The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/Season Six

Season Six
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Season Premiere	September 14, 2020
Season Finale	August 19, 2021
Episode Count	166 + 1 special
Previous Season Five	Next Season Seven

Season Six of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert premiered on September 14, 2020.

Episodes

#	#	Title			Airdate
968	1	Show 968 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Bob Woodward; musical guest Luke Combs			September 14, 2020
969	2	Show 969 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Janelle Monáe; Jacob Soboroff			September 15, 2020
970	3	Show 970 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Drew Barrymore; musical guest Lang Lang			September 16, 2020
971	4	Show 971 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Sarah Paulson; musical guest PJ Morton			September 17, 2020
972	5	Show 972 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Lt. General H.R. McMaster; Laurence Fishburne			September 21, 2020
973	6	Show 973 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Desus Nice & The Kid Mero; musical guest Jake Isaac			September 22, 2020
974	7	Show 974 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jeff Daniels; musical guest Yusuf / Cat Stevens			September 23, 2020
975	8	Show 975 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. Katie Porter; Tony Romo			September 24, 2020
976	9	Show 976 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Mariah Carey; musical guest Rex Orange County			September 28, 2020
977	10	Show 977 A Late Show Live with Stephen Colbert Senator Cory Booker; musical guest Public Enemy			September 29, 2020
978	11	Show 978 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Lithgow; Jonathan Alter			September 30, 2020
979	12	Show 979 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Ethan Hawke; Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann			October 1, 2020
980	13	Show 980 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Dr. Jon LaPook; John Dickerson			October 2, 2020
981	14	Show 981 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jon Bon Jovi; musical guest Bon Jovi			October 5, 2020
982	15	Show 982 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jerry Seinfeld; musical guest Ella Mai			October 6, 2020
983	16	Show 983 A Late Show Live with Stephen Colbert Mayor Pete Buttigieg; musical guest Future Islands			October 7, 2020
984	17	Show 984 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Mindy Kaling; Former CIA Director John Brennan			October 8, 2020
985	18	Show 985 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert the cast and creator of "The West Wing" (Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford and Aaron Sorkin)			October 9, 2020
986	19	Show 986 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Joy Reid; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II			October 19, 2020
987	20	Show 987 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Dolly Parton; musical guest Ty Dolla $ign			October 20, 2020
988	21	Show 988 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Bruce Springsteen; Eva Longoria			October 21, 2020
989	22	Show 989 A Late Show Live with Stephen Colbert Governor Andrew Cuomo; musical guest Matt Berninger			October 22, 2020
S2	SP	2020 Campaign Coverage Special			October 23, 2020
990	23	Show 990 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Sacha Baron Cohen; Jeff Tweedy			October 26, 2020
991	24	Show 991 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Dr. Sanjay Gupta; Sarah Cooper			October 27, 2020
992	25	Show 992 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jaime Harrison; Elvis Costello; musical guest Elvis Costello			October 28, 2020
993	26	Show 993 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Julie Andrews; musical guest Sam Smith special appearance by: Amy Walter			October 29, 2020
994	27	Show 994 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Neil deGrasse Tyson special appearance by Jon Stewart			October 30, 2020
995	28	Show 995 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Oliver; Cher; musical guest JoJo			November 2, 2020
996	29	Show 996 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Shepard Smith; musical guest Leon Bridges and Lucky Daye			November 4, 2020
997	30	Show 997 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Larry Wilmore; musical guest Laura Benanti			November 5, 2020
998	31	Show 998 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stacey Abrams; Thomas Middleditch			November 9, 2020
999	32	Show 999 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Hugh Grant; musical guest Sturgill Simpson			November 10, 2020
1000	33	Show 1000 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Olivia Colman & Gillian Anderson; musical guest Kylie Minogue			November 11, 2020
1001	34	Show 1001 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Michael Moore; musical guest Sara Bareilles special appearance by Steve Carell			November 12, 2020
1002	35	Show 1002 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jake Tapper; musical guest BENEE			November 16, 2020
1003	36	Show 1003 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Lewis Hamilton; musical guest Andrea Bocelli			November 17, 2020
1004	37	Show 1004 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Matthew McConaughey; Cedric the Entertainer			November 18, 2020
1005	38	Show 1005 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert LL Cool J; Dave Grohl; musical guest Foo Fighters			November 19, 2020
1006	39	Show 1006 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Glenn Close; musical guest Kane Brown ft. Swae Lee & Khalid			November 23, 2020
1007	40	Show 1007 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert President Barack Obama; musical guest Brittany Howard			November 24, 2020
1008	41	Show 1008 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rob Corddry; chef José Andrés special appearance by John Lithgow			November 25, 2020
1009	42	Show 1009 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert President Barack Obama			November 30, 2020
1010	43	Show 1010 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Bryan Cranston; Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush			December 1, 2020
1011	44	Show 1011 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Kate Winslet; Michael Eric Dyson			December 2, 2020
1012	45	Show 1012 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Former Director of the CISA Christopher Krebs; Aubrey Plaza			December 3, 2020
1013	46	Show 1013 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Common; musical guest Andrea Bocelli			December 4, 2020
1014	47	Show 1014 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Meryl Streep; musical guest Chris Stapleton			December 7, 2020
1015	48	Show 1015 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and David Plotz; musical guest Greta Van Fleet			December 8, 2020
1016	49	Show 1016 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rachel Maddow; Megan Thee Stallion			December 9, 2020
1017	50	Show 1017 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert James Corden; musical guest Fleet Foxes			December 10, 2020
1018	51	Show 1018 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert's Return to New Zealand: A Magical Land Where Hugs Still Happen Peter Jackson			December 11, 2020
1019	52	Show 1019 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Christopher Walken; Chance The Rapper special appearance by Laura Benanti			December 14, 2020
1020	53	Show 1020 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen; Whoopi Goldberg			December 15, 2020
1021	54	Show 1021 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tom Hanks; musical guest Leslie Odom Jr.			December 16, 2020
1022	55	Show 1022 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert President-Elect Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden; special performance by Jon Batiste			December 17, 2020
1023	56	Show 1023 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert George Clooney			December 18, 2020
1024	57	Show 1024 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stacey Abrams; RuPaul; musical guest Maren Morris			January 4, 2021
1025	58	Show 1025 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Dr. Sanjay Gupta; Anya Taylor-Joy			January 5, 2021
1026	59	Show 1026 A Late Show Live with Stephen Colbert Senator Amy Klobuchar; Representative Adam Kinzinger; musical guest Jamila Woods			January 6, 2021
1027	60	Show 1027 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rachel Brosnahan; musical guest Julien Baker			January 7, 2021
1028	61	Show 1028 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert The Colbert Questionert with Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep & George Clooney; musical guest The Mountain Goats			January 8, 2021
1029	62	Show 1029 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Chris Rock; musical guest Joss Stone special appearance by Aubrey Plaza			January 11, 2021
1030	63	Show 1030 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert James Comey; Lili Reinhart			January 12, 2021
1031	64	Show 1031 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Samantha Bee; Paul Mescal			January 13, 2021
1032	65	Show 1032 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Senator Bernie Sanders; musical guest FINNEAS			January 14, 2021
1033	66	Show 1033 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner and Jennifer Palmieri; musical guest The War on Drugs			January 15, 2021
1034	67	Show 1034 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Senator Cory Booker; musical guest Infinity Song special appearance by Laura Benanti			January 18, 2021
1035	68	Show 1035 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jason Segel; musical guest Black Pumas			January 19, 2021
1036	69	Show 1036 A Late Show Live with Stephen Colbert Pod Save America (Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor); musical guest Peter CottonTale, Chance The Rapper and Cynthia Erivo ft. The Chicago Children's Choir, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and Kofi Lost			January 20, 2021
1037	70	Show 1037 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Priyanka Chopra Jonas; Derek DelGaudio and Frank Oz			January 21, 2021
1038	71	Show 1038 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Serena Williams; musical guest Dayglow			January 25, 2021
1039	72	Show 1039 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Colin Firth & Stanley Tucci; musical guest Adrianne Lenker			January 26, 2021
1040	73	Show 1040 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Billy Crystal; Representative Jackie Speier			January 27, 2021
1041	74	Show 1041 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Viggo Mortensen; Charles Blow			January 28, 2021
1042	75	Show 1042 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert President Joe Biden; Vice President Kamala Harris; First Lady Jill Biden			January 29, 2021
1043	76	Show 1043 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Ethan Hawke; musical guest Mickey Guyton			February 1, 2021
1044	77	Show 1044 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Zendaya; Father James Martin			February 2, 2021
1045	78	Show 1045 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Salma Hayek; Mark Harris			February 3, 2021
1046	79	Show 1046 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tiffany Haddish; musical guest H.E.R			February 4, 2021
1047	80	Show 1047 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Super Bowl Special Robert Downey Jr.; musical guest Metallica The Colbert Questionert with Tiffany Haddish			February 7, 2021
1048	81	Show 1048 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Queen Latifah; Steven Yeun			February 8, 2021
1049	82	Show 1049 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Oliver; musical guest Ingrid Andress			February 9, 2021
1050	83	Show 1050 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Kristen Wiig; Rebecca Breeds			February 10, 2021
1051	84	Show 1051 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Blake Shelton; musical guest Blake Shelton			February 11, 2021
1052	85	Show 1052 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Bill Gates; musical guest Tune-Yards			February 22, 2021
1053	86	Show 1053 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Billie Eilish; Punchbowl News Co-Founders Anna Palmer & Jake Sherman			February 23, 2021
1054	87	Show 1054 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Arsenio Hall; musical guest Celeste special appearance by Tim Meadows			February 24, 2021
1055	88	Show 1055 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Regina King; musical guest Vic Mensa ft. Wyclef Jean & Peter Cottontale			February 25, 2021
1056	89	Show 1056 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Andy Samberg; Clarissa Ward			March 1, 2021
1057	90	Show 1057 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Neil deGrasse Tyson; special performance by Jon Batiste			March 2, 2021
1058	91	Show 1058 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Paul Bettany; musical guest Metallica			March 3, 2021
1059	92	Show 1059 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jane Fonda; anchors of "Virtue Signal" (Kylie Weaver, Lila Moreno, Peter Womack, Brian Min) from "Tooning Out the News"; musical guest Kings of Leon			March 4, 2021
1060	93	Show 1060 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Nicolle Wallace; Michaela Coel; musical guest Kings of Leon			March 8, 2021
1061	94	Show 1061 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Riz Ahmed; musical guest Janelle Monáe			March 9, 2021
1062	95	Show 1062 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Emmanuel Acho; Gina Yashere			March 10, 2021
1063	96	Show 1063 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Aaron Paul; musical guest Lake Street Dive The Colbert Questionert with Billy Crystal			March 11, 2021
1064	97	Show 1064 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert A Late Show Quaranniversary Special: The Year That Took 100 Years But Was Also Somehow One Long Day. Dr. Anthony Fauci			March 12, 2021
1065	98	Show 1065 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Ringo Starr special appearance by Laura Benanti			March 15, 2021
1066	99	Show 1066 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Lupita Nyong'o; Martin Freeman			March 16, 2021
1067	100	Show 1067 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Earvin "Magic" Johnson; Eric Andre			March 17, 2021
1068	101	Show 1068 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Senator Chuck Schumer; Jared Leto; musical guest Lanco			March 18, 2021
1069	102	Show 1069 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Robert Downey Jr.; Walter Isaacson; musical guest Sebastián Yatra & Guaynaa			March 22, 2021
1070	103	Show 1070 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Dana Carvey; musical guest Imagine Dragons			March 23, 2021
1071	104	Show 1071 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Sharon Stone; Ken Burns			March 24, 2021
1072	105	Show 1072 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Cena; Senator Tammy Duckworth			April 5, 2021
1073	106	Show 1073 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Ronan Farrow; Brandi Carlile			April 6, 2021
1074	107	Show 1074 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Leslie Odom Jr.; Michio Kaku			April 7, 2021
1075	108	Show 1075 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Hank Azaria; musical guest Cheap Trick special appearance by Jeff Goldblum			April 8, 2021
1076	109	Show 1076 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Boehner; musical guest Shelley FKA Dram			April 12, 2021
1077	110	Show 1077 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Daniel Kaluuya; musical guest Lucy Dacus special appearance by Taylor Swift			April 13, 2021
1078	111	Show 1078 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Willie Geist; Maria Bakalova			April 14, 2021
1079	112	Show 1079 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Amanda Seyfried; musical guest Ashley McBryde			April 16, 2021
1080	113	Show 1080 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Anthony Hopkins & Florian Zeller; Senator Mazie Hirono			April 19, 2021
1081	114	Show 1081 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Cher; musical guest Sam Williams			April 20, 2021
1082	115	Show 1082 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Ed Helms; Susan Page			April 21, 2021
1083	116	Show 1083 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski; musical guest Bebe Rexha			April 22, 2021
1084	117	Show 1084 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Anthony Mackie; Terry Gross			April 26, 2021
1085	118	Show 1085 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Senator Amy Klobuchar; Kyle MacLachlan			April 27, 2021
1086	119	Show 1086 A Late Show Live with Stephen Colbert Senator Bernie Sanders; musical guest Julia Michaels			April 28, 2021
1087	120	Show 1087 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Mila Kunis; musical guest Sara Kays			April 29, 2021
1088	121	Show 1088 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert The Colbert Questionert with John Oliver, Jane Fonda & Ringo Starr; musical guest Teddy Swims			April 30, 2021
1089	122	Show 1089 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jake Tapper; Billie Eilish; musical guest Billie Eilish			May 10, 2021
1090	123	Show 1090 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Michelle Obama special appearance by Seth Rogen			May 11, 2021
1091	124	Show 1091 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Senator Elizabeth Warren; David Boreanaz			May 12, 2021
1092	125	Show 1092 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Seth Rogen; musical guest Jack Ingram; Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall			May 13, 2021
1093	126	Show 1093 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Billy Crystal & Tiffany Haddish; musical guest The Black Keys			May 14, 2021
1094	127	Show 1094 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Cindy McCain; Mj Rodriguez			May 17, 2021
1095	128	Show 1095 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Morgan Freeman; Tig Notaro			May 18, 2021
1096	129	Show 1096 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Lisa Kudrow; Tamika D. Mallory			May 19, 2021
1097	130	Show 1097 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Krasinski; musical guest Yo-Yo Ma Krasinski is the first in-person guest since the pandemic started			May 20, 2021
1098	131	Show 1098 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Anthony Anderson; Dr. Francis Collins			May 24, 2021
1099	132	Show 1099 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Gayle King; musical guest BTS			May 25, 2021
1100	133	Show 1100 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Will Arnett; musical guest Brockhampton special appearance by Zack Snyder			May 26, 2021
1101	134	Show 1101 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Bradley Whitford; Carlos Watson			May 27, 2021
1102	135	Show 1102 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Chris Matthews; musical guest Cynthia Erivo			June 7, 2021
1103	136	Show 1103 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Clive Owen; Ziwe			June 8, 2021
1104	137	Show 1104 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Samuel L. Jackson; Padma Lakshmi			June 9, 2021
1105	138	Show 1105 A Late Show with Stephen Colbert USAID Administrator Samantha Power; musical guest Maroon 5 The Colbert Questionert with Seth Rogen			June 10, 2021
1106	139	Show 1106 Jon Stewart; musical guest Jon Batiste special appearance by Dana Carvey first show with live audience since pandemic			June 14, 2021
1107	140	Show 1107 Dr. Sanja Gupta; Rita Moreno			June 15, 2021
1108	141	Show 1108 Anderson Cooper; musical guest Sleater-Kinney			June 16, 2021
1109	142	Show 1109 Nathan Lane; musical guest Griff			June 17, 2021
1110	143	Show 1110 Andrew Garfield; Lorde special appearance by Gilbert Gottfried			June 21, 2021
1111	144	Show 1111 Wanda Sykes; Craig Melvin			June 22, 2021
1112	145	Show 1112 Christine Baranski; musical guest Joy Oladokun			June 23, 2021
1113	146	Show 1113 Robert Duvall			June 24, 2021
1114	147	Show 1114 Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Katja Herbers			June 28, 2021
1115	148	Show 1115 Just One Question with the cast of "F9" (Vin Diesel, Helen Mirren, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Tyrese Gibson, Justin Lin, Jordana Brewster); Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd; stand-up by Ali Sultan			June 29, 2021
1116	149	Show 1116 Harvey Keitel; stand-up by Randall Otis			June 30, 2021
1117	150	Show 1117 Jim Gaffigan; musical guest JP Saxe with John Mayer			July 1, 2021
1118	151	Show 1118 Keegan-Michael Key; musical guest Tones and I			July 12, 2021
1119	152	Show 1119 Sir Richard Branson; Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton			July 13, 2021
1120	153	Show 1120 Mindy Kaling; stand-up by Wally Baram			July 14, 2021
1121	154	Show 1121 Hugh Jackman; musical guest Lorde			July 15, 2021
1122	155	Show 1122 Joy Reid; musical guest Alessia Cara			July 19, 2021
1123	156	Show 1123 Jason Sudeikis; musical guest Yola			July 20, 2021
1124	157	Show 1124 Emily Blunt; Bob Costas			July 21, 2021
1125	158	Show 1125 Hannah Einbinder; stand-up by Alex Falcone special appearance by Zack Snyder			July 22, 2021
1126	159	Show 1126 Stephen King; Winston Duke			August 9, 2021
1127	160	Show 1127 Brian Stelter; musical guest Big Red Machine special appearance by President Barack Obama			August 10, 2021
1128	161	Show 1128 Alan Alda; Gabriel Iglesias			August 11, 2021
1129	162	Show 1129 Jennifer Hudson; musical guest Jennifer Hudson			August 12, 2021
1130	163	Show 1130 Dr. Jon LaPook; stand-up by Fumi Abe			August 16, 2021
1131	164	Show 1131 Amanda Peet; Roger Bennett; Clarissa Ward			August 17, 2021
1132	165	Show 1132 Daniel Radcliffe; musical guest Dan + Shay			August 18, 2021
1133	166	Show 1133 Sean and Dylan Penn; musical guest Crowded House			August 19, 2021