The host and his colleagues were joined by such luminaries as Anderson Cooper, Gayle King, Katie Couric, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Hamill, Tiffany Haddish, Drew Barrymore and the CBS host's final guest,

Stephen Colbert has taped his final episode of The Late Show and was joined by a star-studded lineup of guests. Paul McCartney was one of the star attractions for the finale, marking his latest return to the Ed Sullivan Theater,

The late-night host joined a supergroup, which also included current bandleader Louis Cato

TVLine recaps Stephen Colbert's star-studded Late Show finale, featuring Paul McCartney, Strike Force Five, and an interdimensional wormhole.

Here’s a behind-the scenes look at the last “Late Show” episode: “Nobody wanted to leave the stage or the theater and here’s legendary proof.”

CBS aired its final installment of The Late Show tonight, with Stephen Colbert—class act that he is—starting things off with a reminder that he has always referred to the series as “the joy machine,” before gently letting a wide swathe of cameoing celebrities down in their dreams of being his “last guest.