The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is an American late-night talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, which premiered on September 8, 2015. Produced by Spartina Productions and CBS Television Studios, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is the second iteration of CBS's Late Show franchise. Stay Human, led by bandleader Jon Batiste, serves as the program's house band, and the announcer is program writer Jen Spyra.

Original Release

09/08/2015 on CBS

Links

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Cast

Name	Character

Stephen Colbert	Self - Host
Jonathan Batiste	Self - Musical Director (as Jon Batiste)
Stay Human	Themselves - House Band
Jonathan Batiste	Self - Musical Director
John Oliver	Self
Jon Stewart	Self
Laura Benanti	Melania Trump
John Dickerson	Self
Gayle King	Self
Jake Tapper	Self

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Bob Woodward/Luke Combs	Monday, 14 September 2020
2	Janelle Monáe/Jacob Soboroff	Tuesday, 15 September 2020
3	Drew Barrymore/Triumph the Insult Comic Dog/Lang Lang	Wednesday, 16 September 2020
4	Sarah Paulson/PJ Morton	Thursday, 17 September 2020
5	Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster/Lawrence Fishburne	Monday, 21 September 2020
6	Desus Nice/The Kid Mero/Jake Isaac	Tuesday, 22 September 2020
7	Jeff Daniels	Wednesday, 23 September 2020
8	Episode #6.8	Thursday, 24 September 2020

Directors

Jim Hoskinson, Spike Jonze

Writers

Michael Pielocik, Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Greg Iwinski, Aaron Cohen, Daniel Kibblesmith, Opus Moreschi, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Glenn Eichler, Brian Stack, Matt Lappin, Cullen Crawford, Nate Charny, Rob Dubbin, Tom Purcell, Eric Drysdale, Asher Perlman, Emmy Blotnick, Felipe Torres Medina, Eliana Kwartler, Jay Katsir, Ariel Dumas, Nicole Conlan, Django Gold, John Thibodeaux, Kate Sidley, Jen Spyra, Gabe Gronli, Steve Waltien, George Boseman, Joel Michalak, River Clegg, Mohammed Amer

Cast

Name	Character

Stephen Colbert	Self - Host
Jonathan Batiste	Self - Musical Director (as Jon Batiste)
Stay Human	Themselves - House Band
Jonathan Batiste	Self - Musical Director
John Oliver	Self
Jon Stewart	Self
Laura Benanti	Melania Trump
John Dickerson	Self
Gayle King	Self
Jake Tapper	Self
Trevor Noah	Self
Donald Trump	Self (archive footage)
Bryan Cranston	Self - Guest
Samantha Bee	Self
Anderson Cooper	Self
Jen Spyra	Self - Announcer (voice)
Neil deGrasse Tyson	Self
Laura Benanti	Self
Charlamagne Tha God	Self
John Heilemann	Self

Producers

Name	Role

Stephen Colbert	Executive Producer
Jon Stewart	Executive Producer
Chris Licht	Executive Producer
Tom Purcell	Executive Producer
Barry Julien	Executive Producer
Denise C. Rehrig	Executive Producer
Emily Lazar	Executive Producer
Meredith Bennett	Executive Producer
Ballard C. Boyd	Producer
Neil Goldman	Producer
Nick Vasile	Producer
Monica Hickey	Producer
Geraldyne Wee	Producer
Keith Zubrow	Producer
Mikey Buckholtz	Producer
Emily Newman	Producer
Ben Biscotti	Producer
Samantha Laich	Producer
Opus Moreschi	Producer
Matt Lappin	Producer
Paul Dinello	Producer
Jami McGuigan	Producer
Michael Brumm	Producer
Jake Plunkett	Producer
Jonah Meyerson	Producer
Bjoern C. Stejskal	Producer
Torey Strahl	Producer
Meredith Scardino	Producer
Emily Potthast	Producer
Martin Heriot	Producer
Tanya Michnevich	Producer
Emily Gertler	Producer
Rachel Voter	Producer
Rob Dubbin	Producer
Liz Levin	Producer
Dmitry Saltykovsky	Producer
Aaron Cohen	Producer
Denise C. Rehrig	Producer
Adam Wager	Producer
Robyn Adams	Producer
Jay Katsir	Producer
Neil Goldman	Producer
Paige Kendig	Producer
Sara Vilkomerson	Producer
Dominique Banas	Producer
Megan Gearheart	Producer
John McCrady Williams	Producer
Wynn Harrison	Producer
Ali Jaffe	Producer
Caroline Lazar	Producer
Sara Molinari	Producer
Aaron Nemo	Producer
Greg Reutershan	Producer
Jessica Schrecker	Producer
Carly Hillman	Producer
Stephen Colbert	Producer
Andrew Swant	Producer
Alec Sash	Producer
Kyle Healy	Producer
Nicole Savini	Producer
Jessica Vitkus	Producer
Ken Olshansky	Producer

Editors

Christein Aromando, Rachel Whitaker, Ernie Generalli, Amanda Sprecher, Chris James Thompson

Year	Type	Category	Won

2020	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Talk Series	Nominated
2020	Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2020	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2019	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Talk Series	Nominated
2019	Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2019	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2019	Emmy	Outstanding Interactive Program	Nominated
2018	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Talk Series	Nominated
2018	Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2018	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2017	Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2017	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2017	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Talk Series	Nominated
2016	Emmy	Outstanding Production Design for Variety, Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Series	Nominated