Here are Stephen Colbert’s first ‘Late Show’ guests

Sep 3, 2015, 11:43 AM

Stephen Colbert participates in "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" segment of the CBS Summer TCA Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

BY SAMMIE SHOTZBARGER

KTAR.com

The premier of the new “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” is less than a week away, and Colbert’s got an interesting week of guests ahead, including presidential candidates, actresses and CEOs.

The former “Daily Show” correspondent got his hosting start on his successful spin-off, “The Colbert Report.” The parody show debuted in 2005 and ended in December, 2014.

Colbert replaces Dave Letterman, who signed off of the “Late Show” in May, 2015, after debuting the talk show in 1993, according to Letterman’s biography on the show’s website.

Take a look at Colbert’s first week of guests in our slideshow:

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2012 file photo, George Clooney poses at the 31st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. Clooney is one of the world's leading celebrity contributor's to charity. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

FILE - In this April 13, 2015, file photo, Scarlett Johansson arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Avengers: Age Of Ultron." The Entertainment Industry Foundation said Tuesday, Aug. 18, that ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will simultaneously air a one-hour fundraising special for education featuring Johansson, Stephen Colbert, Kristen Bell, Matthew McConaughey and Gwyneth Paltrow on Sept. 11. The special will have sketches and musical performances. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, introduces the SpaceX Dragon V2 spaceship at the SpaceX headquarters on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Hawthorne, Calif. SpaceX, which has flown unmanned cargo capsules to the International Space Station, unveiled the new spacecraft Thursday designed to ferry astronauts to low-Earth orbit. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

FILE - In this April 29, 2014 file photo, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick arrives at the 2014 TIME 100 Gala in New York. In the midst of a controversy involving a top executive who reportedly suggested paying $1 million to dig up dirt on a journalist critical of the company, Kalanick on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 gave a speech to current and potential investors at a Goldman Sachs technology conference in Las Vegas. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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Actress Amy Schumer arrives at a special screening of the new comedy, "Trainwreck" at the Regal Cinemas Montrose Stadium 12 theaters, on Friday, July 10, 2015, in Akron, Ohio. Basketball player LeBron James is hosting the screening of the film that he co-stars in with Schumer and Bill Hader. (Photo by Phil Long/Invision/AP)

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