--- description: 'Redeployment' author Phil Clay will be a guest, as will Seth Rogen and Kendrick Lamar title: These Will Be the Final Guests on 'The Colbert Report' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a14ba136f5a020/698687f0361760b0e090b2f0/3colbert-close-up5470-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Will Be the Final Guests on _The Colbert Report_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Dec 11, 2014 10:32 PM CUT  NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 8: Host Stephen Colbert appears during the "Been There: Won That: The Returnification of the American-Do Troopscapeon" special of The Colbert Report on September 8, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/PictureGroup) NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 8: Host Stephen Colbert appears during the "Been There: Won That: The Returnification of the American-Do Troopscapeon" special of The Colbert Report on September 8, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/PictureGroup)Scott Gries—Picturegroup/Comedy Central  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Dec 11, 2014 10:32 PM CUT Stephen Colbert will film his last episode of _The Colbert Report_ on Comedy Central on Dec. 18, and although the show can’t top [the President](http://time.com/3624729/obama-colbert-interview/ "undefined"), his final guests are an impressive bunch. The show announced Thursday that _The Interview_ star Seth Rogen will be Colbert’s guest on Dec. 15, rapper Kendrick Lamar on Dec. 16, _Redeployment_ author Phil Clay on Dec. 17 and finally Grimmy, a grim reaper character that reminds Colbert how many shows he has left. Colbert is ending _Colbert Report_ to take over the _Late Show_ on CBS from David Letterman, whose last show will be May 20\. CBS has yet to announce when Colbert will air his first show. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3630582/colbert-report-final-guests/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3630582/colbert-report-final-guests/"},"headline":"These Will Be the Final Guests on The Colbert Report","datePublished":"2014-12-11T22:32:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:47:27.584Z","description":"An actor, rapper, author and...","url":"https://time.com/3630582/colbert-report-final-guests/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a14ba136f5a020/698687f0361760b0e090b2f0/3colbert-close-up5470-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a14ba136f5a020/698687f0361760b0e090b2f0/3colbert-close-up5470-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Colbert Report\" Salutes The Troops","caption":"\"The Colbert Report\" Salutes The Troops","creditText":"Scott Gries—Picturegroup/Comedy Central","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/3630582/colbert-report-final-guests/","name":"These Will Be the Final Guests on The Colbert Report"}}]}] ```