Episode list

Stephen Colbert succeeds David Letterman as "Late Show" host, with his first guests George Clooney and Governor Jeb Bush. Also: Mavis Staples performs with various additional guests; Jon Batiste and Stay Human debut as the house band.

Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)); SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk. Also: Kendrick Lamar performs.

Vice President Joe Biden; Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Also: Toby Keith performs.

Amy Schumer (Trainwreck (2015)); author Stephen King; Paul Simon performs.

Actress Emily Blunt (Sicario (2015)); Supreme Court justice Stephen G. Breyer; The Dead Weather performs.

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal (Everest (2015)); Apple CEO Tim Cook; Run the Jewels performs with TV on the Radio.

Actor Kevin Spacey; TV legend Carol Burnett with comics Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer; Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp are interviewed and perform.

Trevor Noah (The Daily Show (1996)); United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon. Also: Chris Stapleton performs.

Actress Lupita Nyong'o; Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Ind.-Vt.); a performance from "An American in Paris" stars Christopher Wheeldon, Robbie Fairchild and Leanne Cope.

NBA MVP Stephen Curry; 2016 Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Also: Don Henley performs.

2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump; U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. Also: Raury performs.

Hugh Jackman (Pan (2015)); Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Also: Pearl Jam perform.

Author Andrew Sullivan; journalist and activist Maria Shriver; comedian Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015)); Archbishop Thomas Wenski. Also: The YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus and the Choir of St. Jean Baptiste perform.

Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai (He Named Me Malala (2015)); Kerry Washington (Scandal (2012)). Also: The Arcs perform.

First Lady Michelle Obama; Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project (2012)). Also: John Legend performs.

Elliot Page (Freeheld (2015)); Jesse Eisenberg (Louder Than Bombs (2015)); inventor/designer Dominic Wilcox.

Elizabeth Gilbert; John Oliver; Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel; singer/songwriter Bill Withers. Also: Ed Sheeran performs.

Secretary of State John Kerry; Claire Danes (Homeland (2011)); comic Felix Kjellberg (aka PewDiePie).

Morgan Freeman (Momentum (2015)); Ruth Wilson (The Affair (2014)); Hello Games co-founder Sean Murray.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.); cellist Yo-Yo Ma; a performance by ballerina Misty Copeland.

Bill Clinton; comedian Billy Eichner (Parks and Recreation (2009) and Difficult People (2015)). Also: Florence and the Machine perform.

Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin (2014)); economist Ben Bernanke. Also: Tame Impala perform.

Cate Blanchett (Truth (2015)); Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky; Dartmonth College football dummy.

James Corden (The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)); Vice Media CEO Shane Smith. Also: Halsey performs.

Carey Mulligan (The Walker (2015)); author Elvis Costello (book "Unfaithful Music"). Also: Darlene Love performs.

Sarah Silverman (Gravy (2015)); Elijah Wood (The Last Witch Hunter (2015)). Also: a performance from 'The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses'.

Jack Black (Goosebumps (2015)); GoPro CEO Nick Woodman. Also: a performance by tap dancer Michelle Dorrance.

Oprah Winfrey; Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the podcast "Welcome to Night Vale". Also: Judith Hill performs.

Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)); Crimson Peak (2015) cast members Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska, director Guillermo del Toro. Also: Beach House perform.

Sienna Miller (Burnt (2015)); Melissa Benoist (Supergirl (2015)). Also: Chance the Rapper performs.

Hillary Clinton; Anthony Bourdain; author Carrie Brownstein. Also: Lianne La Havas sits in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human.

Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife (2009)); author Jonathan Franzen. Also: Alabama Shakes perform.

Seth MacFarlane performs and is interviewed. Also: astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Charlie Rose (CBS Mornings (2012)); Stacy Schiff. Also: Ghost performs; The Zombies perform with Jon Batiste and Stay Human.

Allison Janney (Mom (2013)); comedian Colin Quinn (Trainwreck (2015)); comedian Margaret Cho (Tooken (2015)).

Antonio Banderas (The 33 (2015)); Netflix CEO Reed Hastings; author John Irving.

Daniel Craig (Spectre (2015)); author Elizabeth Gilbert; interview and demonstration with Dr. Eugenia Cheng.

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo (2015)); author Karl Ove Knausgård. Also: Shamir performs.

Whoopi Goldberg (The View (1997)); 2016 Republican presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Also: Glen Hansard performs.

Ethan Hawke; Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). Also: Nathaniel Rateliff and "The Night Sweats" perform.

Comedian Aziz Ansari (Master of None (2015)); producer Shonda Rhimes; Bruce Campbell and Lucy Lawless (Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)).

Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder (2014)); physicist Brian Greene. Also: George Ezra performs.

Jennifer Connelly (Shelter (2014)); director Judd Apatow. Also: Sydney Bennett and Matt Martians perform.

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight (2015)); John Cleese (Absolutely Anything (2015)). And: Michael Flatley performs.

Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Florent Groberg (USA-Ret); Bill Maher; artist-author Shepard Fairey. Also: The Acro-Cats perform.

Julianne Moore (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)); author Burt Reynolds (book, "But Enough About Me"). Also: Public Image Ltd. perform; CeeLo Green sits in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human.

Sharon Stone (Agent X (2015)); Justin Theroux (The Leftovers (2014)). Also: James Taylor performs.

Jane Fonda (Youth (2015) and Grace and Frankie (2015)); interview and performance by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Brandon Niederauer (Here Comes Rusty (2016)).

Michael Caine (Youth (2015)); Larry Wilmore. Also: Jordan Asher Cruz (aka Boots) performs; Vulfpeck sit in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human.

Sylvester Stallone (Creed (2015)); Ted Koppel; NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch. Also: My Morning Jacket perform.