The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. 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. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. 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. The Colbert Report has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards each in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, two Television Critics Association Awards Awards, and two Satellite Awards. In 2013, it won two Emmys. It has been presented as non-satirical journalism in several instances, including by the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust and by Robert Wexler following his interview on the program. The Report received considerable media coverage following its debut on October 17, 2005, for Colbert's coining of the term "truthiness", which dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster named its 2006 Word of the Year.
The Colbert Report (Season 7)
Gov. Ed Rendell 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-03
Overview: Stephen uncovers a menace in Florida and talks to Ed Rendell about leaving office by choice.
Geoffrey Canada 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-04
Overview: Some want the dollar to be converted back to gold, and Geoffrey Canada advocates for education reform.
Atul Gawande 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-05
Overview: America's fruit supply is in danger, and Atul Gawande wants to reduce health risks in hospitals.
Dr. Ronald DePinho 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-06
Overview: Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how tides work, and Robert DePinho wants to reverse the aging process.
Fen Montaigne 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-10
Overview: Stephen violates the Constitution, and Fen Montaigne talks about Antarctic penguins.
Chris Hughes 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-11
Overview: Stephen picks this year's Grammy winners, and Chris Hughes starts a site for Jewish sumo wrestlers.
Bernard-Henri Levy 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-12
Overview: 50 Cent makes $8 million on Twitter, and Bernard-Henri Levy discusses public intellectualism.
Kevin Spacey 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-13
Overview: Hitler delivers a moving speech in Tucson, and Stephen pictures Kevin Spacey naked with rose petals.
Sherry Turkle 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-17
Overview: Stephen unveils a new portrait of himself and talks to Sherry Turkle about alienating technology.
Cornel West 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-18
Overview: Stephen looks at education reform and assumes Cornel West's book is about Obama joining the circus.
Ron Reagan Jr. 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-19
Overview: Stephen gets a present from Afghanistan and talks to Ron Reagan about his memoir.
Chris Matthews 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-20
Overview: Christine Todd Whitman discusses state budget shortfalls, and Chris Matthews defends JFK's legacy.
Charlie Rose 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-24
Overview: House Republicans repeal health care to create new jobs, and Stephen talks to Charlie Rose.
Amy Chua 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-25
Overview: Stephen covers home appliance safety and talks to Amy Chua about her controversial book.
Michael Waldman, Christine Yvette Lewis 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-26
Overview: Michael Waldman rates the State of the Union, and Christine Yvette Lewis fights for domestic workers.
Dr. Daryl Bem, Brian Greene 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-27
Overview: Stephen wonders if ESP exists and asks Brian Greene if there is a universe where people buy books.
Samer Shehata, Dr. Paul Offit 0.0
Air date: 2011-01-31
Overview: There's a breakthrough in taser technology, and Dr. Paul Offit discusses the importance of vaccines.
Leslie Dach, Michael Lewis 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-01
Overview: Leslie Dach confirms Wal-Mart's collaboration with Obama, and Michael Lewis discusses Wall Street.
Sean Kelly 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-02
Overview: America must break its dependency on foreign turmoil, and Sean Dorrance Kelly discusses the sacred.
Jane McGonigal 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-03
Overview: Stephen previews the Super Bowl and talks to Jane McGonigal about video games.
LCD Soundsystem 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-14
Overview: Hosni Mubarak steps down onto a pillowy mound of money, and LCD Soundsystem performs.
Christiane Amanpour, David Albright 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-15
Overview: President Twitter Bird will lead Egypt, and David Albright talks about Iran's computer virus.
Eric Foner 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-16
Overview: Rupert Murdoch takes a new approach to journalism, and Eric Foner talks about Abraham Lincoln.
Jeffrey Leonard 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-17
Overview: Stephen poses for Project, and Jeffrey Leonard calls out big companies' late payment policies.
Eugene Jarecki 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-21
Overview: Rick Santorum complains about his Google problem, and Eugene Jarecki dispels the myths of Reagan.
Randi Weingarten, Bing West 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-22
Overview: Wisconsin Democrats waddle out of the state, and Bing West discusses the way out of Afghanistan.
Stephanie Coontz 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-23
Overview: Stephen brings a criminal to justice, and Stephanie Coontz talks about women in the 60s.
Glenn Greenwald, Mike Huckabee 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-24
Overview: Aaron Barr threatens WikiLeaks, and Mike Huckabee doesn't believe Obama is a Muslim.
Michael Scheuer 0.0
Air date: 2011-02-28
Overview: Stephen's portrait goes up for auction, and Michael Scheuer talks about Osama bin Laden.
Evan Osnos 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-01
Overview: Stephen addresses America's elderly and talks to Evan Osnos about the Oscars.
Harry Connick Jr. 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-02
Overview: There's a new hope for American manufacturing, and Harry Connick, Jr. won't be tickling the ivories.
Mark W. Moffett 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-03
Overview: Stephen fights Jimmy Fallon over his new ice cream flavor, and Mark Moffett talks about bees.
Joshua Foer 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-07
Overview: Stephen examines new questions about Obama's past and asks Joshua Foer where he put his car keys.
Dan Sinker 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-08
Overview: Congress bans the sale of traditional light bulbs, and Dan Sinker impersonates Rahm Emanuel.
David Brooks 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-09
Overview: Clarence Thomas may have a conflict of interest, and David Brooks talks about "The Social Animal."
Reza Aslan 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-10
Overview: Al Qaeda recruits Americans, and Reza Aslan talks about the Islamic-American experience.
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-21
Overview: Stephen's self-portrait goes up for auction, and Steve Martin does some bluegrass.
Ayman Mohyeldin 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-22
Overview: The art world buzzes about Stephen's portrait, and Ayman Mohyeldin talks in the Situation Mosque.
Nathan Myhrvold 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-23
Overview: Simon de Pury dances to Snoop Dogg, and Nathan Myhrvold uses modern scientific methods to cook food.
Jody Williams 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-24
Overview: Food prices skyrocket, a cable news feud escalates, and Jody Williams wants to advance equality.
Michael Moore 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-28
Overview: Labor unions fight on, and Stephen stands outside with a bullhorn to interview Michael Moore.
Dr. Anthony Fauci 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-29
Overview: Stephen questions Obama's plan for Libya and talks infectious diseases with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Tim Shriver 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-30
Overview: Stephen practices Rebecca Black's "Friday" and does a PSA for Tim Shriver.
Piers Gibbon 0.0
Air date: 2011-03-31
Overview: The Wisconsin anti-union law faces trouble, and Piers Gibbon talks about cannibalism.
Andrew Chaikin 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-04
Overview: Stephen prepares for a world without Glenn Beck, and Andrew Chaikin wants humans to travel to Mars.
James Franco 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-05
Overview: Tim Pawlenty raps about pop culture, and James Franco proves he's a Tolkien fan.
Sir David Tang 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-06
Overview: Stephen prepares for the royal wedding, and David Tang corrects celebrity rumors.
Jeff Greenfield 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-07
Overview: Stephen gets ready for the royal wedding and talks to Jeff Greenfield about alternate histories.
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-11
Overview: Walgreens offers Pap smears, and Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage test the blue ice myth.
Ray Kurzweil 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-12
Overview: Mitt Romney throws his hat in the ring, and Ray Kurzweil says man and machine are becoming one.
Morgan Spurlock 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-13
Overview: Unilever creates armpit insecurity among women, and Morgan Spurlock addresses product placement.
Caroline Kennedy 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-14
Overview: Trevor Potter helps Stephen fill out super PAC forms, and Caroline Kennedy recites poetry.
Ron Paul 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-25
Overview: n this episode, Stephen recovers from a Catholic bender, and Donald Trump leads in the potential Republican candidate polls. Masturbation cures restless leg syndrome, and Ron Paul criticizes the Federal Reserve.
A.C. Grayling 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-26
Overview: The climate change debate continues, and A.C. Grayling writes a secular Bible.
Ice-T 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-27
Overview: The new danger in air travel comes with a $25 fee, and Ice-T talks about his memoir.
Wade Graham 0.0
Air date: 2011-04-28
Overview: Stephen travels to England for the royal wedding, and asks Wade Graham about Covent Garden.
Francis Fukuyama 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-02
Overview: Stephen throws a "We Got Bin Laden" party, and Francis Fukuyama warns of the Chinese threat.
Rex Ryan 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-03
Overview: Stephen covers new details in the hunt for Bin Laden and talks to Rex Ryan for six minutes.
Amy Farrell 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-04
Overview: "Atlas Shrugged" comes to the big screen, and Amy Farrell wants to end the persecution of fat people.
Bill James 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-05
Overview: Donald Trump applies his wisdom to same-sex marriage, and Bill James discusses true crime.
Lupe Fiasco 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-09
Overview: Stephen looks at a unique solution to the debt crisis in Michigan, and Lupe Fiasco performs.
Geoffrey Rush 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-10
Overview: A billboard predicts the end of the world, and Geoffrey Rush explains why he's not a method actor.
Eric Greitens 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-11
Overview: Stephen receives an unexpected honor, and Eric Greitens talks about being a Navy Seal.
John Bradshaw 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-12
Overview: Stephen warns of a new government intrusion and talks to John Bradshaw about dog behavior.
Alison Klayman 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-16
Overview: Stephen files his super PAC request, and Alison Klayman talks about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Amy Kremer 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-17
Overview: Stephen covers tax breaks for oil companies and talks to Amy Kremer dressed as an American patriot.
Austan Goolsbee 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-18
Overview: Newt Gingrich struggles to stay on message, and Austan Goolsbee talks about the debt ceiling.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-19
Overview: John Lithgow performs Gingrich's press release, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses the Harlem Rens.
James Stewart 0.0
Air date: 2011-05-31
Overview: Stephen wonders if the world ended and lies about reading James Stewart's book.
Robert Kennedy, Jr. 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-01
Overview: Stephen examines the Weiner scandal, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. makes a mountain out of a molehill.
Salman Khan 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-02
Overview: Congress rejects raising the debt ceiling, and Salman Khan teaches over 53 million students.
Werner Herzog 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-06
Overview: Sarah Palin describes Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Werner Herzog talks about cave paintings.
Sugar Ray Leonard 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-07
Overview: Rand Paul identifies terrorists, and Stephen thumb wrestles Sugar Ray Leonard.
Bre Pettis 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-08
Overview: Anthony Weiner captures the manscaping vote, and Bre Pettis print a 3-D copy of Stephen's head.
Tom Ridge 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-09
Overview: Andrew Breitbart shows a photo of Anthony Weiner's penis, and Tom Ridge talks about natural gas.
Henry Kissinger 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-13
Overview: Freestyle canoe dancing heats up, and Henry Kissinger discusses America's relationship with China.
Janny Scott 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-14
Overview: Stephen explores "Sesame Street" corruption and talks to Janny Scott about Barack Obama's mother.
Keith Olbermann 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-15
Overview: Seniors face a shocking new threat, and Keith Olbermann returns to television.
Bon Iver 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-20
Overview: Stephen looks at new developments in technology, and Bon Iver performs.
Florence And The Machine 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-21
Overview: Jack White helps Stephen revive his music career, and Florence and the Machine perform.
Talib Kweli 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-22
Overview: Stephen comes clean with Jack White, Obama defends actions in Libya, and Talib Kweli performs.
The Black Belles 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-23
Overview: Jack White presents "Charlene II (I'm Over You)," and Stephen performs with the Black Belles.
Grover Norquist 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-27
Overview: Ted Nugent writes an Op-ed, and Stephen wants to claim Grover Norquist as a dependent.
Alexandra Pelosi 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-28
Overview: The Supreme Court throws out a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, and Alexandra Pelosi discusses her documentary on immigrant naturalization in the U.S.
Gary Sinise 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-29
Overview: The FEC makes a decision about Stephen's Super PAC, and Gary Sinise entertains American troops.
Timothy Garton Ash 0.0
Air date: 2011-06-30
Overview: The FEC allows Stephen to form his Super PAC, and Timothy Garton Ash discusses subversive facts.
Michael Shermer 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-11
Overview: The natural gas industry tries to counter bad press, and Michael Shermer discusses "Skeptic Magazine."
Dan Savage 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-12
Overview: Michele Bachmann signs a controversial pledge, and Dan Savage talks about marriage and monogamy.
David McCullough 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-13
Overview: The Republican Party has a fresh young face that's only 235 years old, and David McCullough has a new book about Americans in Paris.
Jose Antonio Vargas 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-14
Overview: The Rupert Murdoch scandal deepens, and Jose Antonio Vargas comes out of the border-gay closet.
John Prendergast 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-18
Overview: Fox News blows the lid back onto the Murdoch story, and John Prendergast discusses South Sudan.
David Carr 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-19
Overview: Newt Gingrich drowns in debt, and David Carr feels like the tallest leprechaun in "Page One."
Michael Sandel 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-20
Overview: A pie attack makes Rupert Murdoch sympathetic, Republicans limit who can vote, and Michael Sandel examines the ethical issue of sailor cannibalism.
David Eagleman 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-21
Overview: California passes a law requiring public schools to teach gay history, NBC loves breasts, and neuroscientist David Eagleman discusses the secret lives of the brain.
Brian Cox 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-25
Overview: The media assumes Norway's native gunman is Muslim, Summer's Eve uses vaginal puppetry to market their product to vaginas, and Brian Cox reveals the mysteries of space.
Brooke Gladstone 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-26
Overview: Herman Cain breaks Stephen's heart, Peter Edelman talks "poors," and Brooke Gladstone reflects on the media's influence.
Mary (Missy) Cummings 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-27
Overview: Home-owning vampire Patrick Rodgers turns the tables on Wells Fargo, electric car drivers face a critical deadline, and Missy Cummings develops a new breed of flying robots.
Buddy Roemer 0.0
Air date: 2011-07-28
Overview: John McCain enrages Tea Partiers by calling them "Hobbits," and Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer won't take special-interest donations.
Tony Hsieh 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-01
Overview: Stephen tells the "Billy Goats Gruff" debt ceiling story, an Alabama company turns ashes into bullets, and Zappos' C.E.O. Tony Hsieh talks about delivering happiness.
Al Hunt 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-02
Overview: Scandal rocks Newt Gingrich's Twitterverse, David Leonhardt knows how to save America's credit rating, and Al Hunt thinks everyone lost the debt ceiling deal.
Robert Wittman 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-03
Overview: A half-Hispanic teenager steals Spider-Man's job, Monopoly gets a makeover, and Robert Wittman solves art crimes.
Anthony Bourdain 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-04
Overview: Wisconsin Democrats get bad absentee ballot applications, Stephen takes over MLB's Twitter feed, and Anthony Bourdain describes the grossest things he's ever eaten.
Nassir Ghaemi 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-08
Overview: America's credit rating plummets, Prescott Group has a cheap doomsday solution, and Nassir Ghaemi thinks madness creates first-rate leaders.
The Cars 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-09
Overview: The liberal media's hot-airheads have started indoctrinating America's kids.
Elliot Ackerman 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-10
Overview: Father Jim Martin discusses God's job performance, political junkies donate money for a fix, and Elliot Ackerman lets voters directly nominate a president.
Gloria Steinem 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-11
Overview: Mitt Romney thinks corporations are people too, Stephen reveals his super PAC ad, and Gloria Steinem discusses gender equality.
Ambassador Susan Rice 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-15
Overview: Stephen apologizes to WOI in Des Moines, Michele Bachmann wins the Iowa straw poll, and Ambassador Susan Rice discusses the role of the United Nations.
STS-135 astronauts 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-16
Overview: Barack Obama spins "Obamacare," Frank Luntz transforms the Colbert Super PAC, and Atlantis' crewmembers talk about their final space mission.
Jeff Bridges 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-17
Overview: Rick Perry hires Colbert Super PAC's treasurer, Rick Santorum puts gay marriage into everyday napkin terms, and Jeff Bridges looks good by having fun.
Kevin Mitnick 0.0
Air date: 2011-08-18
Overview: America wants a badass president, WOI reports on the "Rick Parry" write-in scandal, and hacker Kevin Mitnick is the ghost in the wires.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-06
Overview: People enjoy a story more when they know how it ends, Prescott Group unveils its toning shoes, and Tim Pawlenty explains why he pulled out of the presidential race.
Robin Wright 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-07
Overview: The TSA makes changes to airport security, controversy surrounds Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial, and Robin Wright discusses the cultural impact of the Arab Spring.
Tom Brokaw 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-08
Overview: The GOP debate drives Stephen to watch MSNBC, Rick Perry calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme, and Tom Brokaw follows the progress of 9/11 victims' family members.
Diane Sawyer 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-12
Overview: Stephen reports on an old-school reporter, America profits from grief, and Diane Sawyer discusses "Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words."
Al Gore 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-13
Overview: Barack Obama unveils his jobs plan, Paul Krugman discusses the Lesser Depression, and Al Gore focuses on climate reality.
Michael Moore 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-14
Overview: Fox News objects to Barack Obama's jobs bill binder clip, Stephen unveils his postal solution, and Michael Moore talks about his memoir "Here Comes Trouble."
David Copperfield 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-15
Overview: Swiss banking giant UBS reports a $2 billion loss, Jimmy Fallon loves Stephen, and David Copperfield discusses the mind-bending science of perception.
Jeffrey Kluger 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-20
Overview: Barack Obama unveils his deficit reduction plan; the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" changes everything; and Jeffrey Kluger examines the bond between siblings.
Daniel Yergin 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-21
Overview: Reuters' Chrystia Freeland discusses Europe's financial crisis, protestors occupy Wall Street, and Daniel Yergin discusses the world's quest for energy.
Jeremy Ben-Ami 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-22
Overview: A defunct satellite threatens the earth, the Marine Corps limits troops to silent farts in Afghanistan, and Jeremy Ben-Ami discusses the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Radiohead 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-26
Overview: America reaches a milestone in corporate civil rights, Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discuss global warming, and rock legend Radiohead performs.
Melinda Gates 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-27
Overview: Rick Perry owns his horrific debate performance, the NFL tightens stadium security, and Melinda Gates works on improving America's public schools.
Ken Burns 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-28
Overview: Rick Perry talks immigration, America gets tough on pregnant Mexicans, John Lithgow calls the Atone Phone, and Ken Burns discusses his Prohibition documentary.
Mark Cuban 0.0
Air date: 2011-09-29
Overview: Karl Rove's fundraising takes a turn, Trevor Potter arms Stephen with a 501(c)(4), Kevin Kline hosts The Donating Game, and Mark Cuban talks billionaires.
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