DVR ALERT: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal & More Set for CBS's COLBERT

CBS has announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 23, actor Hugh Jackman (Broadway's THE RIVER, BOY FROM OZ) will appear on LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. Other guests on the episode will include the founder of the Global Poverty Project, Hugh Evans; Senator Elizabeth Warren and a musical performance by Pearl Jam.

Other upcoming guests include:

Monday, Sept. 14 Actress Emily Blunt (INTO THE WOODS)

Tuesday, Sept. 15 Actor Jake Gyllenhaal (CONSTELLATIONS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS)

Wednesday, Sept. 16 Actor Kevin Spacey; TV legend Carol Burnett

Friday, Sept. 18 Performance by AN AMERICAN IN PARIS stars Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT premiered on Tuesday, Sept. 8 on CBs.The show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.

A multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian, Colbert is well-known for his previous late night show, "The Colbert Report," which concluded on Friday, Dec. 18, 2014. The program received wide-spread critical acclaim and earned two Peabody Awards and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including two Emmy wins for Outstanding Variety Series (2013, 2014) and four Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014). Prior to that, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as an on-air personality and writer of news satire for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series.

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