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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | One of the crucial swing states |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag |
| 2nd Bit | Will it Float? (golden raisins) |
| Top Ten | Highlights of Last Night's Presidential Debate |
| 1st Guest | Richard Gere |
| 2nd Guest | Jason Randal (magician) |
| Other | George W. Bush: Showoff |
| Audience Shot | I Want to Work at the Late Show Contest Winner |
| Boy, I'm sleepy |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | The man who brought baseball back to our nation's capitol |
| PostMonologue | Autumn in New York Quiz |
| 2nd Bit | It's a Fact with George Clarke |
| Top Ten | Cool Things About Sharing a Cell with Martha Stewart |
| 1st Guest | Howard Dean |
| Music | Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out |
| Other | Dave Letterman: Awkward Hug, Billy Joel on the way to his wedding reception, Bush-Cheney Debate ad, George W. Bush: Iraqi Update |
| Audience Shot | My Houseplant looks like Dave Contest |
| Worldwide pants |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | The fat drunk president on the $50 bill |
| PostMonologue | Would You Like to Touch the Meat? |
| Top Ten | Things Auto Racing has Taught Me (presented by Mario Andretti) |
| 1st Guest | Annette Bening |
| 2nd Guest | Bill O'Reilly |
| Other | Volcano, George W. Bush: Iraqi Update |
| Audience Shot | What Late Show Viewers Thought of the Debate |
| Here, kitty kitty |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Suddenly the most trust-worthy man at CBS |
| PostMonologue | Rodney Dangerfield Jokes |
| Top Ten | Things Going Through Dick Cheney's Mind at this Moment |
| 1st Guest | Jamie Foxx |
| 2nd Guest | Davy Rothbart |
| Other | CNN Idiot of the Night, Bush October Surprise ad |
| Audience Shot | Sponsored by Taco Bell |
| I like pants |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A soft regional cheese served with olives |
| PostMonologue | Know Your Current Events |
| 1st Guest | Donald Trump |
| 2nd Guest | Brian Binnie |
| Music | Minnie Driver |
| Audience Shot | Trump or Monkey winner |
| Is your name Connie? |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Ecuadorian bat boy |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag |
| 2nd Bit | Will It Float? (marshmallow fluff) |
| Top Ten | Questions Audience Members Were Not Allowed to Ask During the Debate |
| 1st Guest | Brooke Shields |
| 2nd Guest | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Other | A Moment with George W. Bush |
| Audience Shot | CBS News retraction |
| Damn, I'm fat |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Extinct soropod |
| PostMonologue | More with Les |
| 2nd Bit | Running stuff over with a taxi |
| 1st Guest | Melina Kanakaredes |
| 2nd Guest | Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr. |
| Music | Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama |
| Fix me a snack |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Smoldering soap opera hunk |
| PostMonologue | Guess the Bulge |
| 1st Guest | Laura Linney |
| 2nd Guest | Richard Lewis |
| Music | The Wallflowers with Jordan Zevon |
| Audience Shot | Late Show Lost and Found |
| Pants are fun |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | The only celebrity who hasn't written a children's book |
| PostMonologue | What Celebrity Do You Look Like |
| Top Ten | George W. Bush Explanations for the Bulge in His Jacket |
| 2nd Bit | Alan's Election Update |
| 1st Guest | Jennifer Lopez |
| 2nd Guest | Sue Johanson |
| Other | George W. Bush Gets Stuck |
| Audience Shot | Intern Spotlight |
| Put on Your Pants |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A man who's beginning to get that old man smell |
| PostMonologue | Audience Show & Tell |
| 1st Guest | Billy Crystal |
| 2nd Guest | Ralph Nader |
| Other | George W. Bush Debate Blink Count |
| Audience Shot | Dwight the Troubled Teen |
| Do re mi pants |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Lookin' Good |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag |
| 2nd Bit | Will It Float? (hand moisturizer) |
| 1st Guest | Tony Danza |
| 2nd Guest | Emma Roberts |
| Standup | Brian Regan |
| Audience Shot | Get Well Soon |
| Does your head hurt? |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Heir to the Utz snack food fortune |
| PostMonologue | Monkey rationing, Bush Terrorism Update, Kerry Autumn Ad |
| Top Ten | Bad Things About Being Named Martha Stewart (presented by Martha Stewart) |
| 1st Guest | Jimmy Carter |
| 2nd Guest | Brandi Chastain |
| Music | John Mellencamp |
| Audience Shot | Birthday greetings |
| Kilts are not pants |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | The North Korean nut with his finger on the button |
| PostMonologue | Are You Normal? |
| 2nd Bit | Shi'ite Cleric: Where are they Now? |
| Top Ten | Signs You've Purchased a Fake Flu Shot |
| 1st Guest | Jude Law |
| 2nd Guest | Ricky Gervais |
| Other | Bush Word of the Day |
| Audience Shot | Name that emailed tune |
| Pantalonis |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | The best friend the American auto worker ever had |
| PostMonologue | Biff's Fun With a Stopwatch |
| Top Ten | Signs It's Autumn in New York |
| 1st Guest | Sarah Michelle Gellar |
| 2nd Guest | Tony Kanaan |
| Music | Sparta |
| Other | Nader/Red Sox ad, Zagbee Poll ad |
| Audience Shot | Celebrities Who Won't Appear on the Late Show |
| Biscuits 'n' Gravy |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Japan's number one television personality |
| PostMonologue | Stump the Band |
| Top Ten | Secrets Behind the Red Sox Comeback |
| 1st Guest | Dustin Hoffman |
| Music | Joss Stone |
| Other | John Kerry Enjoys a Beverage, George W. Bush Electrifies America's Youth |
| Audience Shot | What if they had Johnny Damon's Hair? |
| May pants be with you |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A man who's catchy tunes defined the Summer of Love |
| PostMonologue | Halloween Costumes |
| 2nd Bit | Will it Float? (pumpkin pie) |
| Top Ten | Signs You're At a Lame Halloween Party |
| 1st Guest | Amy Sedaris |
| 2nd Guest | Tommy Lee |
| Other | George Clarke's Daylight Savings Time reminder |
| Audience Shot | Ricki Lake show |
| Nice pants, sister |