Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' has its First Week Guests

News about The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been barreling out of CBS as of late in order to ready viewers for the first episodes. Now, the first set of guests have been announced and they are some pretty big names. Actors like George Clooney, comedians like Amy Schumer and business people like Elon Musk are all slated for the first week. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert premieres on Tuesday, September 8th. Check out the first week of guest below:

“Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Actor George Clooney; Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush; musical performance by Jon Batiste and Stay Human with special guests

Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Actress Scarlett Johansson; SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk; interview with and musical performance by Kendrick Lamar

Thursday, Sept. 10 – Uber CEO Travis Kalanick; musical performance by Toby Keith

Friday, Sept. 11 – Comedian Amy Schumer; author Stephen King; interview with and musical performance by Troubled Waters”

Tig Notaro talks performing topless on Conan

Tig Notaro is doing her rounds on the promotion circuit to get the word out about her HBO standup special Tig Notaro Boyish Girl Interrupted. On last night's Conan, the comedienne and host had an oddly serious discussion in regards to Notaro's battle with cancer and resulting double mastectomy. Notaro kept things light, however, in her recaps. Funny or Die is also helping with the special's promotion by having Notaro stand by her own billboard and giving her friends control of her Twitter account.

Stephen Colbert doesn't think you can escape from a man size cabinet

Mixing two things I love (video games and Stephen Colbert) the new Late Show host has created a new way to get into our hearts. Escape From A Man Sized Cabinet harks back to text based adventures of early computer game days where you explore the Late Show office, do a ton of clicking, and of course get trapped in a man sized cabinet. It may seem futile to try to break down the door or go further into the cabinet but, I assure you, there will be something special for you. The writing is pretty well done; you can see they spent some time on this. If you can't get enough Colbert, or if you want to satiate your gaming appetite, head over to the Late Show website to play the game. 

David Huntsberger is blasting off to Syfy with his own talk show

Professor Blastoff cohost David Huntsberger is taking his hostful talents over to Syfy for a new series called Reactor. The Entertainment Weekly is reporting the third half of Blastoff's trio -- made up of Huntsburger, Tig Notaro and Kyle Dunnigan -- will host a new, late night comedy/talk show. And it's promising to do a lot as a "hybrid talk/sketch series that promises to feature a mixture of exclusive clips, celebrity guests, and comedy bits, all of it focused on the intersection of science fiction and pop culture in contemporary movies, TV shows, and comic books." Reactor is going to have a 12 episode first season beginning at 11:30 PM on Thursday, July 16. 

David Letterman would like a bit of change in Late Night, not into Internet Comedy

David Letterman's last episode of Late Show is May 20 and he is completely at ease with leaving. He recently sat down with the New York Times to talk about his time at Ed Sullivan Theater.

The 68 year old comedian was asked a range of questions including whether or not he had a say in who his successor would be. Letterman suggested that it might be time for a woman or black person to get good late night show:

“No. Not my show. When we sign off, we’re out of business with CBS. I always thought Jon Stewart would have been a good choice. And then Stephen. And then I thought, well, maybe this will be a good opportunity to put a black person on, and it would be a good opportunity to put a woman on. Because there are certainly a lot of very funny women that have television shows everywhere. So that would have made sense to me as well.”

When asked about the current emphasis on making bits for a more viral market, Letterman said it wasn't much for him:

“No, it just came and went without me. It sneaked up on me and went right by. People on the staff said, “You know what would be great is if you would join Twitter.” And I recognized the value of it. It’s just, I didn’t know what to say. You go back to your parents’ house, and they still have the rotary phone. It’s a little like that.”

It's a fascinating interview chronicling the career of Letterman's tenure in late night as well as his idolization of Carson. The final show will be May 20. Letterman mentioned near the end of the  interview that he already knows what he'll do for the finale, although he's already informed viewers that it will be low key.