Starting next week, Stephen Colbert will cover the Republican and Democratic conventions with live Late Show episodes, and today CBS revealed the initial guest lineup, which includes Keegan-Michael Key, John Oliver, Lewis Black, Eric Andre, Billy Eichner, Bassem Youssef, and more. Here’s the announced schedule:
RNC Shows: Monday, July 18 – Thursday, July 21 Monday, July 18 - Actress Zoe Saldana; Actress Jennifer Saunders; Author Ron Suskind Tuesday, July 19 - Comedian Keegan-Michael Key; musical performance by Jenny Lewis and NAF Wednesday, July 20 - Actor Tony Goldwyn; Actress Kathryn Hahn; Comedian Lewis Black Thursday, July 21 - Senator Elizabeth Warren; Comedian Billy Eichner; musical performance by Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs DNC Shows: Monday, July 25 – Thursday, July 28 Monday, July 25 - Actress Allison Janney, from the CBS comedy series MOM; Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner; musical performance by Ryan Adams Tuesday, July 26 - Actor Jeff Daniels; Comedian Bassem Youssef; musical performance by Aurora Wednesday, July 27 - Comedian John Oliver; Actor Jai Courtney; Radio personality Charlamagne Tha God
Like he’s done on The Colbert Report in the past, Colbert and his team have given both convention weeks perfect names: “The 2016 Trumpublican Donational Conventrump Starring Donald Trump as the Republican Party* *May Contain Traces of Republican” and “The 2016 Democratic National Convincing A Technically Historic Event: Death. Taxes. Hillary.”
