George Clooney photographed at the Golden Globes Awards 2015. (Image courtesy: AFP)
Hollywood star George Clooney has been announced as the first guest on Stephen Colbert's
Late Show. The show will debut on September 8 on CBS.
Stephen is taking the show's reins from David Letterman, whose final episode aired May 20.
Stephen's launch continues a period of transition for CBS' late-night programming. He joins James Corden, whose
Late Late Show debuted March 23 with Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis as the first guests.
The news comes one day after Jon Stewart signed off as host of the
, where Stephen Colbert was a regular before landing his own Comedy Central series, The Colbert Report.