Jon Stewart to be Stephen Colbert's first guest when he returns to NYC studio

Jon Stewart has been booked to appear on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Monday. File Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI Stephen Colbert (L) and Evelyn McGee-Colbert arrive for the 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in 2019. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Dana Carvey, the voice of Pops in the animated comedy "The Secret Life of Pets 2," attends the premiere of the film in Los Angeles in 2019. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI H.E.R. appears backstage with her awards for Best R&B Performance for "Best Part" and Best R&B Album for "H.E.R." during the 61st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2019. File Photo by Gregg DeGuire/UPI

June 10 (UPI) -- Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, will be the first in-studio guest for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert when it returns with a live audience to the Ed Sullivan Theater on Monday, CBS announced.

Colbert worked from home and interviewed celebrities remotely for the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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"The Late Show has been producing episodes remotely as A Late Show since March 16, 2020, when Colbert became the first late night host to return to the air and broadcast from home, delivering his monologue from his bathtub," a Wednesday press release noted.

"Since then, the show moved its remote production capabilities to South Carolina and then back to the offices of the Ed Sullivan Theater building."

Colbert will chat with celebrities in-person in front of a live, vaccinated audience at the theater on Monday.

In addition to Stewart, Colbert will also welcome comedian Dana Carvey, and Oscar and Grammy-Winning Artist H.E.R.