List of Later with Bob Costas episodes (season 5)

This is a list of episodes for Season 5 of Later with Bob Costas, which aired from September 7, 1992, to September 2, 1993.^[1][2]

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
658	September 7, 1992 (1992-09-07)	Howard Hesseman

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
659	September 8, 1992 (1992-09-08)	Bob Greene

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
660	September 9, 1992 (1992-09-09)	John Frankenheimer

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
661	September 10, 1992 (1992-09-10)	Anthony Quinn

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
662	September 14, 1992 (1992-09-14)	Dan Rather

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
663	September 15, 1992 (1992-09-15)	Dennis Miller

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
664	September 16, 1992 (1992-09-16)	Alan Alda
Part one of a three-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
665	September 17, 1992 (1992-09-17)	Alan Alda
Part two of a three-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
666	September 21, 1992 (1992-09-21)	Camille Paglia
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
667	September 22, 1992 (1992-09-22)	Camille Paglia
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
668	September 23, 1992 (1992-09-23)	Don Imus

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
669	September 24, 1992 (1992-09-24)	Garry Shandling
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
670	September 28, 1992 (1992-09-28)	Larry King
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
671	September 29, 1992 (1992-09-29)	Tom Selleck

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
672	September 30, 1992 (1992-09-30)	Robert Wuhl

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
673	October 1, 1992 (1992-10-01)	Garry Shandling
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
674	October 5, 1992 (1992-10-05)	Larry King
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
675	October 6, 1992 (1992-10-06)	Alexander Haig
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
676	October 7, 1992 (1992-10-07)	Billy Crystal
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
677	October 8, 1992 (1992-10-08)	Billy Crystal
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
678	October 12, 1992 (1992-10-12)	Pete Hamill

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
679	October 13, 1992 (1992-10-13)	Brandon Tartikoff

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
680	October 14, 1992 (1992-10-14)	Jimmy Buffett

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
681	October 15, 1992 (1992-10-15)	Jack Palance

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
682	October 19, 1992 (1992-10-19)	Michael Kinsley & John H. Sununu

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
683	October 22, 1992 (1992-10-22)	Mario Cuomo

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
684	October 26, 1992 (1992-10-26)	Alexander Haig
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
685	October 27, 1992 (1992-10-27)	Molly Ivins

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
686	October 28, 1992 (1992-10-28)	Joe Pesci
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
687	October 29, 1992 (1992-10-29)	Joe Pesci
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
688	November 2, 1992 (1992-11-02)	David Brinkley
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
689	November 4, 1992 (1992-11-04)	Kelsey Grammer

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
690	November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05)	Ron Wood

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
691	November 9, 1992 (1992-11-09)	Tony Brown

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
692	November 10, 1992 (1992-11-10)	Lisa Birnbach

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
693	November 11, 1992 (1992-11-11)	Al Franken

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
694	November 12, 1992 (1992-11-12)	Jeff Goldblum

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
695	November 16, 1992 (1992-11-16)	Cokie Roberts
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
696	November 17, 1992 (1992-11-17)	Catherine O'Hara

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
697	November 18, 1992 (1992-11-18)	Kirk Douglas
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
698	November 19, 1992 (1992-11-19)	Kirk Douglas
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
699	November 23, 1992 (1992-11-23)	Katie Couric

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
700	November 24, 1992 (1992-11-24)	Jerry Orbach

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
701	November 25, 1992 (1992-11-25)	Helen Hunt

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
702	November 26, 1992 (1992-11-26)	Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
703	November 30, 1992 (1992-11-30)	Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
704	December 1, 1992 (1992-12-01)	Bob Greene

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
705	December 2, 1992 (1992-12-02)	Sam Waterston

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
706	December 7, 1992 (1992-12-07)	Fay Vincent

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
707	December 8, 1992 (1992-12-08)	Shelley Long

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
708	December 9, 1992 (1992-12-09)	Steve Allen

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
709	December 10, 1992 (1992-12-10)	Terry Bradshaw
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
710	December 14, 1992 (1992-12-14)	Michael Eisner

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
711	December 15, 1992 (1992-12-15)	William A. Henry III
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
712	December 16, 1992 (1992-12-16)	William A. Henry III
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
713	December 17, 1992 (1992-12-17)	Terry Bradshaw
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
714	December 28, 1992 (1992-12-28)	Pat Cooper

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
715	December 29, 1992 (1992-12-29)	Jason Alexander

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
716	December 30, 1992 (1992-12-30)	Danny DeVito

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
717	December 31, 1992 (1992-12-31)	Richard Jeni

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
718	January 4, 1993 (1993-01-04)	Mary Fisher

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
719	January 5, 1993 (1993-01-05)	Clive Davis

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
720	January 6, 1993 (1993-01-06)	Robert Pastorelli

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
721	January 7, 1993 (1993-01-07)	Tess Harper

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
722	January 11, 1993 (1993-01-11)	Wendy Wasserstein

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
723	January 12, 1993 (1993-01-12)	Don McLean

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
724	January 14, 1993 (1993-01-14)	Amy Grant

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
725	January 18, 1993 (1993-01-18)	Cokie Roberts
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
726	January 19, 1993 (1993-01-19)	Mel Torme

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
727	January 20, 1993 (1993-01-20)	Alan Alda
Part three of a three-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
728	January 21, 1993 (1993-01-21)	Teri Garr

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
729	January 25, 1993 (1993-01-25)	David Stern

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
730	January 26, 1993 (1993-01-26)	Lauren Hutton

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
731	January 27, 1993 (1993-01-27)	David Brinkley
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
732	January 28, 1993 (1993-01-28)	Jerry Seinfeld

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
733	February 1, 1993 (1993-02-01)	Harry Edwards
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
734	February 2, 1993 (1993-02-02)	Tom Arnold

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
735	February 3, 1993 (1993-02-03)	Hugh Hefner
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
736	February 4, 1993 (1993-02-04)	Hugh Hefner
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
737	February 8, 1993 (1993-02-08)	Richard Belzer

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
738	February 10, 1993 (1993-02-10)	Carol Burnett
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
739	February 11, 1993 (1993-02-11)	Carol Burnett
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
740	February 15, 1993 (1993-02-15)	Randy Newman
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
741	February 16, 1993 (1993-02-16)	Randy Newman
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
742	February 17, 1993 (1993-02-17)	Dennis Hopper

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
743	February 18, 1993 (1993-02-18)	Elizabeth Perkins

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
744	February 22, 1993 (1993-02-22)	Michael McKean

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
745	February 23, 1993 (1993-02-23)	Burt Reynolds
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
746	February 24, 1993 (1993-02-24)	Burt Reynolds
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
747	February 25, 1993 (1993-02-25)	Martin Mull

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
748	March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01)	Harry Edwards
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
749	March 2, 1993 (1993-03-02)	Ben Stiller

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
750	March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03)	James Coburn
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
751	March 4, 1993 (1993-03-04)	James Coburn
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
752	March 8, 1993 (1993-03-08)	Jon Lovitz

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
753	March 11, 1993 (1993-03-11)	Richard Lewis

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
754	March 15, 1993 (1993-03-15)	Al Unser Jr.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
755	March 16, 1993 (1993-03-16)	Neil Leifer

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
756	March 17, 1993 (1993-03-17)	Dana Carvey

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
757	March 18, 1993 (1993-03-18)	John Turturro

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
758	March 22, 1993 (1993-03-22)	Peter Riegert

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
759	March 23, 1993 (1993-03-23)	Rosanne Cash

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
760	March 24, 1993 (1993-03-24)	Jon Bon Jovi
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
761	March 25, 1993 (1993-03-25)	Jon Bon Jovi
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
762	March 29, 1993 (1993-03-29)	Sting
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
763	March 30, 1993 (1993-03-30)	Sting
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
764	March 31, 1993 (1993-03-31)	Ron Howard
Part one of a three-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
765	April 1, 1993 (1993-04-01)	Ron Howard
Part two of a three-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
766	April 5, 1993 (1993-04-05)	Tom Snyder (guest host); Swoosie Kurtz

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
767	April 6, 1993 (1993-04-06)	Tom Snyder (guest host); Jay Thomas

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
768	April 7, 1993 (1993-04-07)	Tom Snyder (guest host); Arthur Hiller

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
769	April 8, 1993 (1993-04-08)	Tom Snyder (guest host); Tom Skerritt

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
770	April 12, 1993 (1993-04-12)	Gabriel Byrne

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
771	April 13, 1993 (1993-04-13)	Darlene Love

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
772	April 14, 1993 (1993-04-14)	Kathleen Turner
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
773	April 15, 1993 (1993-04-15)	Kathleen Turner
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
774	April 19, 1993 (1993-04-19)	Charles Barkley

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
775	April 26, 1993 (1993-04-26)	Paula Poundstone

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
776	April 27, 1993 (1993-04-27)	Ice T
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
777	April 28, 1993 (1993-04-28)	Ice T
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
778	April 29, 1993 (1993-04-29)	Henry Winkler

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
779	May 3, 1993 (1993-05-03)	Gary David Goldberg

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
780	May 4, 1993 (1993-05-04)	Bryan Adams

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
781	May 5, 1993 (1993-05-05)	Roseanne Barr
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
782	May 6, 1993 (1993-05-06)	Roseanne Barr
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
783	May 10, 1993 (1993-05-10)	Martha Coolidge

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
784	May 11, 1993 (1993-05-11)	Alfre Woodard

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
785	May 12, 1993 (1993-05-12)	Alan Thicke

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
786	May 13, 1993 (1993-05-13)	Mario Van Peebles

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
787	May 17, 1993 (1993-05-17)	Raymond Burr

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
788	May 18, 1993 (1993-05-18)	Glen Charles, Les Charles & James Burrows
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
789	May 19, 1993 (1993-05-19)	Glen Charles, Les Charles & James Burrows
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
790	May 20, 1993 (1993-05-20)	Jerry Van Dyke

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
791	May 24, 1993 (1993-05-24)	Elizabeth Glaser

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
792	May 25, 1993 (1993-05-25)	Branford Marsalis

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
793	May 26, 1993 (1993-05-26)	Carole King

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
794	May 27, 1993 (1993-05-27)	Laura Dern
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
795	June 1, 1993 (1993-06-01)	Milton Berle
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
796	June 2, 1993 (1993-06-02)	Milton Berle
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
797	June 3, 1993 (1993-06-03)	Laura Dern
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
798	June 7, 1993 (1993-06-07)	Matt Lauer (guest host); Renny Harlin

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
799	June 8, 1993 (1993-06-08)	Matt Lauer (guest host); Nathan Lane

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
800	June 9, 1993 (1993-06-09)	Matt Lauer (guest host); Montel Williams

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
801	June 10, 1993 (1993-06-10)	Matt Lauer (guest host); Robert Vaughn

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
802	June 14, 1993 (1993-06-14)	Ted Williams
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
803	June 15, 1993 (1993-06-15)	Ted Williams
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
804	June 16, 1993 (1993-06-16)	Eric Stoltz

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
805	June 17, 1993 (1993-06-17)	Martin Short

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
806	June 21, 1993 (1993-06-21)	Steve Kroft
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
807	June 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)	Denis Leary

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
808	June 23, 1993 (1993-06-23)	Jerry Lewis
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
809	June 24, 1993 (1993-06-24)	Jerry Lewis
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
810	July 5, 1993 (1993-07-05)	Jeff Cesario (guest host); Jerry Seinfeld

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
811	July 6, 1993 (1993-07-06)	Jeff Cesario (guest host); David Sanborn

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
812	July 7, 1993 (1993-07-07)	Jeff Cesario (guest host); John Mendoza

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
813	July 8, 1993 (1993-07-08)	Jeff Cesario (guest host); Daniel Stern

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
814	July 12, 1993 (1993-07-12)	Ossie Davis
Part one of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
815	July 13, 1993 (1993-07-13)	Ossie Davis
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
816	July 14, 1993 (1993-07-14)	Steve Kroft
Part two of a two-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
817	July 15, 1993 (1993-07-15)	Ron Howard
Part three of a three-part episode.

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
818	July 19, 1993 (1993-07-19)	Chris Connelly (guest host); Gilbert Gottfried

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
819	July 20, 1993 (1993-07-20)	Chris Connelly (guest host); Pat Benatar

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
820	July 21, 1993 (1993-07-21)	Chris Connelly (guest host); George Martin

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
821	July 22, 1993 (1993-07-22)	Chris Connelly (guest host); Ben Kingsley

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
822	July 26, 1993 (1993-07-26)	Paul Provenza (guest host); Mo Gaffney

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
823	July 27, 1993 (1993-07-27)	Paul Provenza (guest host); Anthony LaPaglia

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
824	July 28, 1993 (1993-07-28)	Paul Provenza (guest host); Bill Irwin

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
825	July 29, 1993 (1993-07-29)	Paul Provenza (guest host); Blair Underwood

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
826	August 9, 1993 (1993-08-09)	Mary Matalin

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
827	August 10, 1993 (1993-08-10)	Richard Schickel

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
828	August 11, 1993 (1993-08-11)	Bob Greene

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
829	August 12, 1993 (1993-08-12)	Madeline Kahn

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
830	August 19, 1993 (1993-08-19)	Paul Shaffer

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
831	August 30, 1993 (1993-08-30)	Chris Connelly (guest host); Merrill Markoe

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
832	August 31, 1993 (1993-08-31)	Chris Connelly (guest host); Jim Sheridan

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
833	September 1, 1993 (1993-09-01)	Chris Connelly (guest host); Petula Clark

No.	Original release date	Guest(s)
834	September 2, 1993 (1993-09-02)	Chris Connelly (guest host); Annabella Sciorra

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Five Years Later"	January 30, 1993 (1993-01-30)
Highlights across the show's five seasons on the air.