, Benjamin Walker, Broadway Cast of 'American Psycho'
57	Apr 04, 2016	Matthew Perry, Nick Offerman, Explosions In The Sky, Parliament-Funkadelic
58	Apr 05, 2016	Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone; Arianna Huffington; Babymetal
59	Apr 06, 2016	Anna Kendrick & Sam Rockwell; David Duchovny; Autolux
60	Apr 07, 2016	Mindy Kaling; Tituss Burgess; Ken Burns
61	Apr 18, 2016	Hillary Clinton; Jesse Tyler Ferguson; Katharine McPhee; Sturgill Simpson; Wayne Shorter
62	Apr 19, 2016	Rep. Paul Ryan, Kevin Spacey, Thomas Middleditch, The Flaming Lips, Arturo Sandoval
63	Apr 20, 2016	Dennis Quaid; Matt Walsh; Charles Bradley; Tootie & Jimmy Heath
64	Apr 21, 2016	Tom Hanks; Leslie Odom Jr.; The Strumbellas; Roy Haynes
65	Apr 22, 2016	Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sam Morril
66	Apr 25, 2016	Michelle Williams, Eddie Huang, Bob Mould
67	Apr 26, 2016	J.K. Simmons; Jane Krakowski; Chris Wallace
68	Apr 27, 2016	Susan Sarandon; David Tennant; Catfish and the Bottlemen
69	Apr 28, 2016	Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Hank Azaria, Phil Knight
70	Apr 29, 2016	Anderson Cooper; Mark Feuerstein; Gwen Stefani
71	May 02, 2016	Bill O'Reilly; Morris Chestnut; Deerhunter
72	May 03, 2016	Dakota Johnson; Sebastian Stan; Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
73	May 04, 2016	Anthony Mackie; Rob Reiner; Maxwell
74	May 05, 2016	Judge Judy, Zac Posen, W. Kamau Bell
75	May 06, 2016	Lily Tomlin; Kumail Nanjiani; Ryan Hamilton
76	May 09, 2016	Kaley Cuoco; Dan Savage; The National
77	May 10, 2016	Chloë Grace Moretz; Katie Couric; Charlamagne Tha God
78	May 11, 2016	Kate Beckinsale; B.J. Novak; Desiigner
79	May 12, 2016	Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe; Jessie Mueller; Animal Collective
80	May 13, 2016	Matt Bomer; Zach Woods; Nick Griffin
81	May 16, 2016	Jason Sudeikis; Michael Weatherly; Megyn Kelly
82	May 17, 2016	Anthony Anderson; Eugene Levy; Catherine O'Hara; Coldplay
83	May 18, 2016	Josh Gad; Gillian Jacobs; Band of Horses
84	May 19, 2016	Rose Byrne; Bobby Flay; "Weird Al" Yankovic
85	May 20, 2016	Seth Rogen; Krysten Ritter; Wolf Parade
86	May 23, 2016	Emilia Clarke; Shiri Appleby; Cynthia Erivo
87	May 24, 2016	Sean Hayes; Brooklyn Decker; Lewis Black
88	May 25, 2016	James McAvoy; Nick Swardson; Brian Greene
89	May 26, 2016	Lizzy Caplan; Neil Young; Mike Epps
90	May 27, 2016	Rashida Jones; Daveed Diggs; Marina Franklin; The Struts
91	Jun 06, 2016	James Corden; Scott Speedman; Death Cab for Cutie
92	Jun 07, 2016	Jude Law, Norman Reedus, Hundred Waters with Skrillex featuring Chance the Rapper
93	Jun 08, 2016	Laura Linney, John Leguizamo, Gary Clark Jr., Paula Robison
94	Jun 09, 2016	Patrick Wilson; Gayle King; Gary Johnson & William Weld
95	Jun 10, 2016	David Duchovny; Aaron Tveit; Alexander Koblikov
96	Jun 13, 2016	Bill O'Reilly; Anna Chlumsky; Aesop Rock
97	Jun 14, 2016	Daniel Radcliffe; George Lopez; Hinds
98	Jun 15, 2016	Liam Hemsworth; Ana Gasteyer; Paul Mecurio
99	Jun 16, 2016	Demi Lovato; Nick Jonas; Amy Ryan
100	Jun 17, 2016	Aaron Paul; Michael Ian Black; Silversun Pickups
101	Jun 20, 2016	Alexander Skarsgård, Natasha Leggero, Ziggy Marley
102	Jun 21, 2016	Aubrey Plaza; Hugh Dancy; Andrew Zimmern
103	Jun 22, 2016	Uzo Aduba; Neil DeGrasse Tyson; Adia Victoria
104	Jun 23, 2016	Bernie Sanders, Paul Dano, Rascal Flatts
105	Jun 24, 2016	Kevin Hart, Taylor Schilling, RuPaul Charles
106	Jun 27, 2016	Kevin Love; Jenny Slate; Dierks Bentley
107	Jun 28, 2016	Tom Brokaw; Sarah & Erin Foster; Bibi Bourelly
108	Jun 29, 2016	Samuel L. Jackson; Julie Klausner; ScHoolboy Q
109	Jun 30, 2016	Ellie Kemper; Patrick Fugit; We Are Scientists
110	Jul 01, 2016	Zachary Quinto; Natasha Lyonne; 2 Chainz
111	Jul 11, 2016	Bryan Cranston, Busy Philipps, Blink-182
112	Jul 12, 2016	Nicholas Hoult; John Turturro; Bret Baier; Young Greatness
113	Jul 13, 2016	Benjamin Bratt; Rob Corddry; The Shelters
114	Jul 14, 2016	Bill Maher; Michael K. Williams; Parquet Courts
115	Jul 15, 2016	Charlie Rose, Gayle King & Norah O'Donnell, DeRay Mckesson, Bonnie McFarlane
116	Jul 18, 2016	RNC, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Saunders, Ron Suskind
117	Jul 19, 2016	RNC, Keegan-Michael Key, Kathryn Hahn, Jenny Lewis & NAF
118	Jul 20, 2016	RNC, Tony Goldwyn, Mark Cuban, Lewis Black, Cory Kahaney, Wyclef Jean
119	Jul 21, 2016	RNC, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Billy Eichner, Cory Kahaney
120	Jul 22, 2016	Jennifer Saunders
121	Jul 25, 2016	DNC, Allison Janney, Anthony Weiner, Ryan Adams
122	Jul 26, 2016	DNC, Jeff Daniels, Bassem Youssef, Aurora
123	Jul 27, 2016	DNC, John Oliver, Jai Courtney, Charlamagne Tha God, DMC
124	Jul 28, 2016	DNC, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Eric Andre
125	Jul 29, 2016	DNC Highlights
126	Aug 01, 2016	Viola Davis; Simon Helberg; Declan McKenna
127	Aug 02, 2016	Will Smith; Logan Lerman; Tony Bennett
128	Aug 03, 2016	John Cena; Scott Eastwood; Aaron Neville
129	Aug 04, 2016	Jamie Dornan, Javier Muñoz, Malcolm Gladwell, The O'Jays
130	Aug 05, 2016	Diane Kruger; Mark Normand; Ibtihaj Muhammad
131	Aug 22, 2016	Amy Schumer; Omari Hardwick; Michaela Watkins
132	Aug 23, 2016	Rami Malek, Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Diana Gordon
133	Aug 24, 2016	Anderson Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Kip Moore
134	Aug 25, 2016	Senator Tim Kaine, Tony Hale, Car Seat Headrest
135	Aug 26, 2016	Rachel Weisz; Kevin Smith; Spike Feresten
136	Aug 29, 2016	Riz Ahmed; Pedro Pascal; Angel Olsen
137	Aug 30, 2016	John Krasinski; Adam Brody; St. Paul and The Broken Bones
138	Aug 31, 2016	Christian Slater, Congressman John Lewis, Chris Geere
139	Sep 01, 2016	Larry Wilmore; Chris Noth; Sampha
140	Sep 02, 2016	Anna Gunn; John Dickerson; Simone Giertz
141	Sep 06, 2016	Harry Connick Jr.; Ava DuVernay; Grouplove
142	Sep 07, 2016	Whoopi Goldberg, Regina Hall, Captain Sully Sullenberger
143	Sep 08, 2016	Jessica Alba; Bradley Whitford; George Takei
144	Sep 09, 2016	Tituss Burgess; Jeff Ross; Adam Richman
145	Sep 12, 2016	Dr. Phil McGraw, Alan Cumming, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
146	Sep 13, 2016	Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Millie Bobby Brown; The Head and the Heart
147	Sep 14, 2016	Trevor Noah; Allen Iverson; Chris Gethard
148	Sep 15, 2016	Tracee Ellis Ross, Andrew Rannells, Mac Miller & Anderson Paak
149	Sep 16, 2016	John Slattery; Oliver Stone; Jon Fisch
150	Sep 19, 2016	Chris Pratt; Scott Bakula; Frederik the Great
151	Sep 20, 2016	First Lady Michelle Obama, America Ferrera
152	Sep 21, 2016	Ethan Hawke; Tim Meadows; Wilco; Nile Rodgers
153	Sep 22, 2016	Anthony Anderson; Mark Consuelos; The Kills
154	Sep 23, 2016	Bruce Springsteen; Emma Willmann
155	Sep 26, 2016	Rob Lowe; Kal Penn; Emma Willmann
156	Sep 27, 2016	Sean Penn; Sutton Foster; Regina Spektor
157	Sep 28, 2016	Lupita Nyong'o; Donnie Wahlberg; John Prine
158	Sep 29, 2016	Morgan Freeman; Judith Light; Jimmy Eat World
159	Sep 30, 2016	Samantha Bee; Abby Elliott; Asa Butterfield
160	Oct 03, 2016	Mindy Kaling; Gary Owen; Sum 41
161	Oct 04, 2016	John Leguizamo; Cheri Oteri; Paul F. Tompkins; Melissa Etheridge
162	Oct 05, 2016	Armie Hammer, Lindsay Vonn, Gustavo Dudamel with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
163	Oct 06, 2016	Emily Blunt; Gael Garcia Bernal; Phantogram
164	Oct 07, 2016	Diane Lane; Aja Naomi King; Alingon Mitra
165	Oct 17, 2016	President Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Randall Park, Bob Weir
166	Oct 18, 2016	Nick Offerman, Wayne Gretzky, Morgan Spurlock and Joseph
167	Oct 19, 2016	Hugh Laurie; Paul Reiser; Nate Silver
168	Oct 20, 2016	Tiger Woods; Elijah Wood; Jorge Ramos
169	Oct 21, 2016	Matt LeBlanc, Joy Bryant, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Wyclef Jean
170	Oct 24, 2016	Tom Hanks; Adam Conover
171	Oct 25, 2016	Will Forte; Dermot Mulroney; Wyatt Cenac; Mitski
172	Oct 26, 2016	Joel McHale; Abbi Jacobson; Jon Glaser
173	Oct 27, 2016	Mary-Louise Parker; Pusha T; The Record Company
174	Oct 28, 2016	Drew Carey, Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Sebastian Maniscalco
175	Oct 31, 2016	Ruth Wilson, JB Smoove, Ghost Brothers
176	Nov 01, 2016	Mel Gibson; Luke Bracey; Tegan & Sara
177	Nov 02, 2016	Michael Strahan; Nick Kroll; Aaron Lewis
178	Nov 03, 2016	Aaron Eckhart; Tig Notaro; Ron Suskind
179	Nov 04, 2016	Viggo Mortensen; Patton Oswalt; Maz Jobrani
180	Nov 07, 2016	Don Cheadle; Stevie Wonder; Katherine Waterston
181	Nov 09, 2016	Miles Teller; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
182	Nov 10, 2016	Sting; Thandie Newton
183	Nov 11, 2016	Mark Halperin & John Heilemann, Jeff Goldblum, Elle King
184	Nov 14, 2016	Eddie Redmayne; Sen. Bernie Sanders; Alton Brown; Chris Thile
185	Nov 15, 2016	Anna Kendrick; Mahershala Ali; Chris Gethard
186	Nov 16, 2016	Marion Cotillard; Dev Patel; Dwight Yoakam
187	Nov 17, 2016	Amy Adams; Simone Biles; Jeff Watson
188	Nov 18, 2016	William H. Macy; Colin Quinn; Drive-By Truckers
189	Nov 21, 2016	Michael Weatherly; Carrie Fisher; The Pretenders
190	Nov 22, 2016	James Marsden; Jimmie Johnson; John Waters
191	Nov 23, 2016	Danny DeVito, Max Greenfield, OK Go
192	Nov 30, 2016	Tim Daly; Lauren Cohan; Sleigh Bells
193	Dec 01, 2016	Lauren Graham; Justin Long
194	Dec 02, 2016	Matthew Broderick, Ali Wentworth, Fergie
195	Dec 05, 2016	Jason Bateman; Padma Lakshmi; Michael Lewis
196	Dec 06, 2016	Vice President Joe Biden; DJ Khaled
197	Dec 07, 2016	Sigourney Weaver; Andy Cohen; Pilobolus
198	Dec 08, 2016	Octavia Spencer; John Mulaney; Travis Scott
199	Dec 09, 2016	Olivia Munn; Martin Freeman; Tom Papa
200	Dec 12, 2016	John Goodman; Denee Benton; Norah Jones
201	Dec 13, 2016	Mark Wahlberg; Lee Daniels; Miranda Lambert
202	Dec 14, 2016	Neil Patrick Harris; Megan Mullally
203	Dec 15, 2016	James Franco; Michael Stipe; Gad Elmaleh
204	Dec 16, 2016	Liam Neeson; Shepard Smith; Jon Batiste
Special	Dec 19, 2016	Best Moments of 2016: Tom Hanks, OK Go
Special	Dec 20, 2016	Best Moments of 2016: Bruce Springsteen, David Duchovny, Bryan Cranston
Special	Dec 21, 2016	Best Moments of 2016: Robert De Niro, Amy Schumer, John Krasinski, Millie Bobby Brown
Special	Dec 22, 2016	Best Moments of 2016: Will Smith, Anna Kendrick
Special	Dec 23, 2016	Best Moments of 2016: Chris Pratt, Jason Bateman, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Stevie Wonder
Special	Nov 08, 2016	Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going to Clean Up This Shit?

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

An American late-night talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert on CBS. It will be the second iteration of the Late Show franchise, following the retirement of original Late Show host David Letterman.