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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2005-10-17
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.
PLAY EPISODE2005-10-18
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Lesley Stahl!
PLAY EPISODE2005-10-19
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!
PLAY EPISODE2005-10-24
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs!
PLAY EPISODE2005-10-25
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy", Greg Behrendt!
PLAY EPISODE2005-10-26
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes astrophysicist and author of "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", Neil DeGrasse Tyson!
PLAY EPISODE2005-10-31
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of Connected: Coast to Coast, Monica Crowley!
PLAY EPISODE2005-11-02
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion", Bruce Feiler!
PLAY EPISODE2005-11-03
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of The West Wing, Bradley Whitford!
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