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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · S2E63 — Liam Neeson, Shepard Smith, Jon Batiste
Season 2 episodes
1. Harry Connick Jr., Ava DuVernay, GrouploveSep 6, 20162. Whoopi Goldberg, Regina Hall, Captain Sully SullenbergerSep 7, 20163. Jessica Alba, Bradley Whitford, George TakeiSep 8, 20164. Tituss Burgess, Jeff Ross, Adam RichmanSep 9, 20165. Dr. Phil, Alan Cumming, Hamilton Leithauser + RostamSep 12, 20166. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Millie Bobby Brown, The Head and The HeartSep 13, 20167. Trevor Noah, Allen Iverson, Chris GethardSep 14, 20168. Tracee Ellis Ross, Andrew Rannells, Mac Miller & Anderson .PaakSep 15, 20169. John Slattery, Oliver Stone, Jon FischSep 16, 201610. Chris Pratt, Scott Bakula, Frederik the GreatSep 19, 201611. First Lady Michelle Obama, America FerreraSep 20, 201612. Ethan Hawke, Tim Meadows, Wilco, Nile RodgersSep 21, 201613. Anthony Anderson, Mark Consuelos, The KillsSep 22, 201614. Bruce SpringsteenSep 23, 201615. Rob Lowe, Kal Penn, Emma WillmannSep 26, 201616. Sean Penn, Sutton Foster, Regina SpektorSep 27, 201617. Lupita Nyong'o, Donnie Wahlberg, John PrineSep 28, 201618. Morgan Freeman, Judith Light, Jimmy Eat WorldSep 29, 201619. Samantha Bee, Abby Elliott, Asa ButterfieldSep 30, 201620. Mindy Kaling, Gary Owen, Sum 41Oct 3, 201621. John Leguizamo, Cheri Oteri, Paul F. Tompkins, Melissa EtheridgeOct 4, 201622. Armie Hammer, Lindsay Vonn, Gustavo Dudamel with the Simon Bolivar Symphony OrchestraOct 5, 201623. Emily Blunt, Gael Garcia Bernal, PhantogramOct 6, 201624. Diane Lane, Aja Naomi King, Alingon MitraOct 7, 201625. President Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Randall Park, Bob WeirOct 17, 201626. Nick Offerman, Wayne Gretzky, Morgan Spurlock and JosephOct 18, 201627. Hugh Laurie, Paul Reiser, Nate SilverOct 19, 201628. Tiger Woods, Elijah Wood, Jorge RamosOct 20, 201629. Matt LeBlanc, Joy Bryant, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Wyclef JeanOct 21, 201630. Tom Hanks, Adam ConoverOct 24, 201631. Will Forte, Dermot Mulroney, Wyatt Cenac, MitskiOct 25, 201632. Joel McHale, Abbi Jacobson, Jon GlaserOct 26, 201633. Mary-Louise Parker, Pusha T, The Record CompanyOct 27, 201634. Drew Carey, Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Sebastian ManiscalcoOct 28, 201635. Ruth Wilson, JB Smoove, Ghost BrothersOct 31, 201636. Mel Gibson, Luke Bracey, Tegan and SaraNov 1, 201637. Michael Strahan, Nick Kroll, Aaron LewisNov 2, 201638. Aaron Eckhart, Tig Notaro, Ron SuskindNov 3, 201639. Viggo Mortensen, Patton Oswalt, Maz JobraniNov 4, 201640. Don Cheadle, Stevie Wonder, Katherine WaterstonNov 7, 201641. Miles Teller, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Triumph the Insult Comic DogNov 9, 201642. Sting, Thandie NewtonNov 10, 201643. Eddie Redmayne, Senator Bernie Sanders, Alton Brown, Chris ThileNov 14, 201644. Anna Kendrick, Mahershala Ali, Chris GethardNov 15, 201645. Marion Cotillard, Dev Patel, Dwight YoakamNov 16, 201646. Amy Adams, Simone Biles, Jeff WatsonNov 17, 201647. William H. Macy, Colin Quinn, Drive-By TruckersNov 18, 201648. Michael Weatherly, Carrie Fisher, The PretendersNov 21, 201649. James Marsden, Jimmie Johnson, John WatersNov 22, 201650. Danny DeVito, Max Greenfield, OK GoNov 23, 201651. Lauren Cohan, Tim Daly, Sleigh BellsNov 30, 201652. Lauren Graham, Justin LongDec 1, 201653. Matthew Broderick, Ali Wentworth, FergieDec 2, 201654. Jason Bateman, Padma Lakshmi, Michael LewisDec 5, 201655. Vice President Joe Biden, DJ KhaledDec 6, 201656. Sigourney Weaver, Andy Cohen, PilobolusDec 7, 201657. Octavia Spencer, John Mulaney, Travis ScottDec 8, 201658. Olivia Munn, Martin Freeman, Tom PapaDec 9, 201659. John Goodman, Denée Benton, Norah JonesDec 12, 201660. Mark Wahlberg, Lee Daniels, Miranda LambertDec 13, 201661. Neil Patrick Harris, Megan MullallyDec 14, 201662. James Franco, Michael Stipe, Gad ElmalehDec 15, 201663. Liam Neeson, Shepard Smith, Jon BatisteDec 16, 201664. The Best in Late Show Retrospectacular End-of-Year Wrapupabration 1!Dec 19, 201665. The Best in Late Show Retrospectacular End-of-Year Wrapupabration! 2Dec 20, 201666. The Best in Late Show Retrospectacular End-of-Year Wrapupabration! 3Dec 21, 201667. The Best in Late Show Retrospectacular End-of-Year Wrapupabration! 4Dec 22, 201668. The Best in Late Show Retrospectacular End-of-Year Wrapupabration! 5Dec 23, 201669. Oprah Winfrey, Pretty YendeJan 3, 201770. Kate Beckinsale, Chris Messina, Jen KirkmanJan 4, 201771. Adam Driver, Alexa Davalos, WhitneyJan 5, 201772. Charlie Rose, Hayden Panettiere, Jack MaxwellJan 6, 201773. Billy Joel, Josh HollowayJan 9, 201774. Andrew Garfield, Erin Andrews, Cage the ElephantJan 10, 201775. Jude Law, Gabrielle Union, Thomas L. FriedmanJan 11, 201776. Tom Selleck, Craig Robinson, A$AP MobJan 12, 201777. Cuba Gooding Jr., Rupert Friend, Gary GulmanJan 13, 201778. Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Nick Grant with Watch the DuckJan 16, 201779. Billy Eichner, Mel B., Gilbert GottfriedJan 17, 201780. Idina Menzel, Rachel Bloom, Louie AndersonJan 18, 201781. Johnny Galecki, Chris Matthews, Bash & PopJan 19, 201782. Jim Gaffigan, Cristela Alonzo, The Avett BrothersJan 20, 201783. Leslie Mann, Lewis Black, Dan LevyJan 30, 201784. Josh Groban, Rachael Ray, JapandroidsJan 31, 201785. Ricky Gervais, Christina Ricci, JainFeb 1, 201786. Dr. Phil McGraw, Michael Bolton, Maren MorrisFeb 2, 201787. Priyanka Chopra, Thomas Sadoski, Pat BrownFeb 3, 201788. Paul Giamatti, Wendy Williams, Highly SuspectFeb 6, 201789. John Oliver, Isabelle Huppert, The Avett BrothersFeb 7, 201790. Robert De Niro, Ezra Edelman, Flo Morrissey, Matthew E. WhiteFeb 8, 201791. David Oyelowo, Taran Killam, Rae SremmurdFeb 9, 201792. Will Arnett, Pete Holmes, Paul MecurioFeb 10, 201793. Shailene Woodley, Laverne Cox, Rick and Marty LaginaFeb 13, 201794. Christine Baranski, Hans ZimmerFeb 14, 201795. Bob Odenkirk, Tatiana Maslany, George SaundersFeb 15, 201796. Sally Field, Maggie Siff, Lady AntebellumFeb 16, 201797. Julie Andrews, Christina Hendricks, The Umbilical BrothersFeb 17, 201798. Uma Thurman, Jason Jones, Alison KraussFeb 20, 201799. Joe Scarborough, Kate Upton, Yvette Nicole BrownFeb 21, 2017100. Kelly Ripa, Billy Gardell, The Lemon TwigsFeb 22, 2017101. Aubrey Plaza, Bradley Whitford, Lupe FiascoFeb 23, 2017102. Allison Williams, Cush Jumbo, Carmen LynchFeb 24, 2017103. Jon Stewart, Connie Britton, Zoey Deutch, Lori McKennaFeb 27, 2017104. Lisa Kudrow, Josh Earnest, Tony RockFeb 28, 2017105. Patrick Stewart, Chris Colfer, Roy Wood Jr.Mar 1, 2017106. Hugh Jackman, Condola Rashad, The Flaming LipsMar 2, 2017107. Cate Blanchett, Paul Rust, Mo AmerMar 3, 2017108. Anderson Cooper, Judd Apatow, JidennaMar 6, 2017109. Kevin Kline, Jerrod Carmichael, Michael HaydenMar 7, 2017110. Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Michael Ian Black, Jackson GalaxyMar 8, 2017111. Kristen Stewart, Maz Jobrani, DawesMar 9, 2017112. Felicity Huffman, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Anthony DeVitoMar 10, 2017113. Ewan McGregor, Finn Wittrock, The ShinsMar 13, 2017114. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Todd BarryMar 14, 2017115. Jessica Lange, Bassem Youssef, Judy GoldMar 15, 2017116. Bryan Cranston, Audra McDonald, Greer BarnesMar 20, 2017117. Ryan Reynolds, Josh Lucas, Andy Daly, Green DayMar 21, 2017118. Glenn Close, Michael McKean, H. Jon BenjaminMar 22, 2017119. Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Jay Chandrasekhar, Aimee MannMar 27, 2017120. Hank Azaria, Kate Walsh, Circus 1903Mar 28, 2017121. Emma Roberts, Ken Jeong, Luke Bryan, Dierks BentleyMar 29, 2017122. Marisa Tomei, Hugh Dancy, Broken Social SceneMar 30, 2017123. Susan Sarandon, Joey McIntyre, Robert KleinMar 31, 2017124. Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Esposito, Joey Bada$$Apr 3, 2017125. Louis C.K., Ernie Johnson Jr., Father John MistyApr 4, 2017126. Sigourney Weaver, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Steve Martin, Neal SchonApr 5, 2017127. Jessica Lange, Bassem Youssef, Judy GoldApr 6, 2017128. Mandy Patinkin, Zosia Mamet, Jerrod CarmichaelApr 7, 2017129. Jennifer Hudson, Chris Hayes, Christian BorleApr 17, 2017130. Alec Baldwin, Charlamagne Tha God, Moshe Kasher, Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo'Apr 18, 2017131. Rose Byrne, Lewis Black, P.J. HarveyApr 19, 2017132. Elisabeth Moss, Anthony Atamanuik, Sheryl CrowApr 20, 2017133. Rosario Dawson, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Moshe KasherApr 21, 2017134. Allison Janney, Sheryl Sandberg, Marty StuartApr 24, 2017135. John Legend, Kelly Osbourne, Dr. JohnApr 25, 2017136. America Ferrera, Thomas Middleditch, Dave and Virginia Grohl, Preservation Hall BandApr 26, 2017137. LL Cool J, Phillipa Soo, GorillazApr 27, 2017138. Tom Hanks, Anna BaryshnikovApr 28, 2017139. Chris Pratt, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ryan AdamsMay 1, 2017140. Amy Schumer, Gabourey SidibeMay 2, 2017141. Jim Parsons, Jeff Garlin, Paul ScheerMay 3, 2017142. Charles Barkley, Debra WingerMay 4, 2017143. Richard Gere, Maria Bamford, Perfume GeniusMay 5, 2017144. Rami Malek, Bill Nye, Roger WatersMay 8, 2017145. Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Ed Helms, Rob CorddryMay 9, 2017146. Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Dave Matthews, Tim ReynoldsMay 10, 2017147. Mayim Bialik, Andy Karl, Ramy YoussefMay 11, 2017148. Tracy Morgan, Timothy Simons, Dan AuerbachMay 12, 2017149. Danny McBride, Jane Krakowski, MetallicaMay 15, 2017150. Gina Rodriguez, Ben Falcone, Jesus and Mary ChainMay 16, 2017151. Julie Chen, Matt Walsh, David OrtizMay 17, 2017152. Ricky Gervais, Corey Hawkins, The xxMay 18, 2017153. Jennifer Garner, Demetri Martin, Paula PoundstoneMay 19, 2017154. Rachel Maddow, Ben PlattMay 22, 2017155. Kevin Spacey, Terry Crews, Rob HuebelMay 23, 2017156. Robin Wright, Hannibal Buress, Paul Simon, Bill FrisellMay 24, 2017157. Oscar Isaac, Laurie Metcalf, April RyanMay 25, 2017158. Gordon Ramsay, David Sedaris, PixiesMay 26, 2017159. Kevin Hart, Ali Wentworth, The War on DrugsJun 5, 2017160. Salma Hayek, Hasan Minhaj, FeistJun 6, 2017161. Tilda Swinton, Andy Cohen, Jordan KlepperJun 7, 2017162. John Mulaney, Richard Branson, HalseyJun 8, 2017163. Jim Gaffigan, Anna Chlumsky, Louie AndersonJun 9, 2017164. Uzo Aduba, T.J. Miller, Oliver StoneJun 12, 2017165. Olivia Wilde, Eddie Izzard, Nick CaveJun 13, 2017166. Trevor Noah, Ilana Glazer, Sam RichardsonJun 14, 2017167. Milo Ventimiglia, Judy Greer, Keith AlberstadtJun 15, 2017168. Scarlett Johansson, Bill Burr, Fleet FoxesJun 16, 2017169. Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous BandJun 19, 2017170. Ice Cube, Marc Maron, Jason Isbell and The 400 UnitJun 20, 2017171. Jeffrey Tambor, John Benjamin Hickey, Lake Street DiveJun 21, 2017172. Michael Keaton, Zoe Kazan, Tom ShillueJun 26, 2017173. Eric Stonestreet, John McEnroe, Lillie MaeJun 27, 2017174. Josh Duhamel, Justin Bartha, Brian GreeneJun 28, 2017175. Naomi Watts, Ari Graynor, Swet Shop BoysJun 29, 2017176. Michael Keaton, John McEnroeJun 30, 2017177. Woody Harrelson, Cobie Smulders, Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt BoysJul 10, 2017178. Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Andy SerkisJul 11, 2017179. John Oliver, Mike Birbiglia, Michael ShowalterJul 12, 2017180. Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, The New PornographersJul 13, 2017181. John Oliver, Woody Harrelson, and Emmylou Harris; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & MonologueJul 14, 2017182. Al Gore, Issa Rae, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister, and Russia WeekJul 17, 2017183. Keegan-Michael Key, Cillian Murphy and Russia Week ContinuesJul 18, 2017184. James McAvoy, Matteo Lane, Russia Week continues with Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov interviewedJul 19, 2017185. Jason Bateman, Muse and Russia WeekJul 20, 2017186. Kenneth Branagh, Cara Delevingne, and End of Russia WeekJul 21, 2017187. Paul Bettany; Laura Benanti; Tyler, The CreatorJul 24, 2017188. Charlie Rose, Jessica Williams, Max BrooksJul 25, 2017189. Michael Moore, Sutton Foster, 6LACKJul 26, 2017190. Samantha Bee, Gillian Jacobs, SpoonJul 27, 2017191. Charlie Rose and Jessica Williams; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & MonologueJul 28, 2017192. Matthew McConaughey, Vanessa BayerJul 31, 2017193. Sen. Al Franken, Adam Conover, Randy NewmanAug 1, 2017194. Dave Chappelle, James Van Der Beek, Joe WalshAug 2, 2017195. Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, Arcade FireAug 3, 2017196. Senator Al Franken, Rock Legend Joe Walsh; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & MonologueAug 4, 2017197. Laura Dern, Leah Remini, Trombone ShortyAug 7, 2017198. Christoph Waltz, Chris O'Dowd, Sean EvansAug 8, 2017199. Robert Pattinson, David Tennant, Niecy NashAug 9, 2017200. Millie Bobby Brown, Jim Jefferies, Zeshan BAug 10, 2017201. Dave Chappelle, Chris O'Dowd; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & MonologueAug 11, 2017202. Anthony Scaramucci, Bob Odenkirk, Liam GallagherAug 14, 2017203. Daniel Craig, Tiffany Haddish, Blackberry SmokeAug 15, 2017204. Ellie Kemper, Andrew Dice Clay, Peter SerafinowiczAug 16, 2017205. John Dickerson, Michael Rapaport, Grizzly BearAug 17, 2017206. Anthony Scaramucci, Tiffany Haddish; Best Moments of the Week, with a Newly-Recorded Opening & MonologueAug 18, 2017
Synopsis
Stephen Colbert’s comedic take on the holiday spirit. Jon Batiste’s spirited Batman-themed Christmas medley. The iconic Santa hat. Liam Neeson reflects on his film 'Silence’. Shepard Smith offers his signature commentary on 'Shepard Smith Reporting’. Jon Batiste and a group of musicians present a collection of festive carols.
