EPISODE
SEASON
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 1
Many of the ridiculous positions in the series 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' where author Andrew Sullivan. Journalist and activist Maria Shriver. Comedian Jim Gavigan Archbishop Thomas Wenski. Also the young choir in Jerusalem YMCA and the choir of Saint Jean Baptiste perform. Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai; Kerry Washington. Vice President Joe Biden; Chief Executive Officer of Ober Travis Kalanick. Actress Emily Blunt; High Court Judge Stephen Breyer.
13 August 1962, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
December 21, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
13 November 1955, New York City, New York, USA
22 June 1960, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
5 October 1967, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
4 April 1979, New York City, New York, USA
15 April 1971, Westchester County, New York, USA
9 July 1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 July 1992, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
19 February 1955, Athens, Georgia, USA
9 December 1966, Albany, New York, USA
4 February 1971, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
8 January 2000, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
23 September 1949, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
March 31, 1963 in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
11 February 1936, Lansing, Michigan, USA
20 July 1977, East Hampton, New York, USA
16 September 1950, Piedmont, West Virginia, USA
September 09, 2015
There are hints of the wackiness and pointed commentary Colbert displayed while hosting The Colbert Report, but it's been slightly mellowed, better to conform to a wider, more mainstream audience.
September 09, 2015
This was one of the most confident debuts in years. Not everything was perfect, but everything felt thought through. That's not nothing, and it bodes well for what's to come.
September 09, 2015
The late Stephen Colbert did better than this; the newly born Stephen Colbert can too.
September 09, 2015
Stephen, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
September 09, 2015
The fact that Colbert can't help himself lets the rest of us not feel so bad about not being able to help ourselves. So we laugh together.
September 09, 2015
While the comedian's network TV humor is definitely broader than his Colbert Report satire, it still works thanks to his natural screen presence.
September 09, 2015
That said, the first Colbert Late Show... was promising if not perfect, ranging from sharp meta-late-night humor and funny politically tinged bits to the kind of bland chitchat that makes the network late-night talk show an often frustrating genre.
September 09, 2015
His evolution is just beginning. The DVR is set for the next however many years.
September 09, 2015
The inaugural Late Show with Stephen Colbert was so packed with comedy bits, special guests and music, it went several minutes overtime - but it didn't feel long. It felt good.
September 09, 2015
Colbert made a strong case that viewers should get to know him -- the real him.