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Former 鈥淐olbert Report鈥� host Stephen Colbert made his debut on CBS鈥檚 鈥淟ate Show鈥� on Sept. 8, welcoming guests that included presidential candidate Jeb Bush and actor George Clooney.

Colbert comes to host the show following the retirement of David Letterman, who debuted on the program in 1993 following his depature from NBC.

Colbert鈥檚 first show included a filmed segment in which he traveled around the country singing 鈥淭he Star-Spangled Banner鈥� (and bowling) and which included his former 鈥淒aily Show鈥� co-worker Jon Stewart dressed as an umpire, declaring, 鈥淧lay ball!鈥�

And he spent part of the beginning of his show paying tribute to the host that came before him. 鈥淚 bow to no man in my fandom of Letterman,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t is possible to lose sight of how much Dave changed comedy鈥� just for the record, I鈥檓 not replacing David Letterman鈥� We will try to honor his achievement by doing the best show we can and occasionally making the network very mad at us.鈥� He also talked briefly with NBC鈥檚 Jimmy Fallon, current host of 鈥淭he Tonight Show.鈥澛�

In his interview with Bush, Colbert asked him about the campaign logo with an exclamation point (鈥淚t connotes excitement,鈥� Bush said) and inquired how he鈥檚 different from his brother and why his mother, Barbara Bush, would say 鈥淲e鈥檝e had enough Bushes鈥� when asked about another Bush president. Bush also told him, 鈥淚鈥檓 going to say something that鈥檚 heretic, I guess. I don鈥檛 think Barack Obama has bad motives. I just think he鈥檚 wrong on a lot of issues.鈥�

When Colbert chatted with other guest Clooney, the two referenced the fact that the actor wasn鈥檛 in fact promoting a movie and made up a fake film titled 鈥淒ecision Strike鈥� which featured Clooney apparently attempting to defuse a nuclear bomb. Colbert also poked fun at the fact that despite the banter, he and Clooney (and by extension, sometimes other late-night show hosts and their guests) don鈥檛 really know each other all that well. After mentioning that there'd be more topics of conversation if Clooney had a movie to promote, Colbert told him, 鈥淲e would always have something to talk about, because we鈥檙e friends,鈥� which was then followed by the two sitting in silence.

The official musical guest was billed as 鈥淢avis Staples and friends,鈥� a group which included Staples, singer Ben Folds, Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes, and Buddy Guy performing 鈥淓veryday People鈥� by Sly Stone.

While Colbert鈥檚 interview with Clooney did include the pre-taped 鈥淒ecision Strike鈥� segment, the former 鈥淐olbert Report鈥� host is entering a late-night landscape that currently is known for 鈥� and could even be said to rely on 鈥� its YouTube-ready segments of celebrities and hosts participating in games or performing in some way. Jimmy Fallon鈥檚 incarnation of 鈥淭he Tonight Show鈥� is famous for its viral bits like stars Emma Stone and Tom Cruise, among many others, competing against Fallon in a lip-sync battle and comedian Kevin Hart riding a roller-coaster with Fallon. New host James Corden, who like Colbert is at CBS, has in some ways followed suit, with his 鈥淟ate Late Show鈥� 鈥渃arpool karaoke鈥� segments currently being his most popular. ABC host Jimmy Kimmel is probably most known for clips in which he has celebrities read 鈥渕ean tweets鈥� about themselves and encourages viewers to tell their children that they ate all their Halloween candy.

So far, Colbert鈥檚 show seems to be different 鈥� he didn鈥檛 face off against Bush in a game but merely had the kind of conversation he would have had on 鈥淩eport,鈥� minus Colbert鈥檚 old conservative persona. One of the portions of the 鈥淟ate Show鈥� that critics were most interested to see were the interviews and the interviewees he has coming up are a diverse group that includes Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick as well people that could be seen on any late-night show like movie stars Scarlett Johansson and Amy Schumer and musician Toby Keith.