The Colbert Report

6.9(296)|2005-10-17|11 seasons, 1447 episodes

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Overview

The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.

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S1E1 · 2005-10-17

Stone Phillips / Truthiness

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In the premiere episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen starts off the show with a segment called The Word coining the term "Truthiness". Other segments include: The Threat Down rating avian flu, basketball, babies, hurricanes and James Brady. Stephen interviews Stone Phillips, an Emmy award winning journalist and host of Dateline NBC. At the end of the interview, Stephen and Stone Phillips have a competition of gravitas.

S1E2 · 2005-10-18

Lesley Stahl / Bacchanalia

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Lesley Stahl!

S1E3 · 2005-10-19

Fareed Zakaria / Disappointed

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!

S1E4 · 2005-10-20

Jim Cramer

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer!

S1E5 · 2005-10-24

Lou Dobbs

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs!

S1E6 · 2005-10-25

Greg Behrendt

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy", Greg Behrendt!

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Stephen Colbert

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