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UPCOMING GUESTS ON “THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT,” 12/15-12/30

**New Episodes Return on Tuesday, Jan. 3**

The #1 late-night series airs Monday through Friday, 11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT on the CBS Television Network, streams live and on demand on Paramount+ and is available in audio form as a daily and Webby Award-winning podcast, THE LATE SHOW POD SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT.

Thursday, Dec. 15 **NEW**

  • “Rescue Dog Rescue” with Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper

  • Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper

  • Holiday performance by Louis Cato and THE LATE SHOW Band

Friday, Dec. 16 (OAD: 11/30/22)

  • Secretary of treasury Janet Yellen

  • Rob Delaney

Monday, Dec. 19 (OAD: 12/07/22)

  • Mariah Carey takes “The Colbert Questionert”

  • Kumail Nanjiani

Tuesday, Dec. 20 (OAD: 11/14/22)

  • Former first lady Michelle Obama

  • Performance by Stromae

Wednesday, Dec. 21 (OAD: 11/21/22)

  • Daniel Craig 

  • Stand-up performance by Josh Johnson

Thursday, Dec. 22 (OAD: 12/06/22 – **special USO episode**)

  • “THE LATE SHOW Presents… Red, White, & Greenland! Stephen Cold-Bear Is Lost in Space Force”

Friday, Dec. 23 (OAD: 12/13/22)

  • THE LATE SHOW Presents: “A Very Cold War Christmas”

  • RuPaul

  • Performance by Ed Sheeran

Monday, Dec. 26 (OAD: 12/08/22)

  • Alicia Keys

  • Eddie Izzard

  • Performance by Alicia Keys

Tuesday, Dec. 27 (OAD: 12/01/22)

  • John Krasinski

  • Sarah Polley

Wednesday, Dec. 28 (OAD: 11/17/22)

  • Michelle Williams

  • Phil Keoghan and Dierks Bentley 

Thursday, Dec. 29 (OAD: 10/05/22)

  • Dr. Anthony Fauci 

  • Cody Keenan 

Friday, Dec. 30 (OAD: 09/29/22)

  • George Clooney

  • Performance by Alex G

ICYMI – Holiday Edition:

  • A Very Goldblum Christmas Album Is Available Now – The wait is over! Jeff Goldblum’s long-awaited Christmas album is here, and it’s unlike any holiday compilation you’ve heard before.

  • “A Very Cold War Christmas” – A LATE SHOW Animated Holiday Classic – It’s Christmas Eve, and after Vladimir Putin demands Ukraine for Christmas, Santa must defend the North Pole against a Russian invasion. President Biden delivers much-needed aid to Santa via bicycle-drawn choo-choo train, and then sends an elite elf squadron of the North Pole’s best to the Kremlin in a TOP GUN-style mission culminating in an epic face off in Red Square. Are you ready to “Ride Into the Manger Zone?” Grab your “IS POTATO” mugs and T-shirts now at https://www.cbsstore.com/collections/.... 100% of THE LATE SHOW’s proceeds go to World Central Kitchen to help feed the people of Ukraine.

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