List of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert episodes

Good Segway! Rescue Dog Rescue: Where Arf They Now? Christopher Nolan discusses The Odyssey. Dave Grohl discusses the Foo Fighters' new album, Your Favorite Toy. The Foo Fighters perform "Caught in the Echo".

Hormuz Nuz U Can Uz: Would Rather Drink Buz. President Barack Obama discusses the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Late Show Wastepaper Basketball: Oval Office Replica Rematch.

Marco Rubio: "Insane in the Brain". First Drafts: Mother's Day Cards, with Stephen's wife, Evie. Sally Field discusses Remarkably Bright Creatures. Chris Stapleton performs "Living in the Promiseland", with Mickey Raphael providing musical accompaniment.

"Party for the GPT". Late Show Presents: Kids Pitch – Late Night Edition. Evening Island with Rebecca (special appearances by Jenny Slate, The Avett Brothers, Liam Neeson, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones and John Oliver, with narration by Richard Kind). John Krasinski discusses Jack Ryan: Ghost War.

A scene from The Ten Commandments featuring Donald Trump's golden statue. Original band members Ibanda Ruhumbika, Eddie Barbash, and Maddie Rice sit in with Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine. The Strike Force Five team recall doing the podcast during the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes (and announce a new "emergency" episode), make the case for late-night TV, and play a game of "Most Likely To…"^[1]

The Donald Trump Desktop End-of-the-Iran-War-a-Day Calendar. Chopper Talk. Big Questions with Even Bigger Stars (featuring Julia Louis-Dreyfus).^[2] Julia Louis-Dreyfus discusses The Sheep Detectives. Pedro Pascal discusses The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Rush Hour 4 trailer. Hormuz Nuz U Can Uz: A Trillion Misuz'd, Stockpiles Bareley Reduz'd, I Am the Walruz, Goo goo g'joob. President Barack Obama takes "The Colbert Questionert" (new footage from the May 5, 2026 episode). Tom Hanks discusses History Channel's World War II with Tom Hanks. Annaleigh Ashford, Christopher Jackson, Bernadette Peters, Ben Platt, & Patrick Wilson perform "Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George.

CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil reporting from "the wrong China." David Letterman shows photos of his dog, recalls his mother's work on the show, and, with Stephen, reprises his old "sky bowling" bit by throwing items from the Ed Sullivan Theater roof.^[3] The Strokes perform "Falling Out of Love" from Reality Awaits.

"The Worst of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," featuring a staff-only audience and content that never aired due to time or quality^[4]
Cold open sketch featuring Michael Keaton. "Graphics Graveyard" (featuring graphics department head Andro Buneta). Stephen's 2024 tour of his old Chicago neighborhood. An appearance by "Shriekin’ Joe" (Brian Stack). Stephen and writer Michael Cruz Kayne perform the parody song "It's Raining Fish," with backing by Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine and Paul Shaffer. The director's cut of Fernando Livschitz’s original Late Show opening sequence is presented behind the closing credits.

Stephen and David Byrne sing "Burning Down the House".

Stephen Colbert takes "The Colbert Questionert"^[5]

The Late Show's series finale.^[5]