THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT airs Monday through Friday, 11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT on the CBS Television Network, and is available to stream on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)* and is available in audio form as a daily and Webby Award-winning podcast, THE LATE SHOW POD SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT.

*All listings subject to change*

Friday, Dec. 19 (OAD: 11/20/25)

• Senator Elizabeth Warren

• Performance by Billy Strings

Monday, Dec. 22 (OAD: 12/2/25)

• Rachel Maddow

• Performance by Drive-By Truckers featuring Jason Isbell

Tuesday, Dec. 23 (OAD: 12/8/25)

• Sigourney Weaver

• Mandy Patinkin

• Performance from George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” featuring Tiler Peck

Wednesday, Dec. 24 (OAD: 12/18/25)

• Hugh Jackman

• Performance by Louis Cato and the Late Show Band

• THE LATE SHOW Presents: “Colbert’s Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel,” narrated by Nick Offerman

Thursday, Dec. 25 (OAD: 12/3/25)

• Michael Shannon

• Jessie Buckley

• Special appearance by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex

Friday, Dec. 26 (OAD: 12/9/25)

• Laura Dern

• Andrew Ross Sorkin

• Holiday “First Drafts” with Evie McGee Colbert

Monday, Dec. 29 (OAD: 11/18/25)

• Ted Danson

• Cooking demo with Alison Roman

Tuesday, Dec. 30 (OAD: 12/16/25)

• Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen

• Performance by The Mountain Goats featuring Tommy Stinson

• Special appearance by Laura Benanti

Wednesday, Dec. 31

• Pre-empted for CBS’ NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE: NASHVILLE’S BIG BASH”

Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 (OAD: 12/1/25)

• Lady Gaga takes “The Colbert Questionert”

• New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill

• Performance by Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz from the Broadway production of “The Queen of Versailles”

• “Big Questions with Even Bigger Stars” with Daniel Craig

Friday, Jan. 2, 2026 (OAD: 11/19/25)

• Benedict Cumberbatch

• Patton Oswalt

• Performance by Jesse Welles

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Check out THE LATE SHOW’s new series, “The Colbert Questionert Extraordinert,” available exclusively on YouTube. The newest “Questionert Extraordinert” features Sigourney Weaver.

THE LATE SHOW’s “Book Club” series features new author interviews each month. November’s featured author was Niall Williams, whom Stephen and Evie Colbert discussed in a special edition of the series. December’s featured author is Iida Turpeinen.

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*Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on-demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream live, but will have access to on-demand the day after the episodes airs.

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