At the top of his show tonight, Stephen Colbert introduced the Late Show band, announced guest Jennifer Garner and then asked the audience, “You know who is not one of my guests tonight?” The CBS host the answered his own question.

Late-night host Stephen Colbert isn’t backing down from his public dispute with CBS bosses over what he can air on his show

“Without ever talking to me, the corporation put out this press release,” Colbert said, presenting the statement to the audience on a sheet of paper.