The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

- Season 6

(2020)

Journalist/author Bob Woodward (book, "Rage"); Luke Combs performs;

Singer/songwriter/actress Janelle Monae (Antebellum (2020) and Homecoming (2018)); journalist Jacob Soboroff;

Actress/TV host Drew Barrymore (The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)); Triumph the Insult Comic Dog; Lang Lang performs;

Actress Sarah Paulson ("Ratched"); PJ Morton performs;

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster (book, "Battlegrounds"), former national security advisor; actor Laurence Fishburne ("Black-ish");

TV hosts/authors Desus Nice and The Kid Mero ("Desus and Mero", book "God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx"); Jake Isaac performs;

Actor Jeff Daniels ("The Comey Rule" and "Rust"); Yusuf/Cat Stevens performs;

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif); sports analyst Tony Romo ("The NFL on CBS");

Singer/songwriter/author Mariah Carey (memoir "The Meaning of Mariah Carey"); Rex Orange County performs;

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); Public Enemy perform;

Actor John Lithgow ("Perry Mason", "The Crown"); journalist Jonathan Alter;

Actor Ethan Hawke ("The Good Lord Bird"); prosecutor Andrew Weissmann;

Dr. Jon LaPook, CBS News chief medical correspondent; journalist John Dickerson;

Singer/songwriter Jon Bon Jovi; actress Laura Benanti; Bon Jovi perform;

Comic Jerry Seinfeld; Ella Mai performs;

Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Ind.; Future Islands perform;

Actress Mindy Kaling; John Brennan, former CIA director.

Actors Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, and writer Aaron Sorkin;

Journalist Joy Reid ("The ReidOut"); actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II ("The Trial of the Chicago 7");

Singer/songwriter Dolly Parton; Ty Dolla Sign performs;

Singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen; actress Eva Longoria;

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.); Matt Berninger performs;

Actor Sam Waterston;

Actor Sasha Baron Cohen ("Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"); singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy;

Dr. Sanjay Gupta; author Sarah Cooper;

Jaime Harrison, 2020 Democratic South Carolina U.S. Senate nominee; Elvis Costello talks and performs;

Actress Julie Andrews; political analyst Amy Walter (Cook Political Report); Sam Smith performs;

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson ("Cosmos: Possible Worlds"); actor Jon Stewart ("The Daily Show");

Cher; TV host John Oliver ("Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"); JoJo performs;

Journalist Shepard Smith (The News with Shepard Smith (2020)); Leon Bridges and Lucky Daye perform;

Comic Larry Wilmore ("Wilmore"); Laura Benanti performs;

TV hosts Alex Wagner, John Heilemann, and Mark McKinnon ("The Circus"); radio host Charlamagne Tha God; comic Jena Friedman; comic Maz Jobrani; Arcane Fire perform;

Stacey Abrams; actor Thomas Middleditch ("B Positive" and "Solar Opposites");

Actor Hugh Grant ("The Undoing"); Sturgill Simpson performs;

Happy Veterans Day; actresses Olivia Colman and Gillian Anderson (The Crown (2016)); Kylie Minogue (album "Disco") performs;

Director Michael Moore; Sara Bareilles performs;

Journalist Jake Tapper ("State of the Union with Jake Tapper" and "The Lead with Jake Tapper"); Benee performs;

Race car driver Lewis Hamilton; Andrea Bocelli performs;

Actor/author Matthew McConaughey (memoir, "Greenlights"); actor Cedric the Entertainer (CBS' "The Neighborhood");

Actor LL Cool J (CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)); musician Dave Grohl; Foo Fighters perform;

Actress Glenn Close ("Hillbilly Elegy"); Kane Brown, Swae Lee, and Khalid perform;

Former U.S. President Barack Obama (book, "A Promised Land"); Brittany Howard performs;

Actor Rob Corddry ("The Unicorn"); chef Jose Andres; actor John Lithgow ("Perry Mason");

Former President Barack Obama.

Actor Bryan Cranston ("Your Honor"); Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush;

Actress Kate Winslet (Ammonite (2020)); author Michael Eric Dyson (book, "Long Time Coming; Reckoning with Race in America");

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; actress Aubrey Plaza ("Happiest Season");

Rapper Common; Andrea Bocelli performs;

Actress Meryl Streep ("The Prom"); Chris Stapleton performs;

Podcast hosts John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz (podcast "Political Gabfest"); Greta Van Fleet performs;

TV hostess Rachel Maddow ("The Rachel Maddow Show"); rapper Megan Thee Stallion performs;

TV host/actor James Corden ("The Late Late Show with James Corden" and "The Prom"); Fleet Foxes perform;

Stephen travels to New Zealand;

Music artist Chance the Rapper; actor Christopher Walken ("Wild Mountain Thyme" and "The War with Grandpa"); actress Laura Benanti ("Worth" and "Here Today");

TV hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen; actress/TV hostess Whoopi Goldberg ("The Stand" and "The View");

Actor Tom Hanks (La Mission (2020)); Leslie Odom Jr. performs;

President-elect Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden; Jon Batiste performs;

Actor George Clooney (Minuit dans l'univers (2020));

Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams; TV personality RuPaul Charles ("RuPaul's Drag Race"); Maron Morris performs;

Author Dr. Sanjay Gupta; actress Anya Taylor-Joy ("The Queen's Gambit" and "Last Night in Soho");

TV host Samantha Bee ("Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"); actor Paul Mescal ("The Deceived" and "The Lost Daughter"); Jamila Wood performs;

Actress Rachel Brosnahan (La fabuleuse Mme Maisel (2017)); Julien Baker performs;

"The Colbert Questionnert" featuring George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep; The Mountain Goats perform;

Comic Chris Rock ("Everybody Love Chris Rock" and "Spiral"); Joss Stone performs;

Author James Comey (book, "Saving Justice"); actress Lili Reinhart (Riverdale (2017));

TV hostess Samantha Bee ("Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"); actor Paul Mescal ("The Deceived" and "The Lost Daughter");

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); Finneas performs;

TV hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner, and Jennifer Palmieri ("The Circus"); The War on Drugs perform;

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); Infinity Song performs;

Actor Jason Segel ("Our Friend"); Black Pumas perform;

"Pod Save America" hosts Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, and Tommy Vietor; Peter CottonTale, Chance the Rapper, Cynthia Erivo, Chicago Children's Choir, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Kofi Lost perform;

Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas ("The White Tiger"); magician Derek DelGaudio; actor Frank Oz;

Serena Williams, professional tennis player; Dayglow perform;

Actor Colin Firth and actor Stanley Tucci ("Supernova"); Adrianne Lenker performs;

Actor Billy Crystal ("Here Today"); Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif);

Actor Virgo Mortensen ("Falling"); journalist Charles Blow;

The best of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris;

Actor Ethan Hawke ("The Guilty" and "Tonight at Noon"); Mickey Guyton performs;

Actress Zendaya ("Malcolm and Marie"); Father James Martin;

Actress Salma Hayek ("Bliss"); journalist Mark Harris;

Actress Tiffany Haddish; H.E.R. performs;

Actor Robert Downey Jr.; actress Tiffany Haddish; Metallica perform;

Actress Queen Latifah (CBS' "The Equalizer"); actor Steven Yeun ("Minari");

TV host John Oliver ("Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"); Ingrid Andress performs;

Actress Kristen Wiig (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)); actress Rebecca Breeds (CBS' Clarice (2021));

Blake Shelton talks and performs;

Business magnate Bill Gates; Tune-Yards perform;

Singer Billie Eilish; Punchbowl News founders Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman;

Actor Arsenio Hall ("Coming 2 America"); Celeste performs;

Actress/director Regina King ("One Night in Miami"); Vic Mensa and Wyclef Jean perform;

Actor Andy Samberg ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine"); journalist Clarissa Ward;

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson; Jon Batiste performs;

Actor Paul Bettany ("WandaVision"); Metallica perform;

Actress Jane Fonda; the hosts of "Virtue Signal" on "Tooning Out the News"; Kings of Leon perform;

TV hostess Nicolle Wallace ("Deadline: White House"); actress Michaela Coel; Kings of Leon perform;

Actor Riz Ahmed ("Sound of Metal"); Janelle Monae performs;

Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho; actress Gina Yashere ("Bob Hearts Abishola");

Actor Aaron Paul ("The Coldest Case"); Lake Street Dive perform; actor Billy Crystal;

Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical advisor and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director;

Musician Ringo Starr; actor Eric Andre ("Bad Trip");

Actress Lupita Nyong'o; actor Martin Freeman;

Businessman Earvin 'Magic' Johnson; actor Eric Andre ("Bad Trip").

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader; actor Jared Leto ("House of Gucci"); Lanco perform;

Actor Robert Downey Jr ("Sherlock Holmes 3" and "Make Earth Cool Again"); author Walter Isaacson; Sebastian Yatra and Guaynaa perform;

Actor Dana Carvey; Imagine Dragons perform;

Actress Sharon Stone ("Here Today" and "Beauty"); filmmaker Ken Burns ("Hemingway");

TV host John Cena ("Wipeout"); Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill);

Journalist Ronan Farrow; singer Brandi Carlile;

Actor Leslie Odom Jr. ("Music" and "One Night in Miami"); physicist Dr. Michio Kaku;

Actor Hank Azaria ("The Simpsons"); Cheap Trick perform;

Former U.S. Speaker of the House/author John Boehner (R-Ohio) (book, "On the House"); Shelley perform;

Actor Daniel Kaluuya ("Judas and the Black Messiah"); Lucy Dacus performs; a special appearance by Taylor Swift;

Journalist Willie Geist ("Sunday Today with Willie Geist"); actress Maria Bakalova ("Borat Subsequent Moviefilm");

Actress Amanda Seyfried (Mank (2020)); Ashley McBryde performs.

Actor Anthony Hopkins and director Florian Zeller (The Father (2020)); Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii).

Singer Cher ("Cher and the Loneliness Elephant"); actor Bradley Whitford; Sam Williams performs;

Actor Ed Helms ("Together Together" and "Rutherford Falls"); journalist Susan Page;

TV hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski (Morning Joe (2007)); Bebe Rexha performs;

Actor Anthony Mackie ("The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" and "The Woman in the Window"); radio show hostess Terry Gross;

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.); actor Kyle MacLachlan ("Atlantic Crossing");

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt); Julia Michaels performs;

Actress Mila Kunis ("Four Good Days"); Sara Kays performs;

Actress Jane Fonda; TV personality John Oliver ("Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"); musician Ringo Starr; Teddy Swims performs;

Journalist Jake Tapper ("The Lead with Jake Tapper"); musician Billie Eilish;

Former first lady Michelle Obama;

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass); actor David Boreanaz ("SEAL Team");

Actor Seth Rogen; Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, and Jon Randall perform.

Director/actor Billy Crystal and actress Tiffany Haddish ("Here Today"); Black Keys perform;

Businesswoman/author Cindy McCain (book, "Stronger"); actress MJ Rodriguez ("Pose");

Actor Morgan Freeman (Solos (2021)); comic Tig Notaro (Army of the Dead (2021)).

Actress Lisa Kudrow (Friends: Les retrouvailles (2021)); activist/author Tamika Mallory (book, "State of Emergency");

Actor John Krasinski ("A Quiet Place Part II" and "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan"); cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs;

Actor/TV host Anthony Anderson ("Black-ish", "To Tell the Truth"); Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health director;

Journalist Gayle King ("CBS This Morning"); BTS perform;

TV host Will Arnett ("Lego Masters"); hip-hop boy band Brockhampton perform;

Actor Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate (2017)); journalist Carlos Watson (The Carlos Watson Show (2020)).

Journalist Chris Matthews; Cynthia Erivo performs;

Actor Clive Owen ("Lisey's Story"); comic Ziwe ("Ziwe");

Actor Samuel L. Jackson ("The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard"); TV personality Padma Lakshmi;

Samantha Power, USAID Administrator; Maroon 5 perform; special appearance by Seth Rogen;

Comic Jon Stewart; Jon Batiste performs; a special appearance by comic Dana Carvey, when The Late Show returns to the Ed Sullivan Theater with a fully vaccinated audience;

Dr. Sanjay Gupta; actress Rita Moreno ("West Side Story" and Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021));

Journalist Anderson Cooper (Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)); Sleater-Kinney perform;

Actor Nathan Lane; Griff performs;

Actor Andrew Garfield; singer/songwriter Lorde performs;

Actress Wanda Sykes ("The Upshaws"); journalist Craig Melvin ("Craig Melvin Reports" and "Today");

Actress Christine Baranski ("The Good Fight"); Joy Oladokun performs;

Stephen interviews actor Robert Duvall at his Virginia farm.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; actress Katja Herbers ("Evil");

Actors Vin Diesel, Helen Mirren, Ludacris, John Cena, Tyrese Gibson, Justin Lin, and Jordana Brewster ("F9: The Fast Saga"); actor Dominic Monaghan; actor Billy Boyd;

Actor Harvey Keitel; comic Randall Otis;

Comic Jim Gaffigan ("Luca" and "Hotel Transylvania: Transformania"); JP Saxe and John Mayer perform;

Actor Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon! (2021)); Tones and I perform;

Sir Richard Branson; Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC);

Actress Mindy Kaling (Mes premières fois (2020) and Monstres & Cie: Au travail (2021)); writer Wally Baram;

Actor Hugh Jackman ("Reminiscence"); Lorde performs;

TV hostess Joy Reid (The ReidOut (2020)); Alessia Cara performs;

Actor Jason Sudeikis ("Ted Lasso"); Yola performs;

Actress Emily Blunt ("Jungle Cruise" and "A Quiet Place Part II"); sportscaster Bob Costas;

Actress Hannah Einbinder ("Hacks"); comic Alex Falcone;

Author Stephen King; actor Winston Duke ("Nine Days");

Journalist Brian Seltzer; Big Red Machine perform;

Actor Alan Alda; comic Gabriel Iglesias ("Space Jam: A New Legacy" and "Monsters at Work");

Jennifer Hudson ("Respect") talks and performs;

Dr. Jonathan LaPook; comic Fumi Abe;

Actress/producer Amanda Peet ("The Chair" and "Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story"); journalist Roger Bennett; journalist Clarissa Ward;

Actor Daniel Radcliffe ("Miracle Workers"); Dan and Shay perform;

Actors Sean Penn and Dylan Penn ("Flag Day"); Crowded House perform;