--- title: Stephen Colbert Late Show Premiere: Here's What You Missed description: From politics to celebrity, the first episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was jam packed with the comedian's typical hijinks. canonical: https://time.com/4026262/colbert-late-show/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-09T14:02:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:47:00.500Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: What You Missed on Stephen Colbert's First 'Late Show' og:description: He skewered Donald Trump and showed off his new set og:url: https://time.com/4026262/colbert-late-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9505c12da223f51a/698862a6428a9e8466ccf007/gettyimages-4873639321.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What You Missed on Stephen Colbert's First 'Late Show' twitter:description: He skewered Donald Trump and showed off his new set twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9505c12da223f51a/698862a6428a9e8466ccf007/gettyimages-4873639321.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What You Missed on Stephen Colbert's First _Late Show_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 9, 2015 2:02 PM UTC  Actor George Clooney chats with Stephen on the premiere of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, on Sept. 8, 2015. Actor George Clooney chats with Stephen on the premiere of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, on Sept. 8, 2015.CBS/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 9, 2015 2:02 PM UTC From politics to celebrities, the first episode of _The Late Show with Stephen_ _Colbert_ was jam-packed with the comedian’s hijinks. If you weren’t able to watch live, TIME has you covered. Here are some of the must-see clips from the show’s premiere. In one segment Colbert showed off the new and improved Ed Sullivan Theater where he hosts the show. Among the new features are faux stain glass windows with Colbert’s face. (Colbert also had an amusing chat with competitor Jimmy Fallon). He also got former Florida Governor and presidential candidate Jeb Bush to say something positive about President Barack Obama. Bush also made light of his opponent billionaire Donald Trump. Finally, Colbert went all-in with his own set of Donald Trump jokes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4026262/colbert-late-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4026262/colbert-late-show/"},"headline":"Here's What You Missed on Stephen Colbert's First Late Show","datePublished":"2015-09-09T14:02:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:47:00.500Z","description":"From politics to celebrity, the first episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was jam packed with the comedian's typical hijinks","url":"https://time.com/4026262/colbert-late-show/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9505c12da223f51a/698862a6428a9e8466ccf007/gettyimages-4873639321.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9505c12da223f51a/698862a6428a9e8466ccf007/gettyimages-4873639321.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert","caption":"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert","creditText":"CBS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4026262/colbert-late-show/","name":"Here's What You Missed on Stephen Colbert's First Late Show"}}]}] ```