Curtain Call
Steven Spielberg and other "special guests" also on tap for the late-night series' last four episodes
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has revealed some of the guests that will visit during the show’s final week on the air.
While some surprise guests will appear throughout the week, The Late Show announced Friday that the Tuesday, May 19 episode will feature interviews with Steven Spielberg and Colbert’s Daily Show cohort Jon Stewart, as well as a performance by David Byrne with Colbert.
The Wednesday, May 20 episode will include a performance by Bruce Springsteen as well as appearances by special guests, with Colbert also answering his own “The Colbert Questionert” for the first time.
Details of the series finale on Thursday, May 21 have not yet been revealed. The Monday, May 18 episode is currently guest-less, with Colbert opting to revisit “The Worst” of The Late Show, although the episode is “not a clip show!”
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As previously reported, the other late-night shows will cede the spotlight to The Late Show on Colbert’s final night, with both Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel airing repeats on May 21.
The Late Show has ramped up the star power in Colbert’s closing weeks, with guests including Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and original host David Letterman, who returned to toss CBS property off the Ed Sullivan Theater roof. Recent musical guests include the Strokes, Michael Stipe, Chris Stapleton, and Foo Fighters, who previously served as the final musical guest of Letterman’s Late Show.