The Colbert Report 2005
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What is The Colbert Report?
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that stars Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The show is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show and comments on politics and the media in a similar way.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2005
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 1,447
- Runtime
- 24 minutes
- First aired
- Oct 17, 2005
- Last aired
- Dec 18, 2014
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- Comedy Central
- Genres
- News, Comedy
- Updated
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The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that stars Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The show is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show and comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The program focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake, who is described as a well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot and is a caricature of televised political pundits. The Colbert Report aired on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, to December 18, 2014, for 1,447 episodes. The show was hosted by Stephen Colbert and was created by Stephen Colbert, Ben Karlin, and Jon Stewart. It provided humorous commentary on the big issues going on in the United States. The program was a significant part of American late-night television for nearly a decade.
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“A satirical late-night program featuring a fictional pundit who critiques politics and the media.”
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- sharp political commentary
- memorable character performance
- clever media critique
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- requires familiarity with political discourse
Watch it if you enjoy political satire and character-driven comedy performances.
The show features satirical content intended for mature audiences interested in political humor.
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Season 1 · 32 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Stone Phillips / Truthiness Mytharc Oct 17, 2005
- E2 Lesley Stahl / Bacchanalia Core Oct 18, 2005
- E3 Fareed Zakaria / Disappointed Core Oct 19, 2005
- E4 Jim Cramer Core Oct 20, 2005
- E5 Lou Dobbs Core Oct 24, 2005
- E6 Greg Behrendt Core Oct 25, 2005
- E7 Neil DeGrasse Tyson Core Oct 26, 2005
- E8 Jeff Daniels Core Oct 27, 2005
- E9 Monica Crowley Core Oct 31, 2005
- E10 Ken Burns Core Nov 1, 2005
- E11 Bruce Feiler Core Nov 2, 2005
- E12 Bradley Whitford / Shhhh!... Core Nov 3, 2005
- E13 Eliot Spitzer Core Nov 7, 2005
- E14 Catherine Crier / T.O. Core Nov 8, 2005
- E15 Mary Roach / Willy Loman Core Nov 9, 2005
- E16 Cokie Roberts / Armistice Core Nov 10, 2005
- E17 Bob Kerrey / Testosterone Core Nov 14, 2005
- E18 Rev. Al Sharpton Core Nov 15, 2005
- E19 Matt Taibbi / Information Core Nov 16, 2005
- E20 Tim Robbins / McConaughey Core Nov 17, 2005
- E21 Brian Greene Core Nov 28, 2005
- E22 Richard Preston Core Nov 29, 2005
- E23 Katrina vanden Heuvel / Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay Core Nov 30, 2005
- E24 Richard Clarke / Spectacle Core Dec 1, 2005
- E25 Maureen Dowd Core Dec 5, 2005
- E26 Anderson Cooper Core Dec 6, 2005
- E27 Craig Crawford Core Dec 7, 2005
- E28 Peggy Noonan Core Dec 8, 2005
- E29 Harry Smith / Belly Achin' Core Dec 12, 2005
- E30 Bob Costas / Lombardi Core Dec 13, 2005
- E31 Dermot Mulroney / Travolta Mytharc Dec 14, 2005
- E32 Mark Cuban Mytharc Dec 15, 2005
Season 2 · 161 episodes
- E1 Nancy Grace Mytharc Jan 9, 2006
- E2 Carl Bernstein Core Jan 10, 2006
- E3 John Stossel Core Jan 11, 2006
- E4 Ken Miller Core Jan 12, 2006
- E5 George Stephanopoulos Core Jan 16, 2006
- E6 Andrew Sullivan Core Jan 17, 2006
- E7 Frank McCourt Core Jan 18, 2006
- E8 Nina Totenberg Core Jan 19, 2006
- E9 David Gregory Core Jan 23, 2006
- E10 Robin Givhan Core Jan 24, 2006
- E11 Norah Vincent Core Jan 25, 2006
- E12 Paul Begala Core Jan 26, 2006
- E13 Annie Duke Core Jan 30, 2006
- E14 Dave Marash Core Jan 31, 2006
- E15 Emily Yoffe Core Feb 1, 2006
- E16 Christine Todd Whitman Core Feb 2, 2006
- E17 Sen. Barbara Boxer Core Feb 6, 2006
- E18 James Woolsey Core Feb 7, 2006
- E19 Alan Dershowitz Core Feb 8, 2006
- E20 George Packer Core Feb 9, 2006
- E21 Lama Surya Das Core Feb 21, 2006
- E22 Michael Eric Dyson Core Feb 22, 2006
- E23 David Brooks Core Feb 23, 2006
- E24 Tony Campolo Core Feb 27, 2006
- E25 Brett O'Donnell Core Feb 28, 2006
- E26 Arianna Huffington Core Mar 1, 2006
- E27 Jeffrey Sachs Core Mar 2, 2006
- E28 Bob Schieffer Core Mar 6, 2006
- E29 Norman Ornstein Core Mar 7, 2006
- E30 James Webb Core Mar 8, 2006
- E31 Lorraine Bracco Core Mar 9, 2006
- E32 Christopher Buckley Core Mar 13, 2006
- E33 Keith Olbermann Core Mar 14, 2006
- E34 Al Franken Core Mar 15, 2006
- E35 Frank Vincent Core Mar 16, 2006
- E36 Connie Chung Core Mar 20, 2006
- E37 Steve Kroft Core Mar 21, 2006
- E38 Dan Senor Core Mar 22, 2006
- E39 John Kasich Core Mar 23, 2006
- E40 Sen. Gary Hart Core Mar 27, 2006
- E41 Michael Brown Core Mar 28, 2006
- E42 Bruce Bartlett Core Mar 29, 2006
- E43 Robert Greenwald Core Mar 30, 2006
- E44 Michael Smerconish Core Apr 3, 2006
- E45 Rev. Jesse Jackson Core Apr 4, 2006
- E46 Harvey Mansfield Core Apr 5, 2006
- E47 Markos Moulitsas Core Apr 6, 2006
- E48 Reza Aslan Core Apr 17, 2006
- E49 Anthony Romero Core Apr 18, 2006
- E50 Caitlin Flanagan Core Apr 19, 2006
- E51 Ralph Nader Core Apr 20, 2006
- E52 Hugh Hewitt Core Apr 24, 2006
- E53 Sam Harris Core Apr 25, 2006
- E54 Sebastian Junger Core Apr 26, 2006
- E55 Bill Kristol Core Apr 27, 2006
- E56 Jon Meacham Core May 1, 2006
- E57 Gov. Mike Huckabee Core May 2, 2006
- E58 Paul Rieckhoff Core May 3, 2006
- E59 Rick Reilly Core May 4, 2006
- E60 Shere Hite Core May 8, 2006
- E61 Frank Rich Core May 9, 2006
- E62 Bill Bastone Core May 10, 2006
- E63 Madeleine Albright Core May 11, 2006
- E64 Ned Lamont Core May 15, 2006
- E65 Tyson Slocum Core May 16, 2006
- E66 Jonathan Alter Core May 17, 2006
- E67 Ted Daeschler Core May 18, 2006
- E68 Stone Phillips Core Jun 5, 2006
- E69 Christiane Amanpour Core Jun 6, 2006
- E70 Steven Squyres Core Jun 7, 2006
- E71 Steven Johnson Core Jun 8, 2006
- E72 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Core Jun 12, 2006
- E73 Tim Flannery Core Jun 13, 2006
- E74 David Sirota Core Jun 14, 2006
- E75 Michael Pollan Core Jun 15, 2006
- E76 Gustavo Arellano Core Jun 19, 2006
- E77 Bart Ehrman Core Jun 20, 2006
- E78 Bay Buchanan Core Jun 21, 2006
- E79 Douglas Brinkley Core Jun 22, 2006
- E80 Marc Bowden Core Jun 26, 2006
- E81 Chris Matthews Core Jun 27, 2006
- E82 Robert Baer Core Jun 28, 2006
- E83 Christopher Noxon Core Jun 29, 2006
- E84 Amy Sedaris Core Jul 10, 2006
- E85 Tony Hawk Core Jul 11, 2006
- E86 Mort Zuckerman Core Jul 12, 2006
- E87 Ron Suskind Core Jul 13, 2006
- E88 Lee Silver Core Jul 17, 2006
- E89 Dhani Jones Core Jul 18, 2006
- E90 Joe Scarborough Core Jul 19, 2006
- E91 Tom Brokaw Core Jul 20, 2006
- E92 Howell Raines Core Jul 24, 2006
- E93 William Donohue Core Jul 25, 2006
- E94 Neal Katyal Core Jul 26, 2006
- E95 Joe Quesada Core Jul 27, 2006
- E96 Ned Lamont Core Jul 31, 2006
- E97 Peter Beinart Core Aug 1, 2006
- E98 Linda Hirshman Core Aug 2, 2006
- E99 Paul Hackett III Core Aug 3, 2006
- E100 Bill Rhoden Core Aug 8, 2006
- E101 Alexandra Robbins Core Aug 9, 2006
- E102 Eli Pariser Core Aug 10, 2006
- E103 Ramesh Ponnuru Core Aug 14, 2006
- E104 David Gergen Core Aug 15, 2006
- E105 Morgan Spurlock Core Aug 16, 2006
- E106 Neil Young Core Aug 17, 2006
- E107 Geoffrey Nunberg Core Aug 21, 2006
- E108 Paul Krugman Core Aug 22, 2006
- E109 Gideon Yago Core Aug 23, 2006
- E110 Janna Levin Core Aug 24, 2006
- E111 Martin Short Core Sep 11, 2006
- E112 Toby Keith Core Sep 12, 2006
- E113 Ken Jennings Core Sep 13, 2006
- E114 Bill Simmons Core Sep 14, 2006
- E115 Will Power Core Sep 18, 2006
- E116 Frank Rich Core Sep 19, 2006
- E117 James Carville Core Sep 20, 2006
- E118 Daniel Ellsberg Core Sep 21, 2006
- E119 Arianna Huffington Core Sep 25, 2006
- E120 Ted Danson Core Sep 26, 2006
- E121 Lowell Bergman Core Sep 27, 2006
- E122 Steve Wozniak Core Sep 28, 2006
- E123 Michael Lewis Core Oct 2, 2006
- E124 Andy Stern Core Oct 3, 2006
- E125 Senator Byron Dorgan Core Oct 4, 2006
- E126 Amy Goodman Core Oct 5, 2006
- E127 Randy Newman Core Oct 9, 2006
- E128 Ariel Levy Core Oct 10, 2006
- E129 George Lucas Mytharc Oct 11, 2006
- E130 Gov. Brian Schweitzer Core Oct 12, 2006
- E131 Barry Scheck Core Oct 16, 2006
- E132 Richard Dawkins Core Oct 17, 2006
- E133 David Kuo Core Oct 18, 2006
- E134 Dr. Peter Agre Core Oct 19, 2006
- E135 Barry Manilow Core Oct 30, 2006
- E136 Tim Robbins Core Oct 31, 2006
- E137 Penn Jillette Core Nov 1, 2006
- E138 Ronald Reagan Jr. Core Nov 2, 2006
- E139 Mark Halperin Core Nov 6, 2006
- E140 Indecision 2006 Election Coverage Core Nov 7, 2006
- E141 Jeff Greenfield Core Nov 8, 2006
- E142 Dean Kamen Core Nov 9, 2006
- E143 Dan Rather Core Nov 13, 2006
- E144 Jeff Swartz Core Nov 14, 2006
- E145 Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek Core Nov 15, 2006
- E146 Richard Linklater Core Nov 16, 2006
- E147 Jim Lehrer Core Nov 27, 2006
- E148 Harry Shearer Core Nov 28, 2006
- E149 Nora Ephron Core Nov 29, 2006
- E150 Mike Lupica Core Nov 30, 2006
- E151 Will Wright Core Dec 4, 2006
- E152 Steven D. Levitt Core Dec 5, 2006
- E153 John Sexton Core Dec 6, 2006
- E154 Dr. Francis S. Collins Core Dec 7, 2006
- E155 Dr. Peter Singer Core Dec 11, 2006
- E156 Dan Savage Core Dec 12, 2006
- E157 Doris Kearns Goodwin Core Dec 13, 2006
- E158 Daniel Pinchbeck Core Dec 14, 2006
- E159 Jack Welch Core Dec 18, 2006
- E160 Deepak Chopra Mytharc Dec 19, 2006
- E161 Chris Funk, Robert Schneider Mytharc Dec 20, 2006
Season 3 · 138 episodes
- E1 Ethan Nadelmann Mytharc Jan 8, 2007
- E2 Jim Cramer Core Jan 9, 2007
- E3 David Kamp Core Jan 10, 2007
- E4 Judy Woodruff Core Jan 11, 2007
- E5 Alex Kuczynski Core Jan 15, 2007
- E6 Dinesh D'Souza Core Jan 16, 2007
- E7 Richard Clarke Core Jan 17, 2007
- E8 Bill O'Reilly Core Jan 18, 2007
- E9 Tom Schaller Core Jan 22, 2007
- E10 Michael S. Steele Core Jan 23, 2007
- E11 Lou Dobbs Core Jan 24, 2007
- E12 Mike Wallace Core Jan 25, 2007
- E13 Barry Lando Core Jan 29, 2007
- E14 Donna Shalala Core Jan 30, 2007
- E15 Jed Babbin Core Jan 31, 2007
- E16 Chuck Schumer Core Feb 1, 2007
- E17 Wendy Kopp Core Feb 5, 2007
- E18 Charlie LeDuff Core Feb 6, 2007
- E19 Steven Pinker Core Feb 7, 2007
- E20 Debra Dickerson Core Feb 8, 2007
- E21 Michael Oppenheimer Core Feb 12, 2007
- E22 Sheryl WuDunn Mytharc Feb 13, 2007
- E23 Lance Armstrong Core Feb 14, 2007
- E24 Shashi Tharoor Core Feb 15, 2007
- E25 Zev Chafets Core Feb 26, 2007
- E26 Craig Venter Core Feb 27, 2007
- E27 Nina Jablonski Core Feb 28, 2007
- E28 Larry King Core Mar 1, 2007
- E29 Ben & Jerry Core Mar 5, 2007
- E30 Mark Frauenfelder Core Mar 6, 2007
- E31 Michael Specter Core Mar 7, 2007
- E32 Ted Koppel Core Mar 8, 2007
- E33 Nicholas Kristof Core Mar 12, 2007
- E34 Michael Eric Dyson Core Mar 13, 2007
- E35 Ed Viesturs Core Mar 14, 2007
- E36 Ayaan Hirsi Ali Core Mar 15, 2007
- E37 Jerome Groopman Core Mar 19, 2007
- E38 Willie Nelson Core Mar 20, 2007
- E39 Benjamin Barber Core Mar 21, 2007
- E40 Katie Couric Core Mar 22, 2007
- E41 Gwen Ifill Core Mar 26, 2007
- E42 Madeleine Albright Core Mar 27, 2007
- E43 Jabari Asim Core Mar 28, 2007
- E44 Clive James Core Mar 29, 2007
- E45 Colin Beavan Core Apr 9, 2007
- E46 Jeannette Walls Core Apr 10, 2007
- E47 Vali Nasr Core Apr 11, 2007
- E48 Dr. Richard Land Core Apr 12, 2007
- E49 John Kerry Core Apr 16, 2007
- E50 Elaine Pagels Core Apr 17, 2007
- E51 Paulina Porizkova Core Apr 18, 2007
- E52 Sean Penn Core Apr 19, 2007
- E53 Russell Simmons Core Apr 23, 2007
- E54 Dr. Andrew Weil Core Apr 24, 2007
- E55 David Walker Core Apr 25, 2007
- E56 Madeleine Bordallo Core Apr 26, 2007
- E57 Neil deGrasse Tyson / Bill Bradley Core Apr 30, 2007
- E58 Malcolm Gladwell Core May 1, 2007
- E59 Gina Kolata Core May 2, 2007
- E60 Conn Iggulden Core May 3, 2007
- E61 Richard Preston Core May 7, 2007
- E62 Nassi Nicholas Taleb Core May 8, 2007
- E63 Salman Rushdie, Jane Fonda Core May 9, 2007
- E64 Jann Wenner Core May 10, 2007
- E65 William Langewiesche Core May 14, 2007
- E66 Walter Isaacson Core May 15, 2007
- E67 Howard Dean Core May 16, 2007
- E68 Randy Kearse, Rep. Tom Delay Core May 17, 2007
- E69 Jared Diamond Core May 21, 2007
- E70 John Amaechi Core May 22, 2007
- E71 Bay Buchanan, Bob Deans Core May 23, 2007
- E72 Jimmy Wales Core May 24, 2007
- E73 Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Leon Botstein Core Jun 4, 2007
- E74 Jessica Valenti Core Jun 5, 2007
- E75 Carl Bernstein Core Jun 6, 2007
- E76 Cullen Murphy Core Jun 7, 2007
- E77 Dr. Michael D. Gershon Core Jun 11, 2007
- E78 Josh Wolf Core Jun 12, 2007
- E79 Rep. Ron Paul Core Jun 13, 2007
- E80 Daniel B. Smith Core Jun 14, 2007
- E81 Toby Keith Core Jun 18, 2007
- E82 Anne-Marie Slaughter Core Jun 19, 2007
- E83 Will Schwalbe Core Jun 20, 2007
- E84 Vincent Bugliosi Core Jun 21, 2007
- E85 Tom Hayden Core Jun 25, 2007
- E86 David France Core Jun 26, 2007
- E87 Tom Blanton, Daniel Gilbert Core Jun 27, 2007
- E88 Doug Bailey Core Jun 28, 2007
- E89 Richard Florida, Ben Nelson Core Jul 16, 2007
- E90 Mark Moffett Core Jul 17, 2007
- E91 John Mellencamp Core Jul 18, 2007
- E92 Frank Sulloway Core Jul 19, 2007
- E93 Simon Schama Core Jul 23, 2007
- E94 Anthony D. Romero Core Jul 24, 2007
- E95 Charles Kaiser Core Jul 25, 2007
- E96 Robert Shrum Core Jul 26, 2007
- E97 Evan Osnos Core Jul 30, 2007
- E98 Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Core Jul 31, 2007
- E99 Michael Beschloss Core Aug 1, 2007
- E100 Michael J. Behe Core Aug 2, 2007
- E101 Ian Bogost Core Aug 7, 2007
- E102 Jim Cramer, Tina Brown Core Aug 8, 2007
- E103 Judd Apatow Core Aug 9, 2007
- E104 Michael Jacobson Core Aug 13, 2007
- E105 Jerry Miller, Spencer Wells Core Aug 14, 2007
- E106 Michael Wallis Core Aug 15, 2007
- E107 Mike Huckabee Core Aug 16, 2007
- E108 Nathan Sawaya Core Aug 20, 2007
- E109 Michael Shermer Core Aug 21, 2007
- E110 Richard Branson Core Aug 22, 2007
- E111 Thomas E. Ricks Core Aug 23, 2007
- E112 Bjorn Lomborg Core Sep 10, 2007
- E113 Garrison Keillor Core Sep 11, 2007
- E114 Joel Klein Core Sep 12, 2007
- E115 Ed Begley Jr Core Sep 13, 2007
- E116 Susan Sarandon Core Sep 18, 2007
- E117 Naomi Wolf Core Sep 19, 2007
- E118 Jeffrey Toobin Core Sep 20, 2007
- E119 Thomas Friedman Core Sep 24, 2007
- E120 John Grisham Core Sep 25, 2007
- E121 Tony Bennett Core Sep 26, 2007
- E122 David Schwartz Core Sep 27, 2007
- E123 Charlie Savage Core Oct 1, 2007
- E124 John Mearsheimer Core Oct 2, 2007
- E125 Jim Lovell Core Oct 3, 2007
- E126 John Kao Core Oct 4, 2007
- E127 George Saunders Core Oct 8, 2007
- E128 Stephen Colbert Core Oct 9, 2007
- E129 Gen. Wesley Clark Core Oct 10, 2007
- E130 Chris Jordan Core Oct 11, 2007
- E131 Paul Glastris Core Oct 15, 2007
- E132 Bob Drogin Core Oct 16, 2007
- E133 Garry Kasparov Core Oct 17, 2007
- E134 Craig Newmark Core Oct 18, 2007
- E135 Richard Berman Core Oct 29, 2007
- E136 Craig Venter Core Oct 30, 2007
- E137 Col. Lawrence Wilkerson Mytharc Oct 31, 2007
- E138 Walter Kirn Mytharc Nov 1, 2007
Season 4 · 160 episodes
- E1 Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman Mytharc Jan 7, 2008
- E2 Chris Beam, Gary Rosen Core Jan 8, 2008
- E3 Gov. Mike Huckabee, Matt Taibbi Core Jan 9, 2008
- E4 Norman Ornstein, Muhammad Yunus Core Jan 10, 2008
- E5 Neil Shubin Core Jan 14, 2008
- E6 Peter Hopkins, Jared Cohen Core Jan 15, 2008
- E7 Deborah Tannen Core Jan 16, 2008
- E8 Lou Dobbs, David Levy Core Jan 17, 2008
- E9 Allan Sloan, Eric Weiner Core Jan 21, 2008
- E10 Malcolm Gladwell, Andrew Young Core Jan 22, 2008
- E11 Stephen Colbert's Sport Report Core Jan 23, 2008
- E12 Debra Dickerson, Charles Nesson Core Jan 24, 2008
- E13 Marjane Satrapi, Rick Warren Core Jan 28, 2008
- E14 Joe Quesada, Alex Ross Core Jan 29, 2008
- E15 Carl Hiaasen, Frans de Waal Core Jan 30, 2008
- E16 Tim Harford, Andrew Napolitano Core Jan 31, 2008
- E17 Tony Campolo, Jacob Weisberg Core Feb 4, 2008
- E18 Angelo Falcon, Bob Dole Core Feb 5, 2008
- E19 Richard Brookhiser, Tad Devine Core Feb 6, 2008
- E20 Mark Moffett Core Feb 7, 2008
- E21 Aubrey de Grey, Philip Zimbardo Core Feb 11, 2008
- E22 Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Lisa Randall Core Feb 12, 2008
- E23 David Gracer, Richard Thompson Ford Core Feb 13, 2008
- E24 John Feinstein, Leonard Nimoy Core Feb 14, 2008
- E25 Henry Louis Gates Jr. Core Feb 26, 2008
- E26 Tony Snow Core Feb 27, 2008
- E27 Richard Brookhiser, Ingrid Newkirk Core Feb 28, 2008
- E28 Lorin Maazel, Shashi Tharoor Core Mar 3, 2008
- E29 William Donohue, Howard Dean, Jennifer 8. Lee Core Mar 4, 2008
- E30 Robert Reich, Gregory Rodriguez Core Mar 5, 2008
- E31 John Legend Core Mar 6, 2008
- E32 George McGovern Core Mar 10, 2008
- E33 Geraldo Rivera Core Mar 11, 2008
- E34 Howard Kurtz Core Mar 12, 2008
- E35 Hussein Ibish, Sudhir Venkatesh Core Mar 13, 2008
- E36 Samantha Power Core Mar 17, 2008
- E37 Carole King Core Mar 18, 2008
- E38 Dee Dee Myers Core Mar 19, 2008
- E39 Dean Kamen Core Mar 20, 2008
- E40 Eric Alterman, Michael Reynolds Core Mar 31, 2008
- E41 Van Jones Core Apr 1, 2008
- E42 R.E.M. Core Apr 2, 2008
- E43 Clay Shirky Core Apr 3, 2008
- E44 Trevor Paglen, Jesse Ventura Core Apr 7, 2008
- E45 Madeline Albright Core Apr 8, 2008
- E46 Jeff Gore Core Apr 9, 2008
- E47 Robin Wright Core Apr 10, 2008
- E48 John Legend, Mayor Michael Nutter, Chris Matthews Core Apr 14, 2008
- E49 Michelle Obama, The Roots Core Apr 15, 2008
- E50 Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders, Gov. Ed Rendell Core Apr 16, 2008
- E51 Hillary Clinton, Patrick Murphy, John Edwards, Barack Obama Core Apr 17, 2008
- E52 Fr. James Martin, Sen. Bernie Sanders Core Apr 21, 2008
- E53 Susan Jacoby Core Apr 22, 2008
- E54 Mitch Albom Core Apr 23, 2008
- E55 Maria Shriver Core Apr 24, 2008
- E56 Feist Core Apr 28, 2008
- E57 Anne Lamott Core Apr 29, 2008
- E58 Donna Brazile, Noah Feldman Core Apr 30, 2008
- E59 James Kunstler Core May 1, 2008
- E60 Carl Hiaasen Core May 5, 2008
- E61 Nathan Gunn Core May 6, 2008
- E62 Hasan Elahi, George Johnson Core May 7, 2008
- E63 Arianna Huffington Core May 8, 2008
- E64 Dr. Mehmet Oz Core May 12, 2008
- E65 Jennifer Hooper McCarty Core May 13, 2008
- E66 Laura Dern, Grover Norquist Core May 14, 2008
- E67 Andrei Cherny Core May 15, 2008
- E68 Tony Perkins, Brian Greene Core May 27, 2008
- E69 Sen. Claire McCaskill Core May 28, 2008
- E70 Tad Devine, David Sirota Core May 29, 2008
- E71 Jon Paskowitz Core Jun 2, 2008
- E72 George Will Core Jun 3, 2008
- E73 Rep. Bob Barr, Salman Rushdie Core Jun 4, 2008
- E74 Pat Buchanan Core Jun 5, 2008
- E75 Phil Weiss Core Jun 9, 2008
- E76 Alan Rabinowitz Core Jun 10, 2008
- E77 David Hajdu Core Jun 11, 2008
- E78 Winona LaDuke, Dixon Despommier Core Jun 12, 2008
- E79 Kenneth Miller Core Jun 16, 2008
- E80 Neal Katyal, Jonathan Zittrain Core Jun 17, 2008
- E81 Uma Mysorekar, Junot Díaz / Lexicon Artist Core Jun 18, 2008
- E82 Bishop N.T. Wright Core Jun 19, 2008
- E83 Barbara Ehrenreich Core Jun 23, 2008
- E84 Jason Bond, Will Smith Core Jun 24, 2008
- E85 Paul Goldberger, Neil deGrasse Tyson Core Jun 25, 2008
- E86 Rep. Robert Wexler Core Jun 26, 2008
- E87 Lama Surya Das, Daniel C. Esty Core Jul 14, 2008
- E88 Julia E. Sweig, Jason Riley Core Jul 15, 2008
- E89 Rush Core Jul 16, 2008
- E90 Elizabeth Edwards Core Jul 17, 2008
- E91 Sen. Jim Webb Core Jul 21, 2008
- E92 Lucas Conley Core Jul 22, 2008
- E93 Nas Core Jul 23, 2008
- E94 Laurie Goodstein, Garrett Reisman Core Jul 24, 2008
- E95 Toby Keith Core Jul 28, 2008
- E96 Eric Roston Core Jul 29, 2008
- E97 Crosby, Stills & Nash Core Jul 30, 2008
- E98 Buzz Aldrin Core Jul 31, 2008
- E99 Lucas Conley, The Apples in Stereo Core Aug 4, 2008
- E100 David Carr Core Aug 5, 2008
- E101 Jason Bond, Kevin Costner Core Aug 6, 2008
- E102 Devin Gordon, Thomas Frank Core Aug 7, 2008
- E103 Jorge Ramos Core Aug 11, 2008
- E104 Joey Cheek, Jane Mayer Core Aug 12, 2008
- E105 Dick Meyer Core Aug 13, 2008
- E106 Bing West Core Aug 14, 2008
- E107 Rep. Bob Barr, Scott McClellan Core Aug 26, 2008
- E108 Gov. Mike Huckabee Core Aug 27, 2008
- E109 Richard Brookhiser Core Aug 28, 2008
- E110 John McWhorter Core Aug 29, 2008
- E111 Laura D'Andrea Tyson Core Sep 2, 2008
- E112 Doris Kearns Goodwin Core Sep 3, 2008
- E113 Adam Brickley, Ron Paul Core Sep 4, 2008
- E114 Gov. David Paterson Core Sep 5, 2008
- E115 Peter J. Gomes Core Sep 15, 2008
- E116 Tyson Slocum, Rick Reilly Core Sep 16, 2008
- E117 Robert Lutz Core Sep 17, 2008
- E118 Maria Bartiromo Core Sep 18, 2008
- E119 Jackson Browne Core Sep 23, 2008
- E120 Joe Nocera, Cornel West Core Sep 24, 2008
- E121 Nick Carr Core Sep 25, 2008
- E122 Paul Begala Core Sep 29, 2008
- E123 James Taylor Core Sep 30, 2008
- E124 Dave Levin Core Oct 1, 2008
- E125 Stephen Greenblatt, Naomi Klein Core Oct 2, 2008
- E126 Jim Cramer Core Oct 6, 2008
- E127 Nate Silver Core Oct 7, 2008
- E128 Joe Scarborough Core Oct 8, 2008
- E129 David Gergen, Oliver Stone Core Oct 9, 2008
- E130 Bethany McLean, Kathleen Parker Core Oct 13, 2008
- E131 Joseph Stiglitz Core Oct 14, 2008
- E132 Shai Agassi Core Oct 15, 2008
- E133 Brent Glass, Robert Greenwald Core Oct 16, 2008
- E134 Fareed Zakaria, Wynton Marsalis Core Oct 20, 2008
- E135 Michael Farris Core Oct 21, 2008
- E136 David Frum Core Oct 22, 2008
- E137 Jonathan Alter Core Oct 23, 2008
- E138 Yo-Yo Ma Core Oct 27, 2008
- E139 Brian Moore, Sherman Alexie Core Oct 28, 2008
- E140 David Simon Core Oct 29, 2008
- E141 Wilco Core Oct 30, 2008
- E142 Charlie Cook, Andrew Sullivan Core Nov 3, 2008
- E143 Indecision 2008: America's Choice Core Nov 4, 2008
- E144 Ambassador Andrew Young Core Nov 5, 2008
- E145 Rachel Maddow Core Nov 6, 2008
- E146 Dan Savage, Kevin Johnson Core Nov 11, 2008
- E147 Bob Woodward Core Nov 12, 2008
- E148 Stephen Moore Core Nov 13, 2008
- E149 Malcom Gladwell Core Nov 17, 2008
- E150 Paul Simon Core Nov 18, 2008
- E151 Michael Lewis Core Nov 19, 2008
- E152 Cory Booker, Thomas L. Friedman Core Nov 20, 2008
- E153 Khaled Hosseini, Roland Fryer Core Dec 1, 2008
- E154 Jeffrey Goldberg Core Dec 2, 2008
- E155 Barbara Walters Core Dec 3, 2008
- E156 Sen. Bob Graham, Nicholas Wade Core Dec 4, 2008
- E157 Geoffrey Canada Core Dec 8, 2008
- E158 Kevin Bacon, Charlie Kaufman Core Dec 9, 2008
- E159 Richard Haass Mytharc Dec 10, 2008
- E160 Michael Phelps Mytharc Dec 11, 2008
Season 5 · 161 episodes
- E1 John King Mytharc Jan 5, 2009
- E2 Matt Miller Core Jan 6, 2009
- E3 Benicio Del Toro Core Jan 7, 2009
- E4 Lawrence Lessig Core Jan 8, 2009
- E5 Anthony Romero Core Jan 12, 2009
- E6 Niall Ferguson Core Jan 13, 2009
- E7 Alan Khazei Core Jan 14, 2009
- E8 David Gregory, Shepard Fairey Core Jan 15, 2009
- E9 Frank Rich Core Jan 19, 2009
- E10 Jabari Asim Core Jan 20, 2009
- E11 Elizabeth Alexander Core Jan 21, 2009
- E12 Jon Meacham Core Jan 22, 2009
- E13 Chris Mooney, Ed Young Core Jan 26, 2009
- E14 Philippe Petit Core Jan 27, 2009
- E15 Paul McCartney, Denis Dutton Core Jan 28, 2009
- E16 John Podesta Core Jan 29, 2009
- E17 Dan Zaccagnino Core Feb 2, 2009
- E18 Henry Louis Gates Jr. Core Feb 3, 2009
- E19 Steve Martin Core Feb 4, 2009
- E20 James Surowiecki, Jonah Lehrer Core Feb 5, 2009
- E21 TV on the Radio Core Feb 9, 2009
- E22 Robert Ballard Core Feb 10, 2009
- E23 Eleanor Holmes Norton, Steven Pinker Core Feb 11, 2009
- E24 David Ross, Ed Colbert, Adam Gopnik Core Feb 12, 2009
- E25 Father James Martin, Helen Fisher Core Feb 23, 2009
- E26 Cliff Sloan Core Feb 24, 2009
- E27 John Fetterman Core Feb 25, 2009
- E28 Kris Kristofferson Core Feb 26, 2009
- E29 David Byrne Core Mar 2, 2009
- E30 Mark Bittman Core Mar 3, 2009
- E31 Carl Wilson Core Mar 4, 2009
- E32 Steven Johnson Core Mar 5, 2009
- E33 Lisa Hannigan Core Mar 9, 2009
- E34 William Gerstenmaier, Dr. Jay Keasling Core Mar 10, 2009
- E35 Howard Fineman Core Mar 11, 2009
- E36 Simon Johnson, Peter Singer Core Mar 12, 2009
- E37 Jonathan Chait, Neil Gaiman Core Mar 16, 2009
- E38 David Grann Core Mar 17, 2009
- E39 Juan Cole Core Mar 18, 2009
- E40 John McCardell Core Mar 19, 2009
- E41 Derrick Pitts Core Mar 30, 2009
- E42 David Plotz Core Mar 31, 2009
- E43 Dambisa Moyo Core Apr 1, 2009
- E44 Biz Stone Core Apr 2, 2009
- E45 Tom Brokaw, Rich Lowry Core Apr 6, 2009
- E46 Queen Noor Core Apr 7, 2009
- E47 Phil Bronstein Core Apr 8, 2009
- E48 Bart Ehrman Core Apr 9, 2009
- E49 Sunita L. Williams, Susie Orbach Core Apr 14, 2009
- E50 Jim Lehrer Core Apr 15, 2009
- E51 Kanishk Tharoor, Doug Kmiec Core Apr 16, 2009
- E52 Ken Quinn, Sheriff Joe Arpaio Core Apr 20, 2009
- E53 Coach Mike Kryzewski Core Apr 21, 2009
- E54 Ira Glass Core Apr 22, 2009
- E55 Elizabeth Bintliff Core Apr 23, 2009
- E56 The Decemberists Core Apr 27, 2009
- E57 David Gross Core Apr 28, 2009
- E58 David Kessler Core Apr 29, 2009
- E59 Jonathan Alter, Ethan Nadelman Core Apr 30, 2009
- E60 J.J. Abrams Mytharc May 4, 2009
- E61 Cliff Sloan, Paul Rieckhoff Core May 5, 2009
- E62 Laurie Garrett Core May 6, 2009
- E63 Mitchell Joachim Core May 7, 2009
- E64 Jeff Daniels Core May 11, 2009
- E65 Ron Howard Core May 12, 2009
- E66 Michael Pollan Core May 13, 2009
- E67 Yusuf Islam Core May 14, 2009
- E68 Meghan McCain Core May 18, 2009
- E69 Walter Kirn Core May 19, 2009
- E70 Seth Shostak Core May 20, 2009
- E71 Green Day Mytharc May 21, 2009
- E72 Jeffrey Toobin, Sen. Byron Dorgan Core Jun 1, 2009
- E73 Katty Kay Core Jun 2, 2009
- E74 Eric Schlosser Core Jun 3, 2009
- E75 Dag Soderberg, David Byrne Core Jun 4, 2009
- E76 General Raymond Odierno Core Jun 8, 2009
- E77 Specialist Tareq Salha, Sgt. Robin Balcom Core Jun 9, 2009
- E78 Lieutenant General Charles Jacoby Core Jun 10, 2009
- E79 Stephen broadcasts from Iraq, Command Sgt. Major Frank Grippe Core Jun 11, 2009
- E80 Austan Goolsbee Core Jun 15, 2009
- E81 Karim Sadjadpour, Jim Rogers Core Jun 16, 2009
- E82 Joshua Micah Marshall Core Jun 17, 2009
- E83 Paul Muldoon Core Jun 18, 2009
- E84 Simon Schama Core Jun 22, 2009
- E85 Howard Dean, David Kilcullen Core Jun 23, 2009
- E86 Matthew Crawford Core Jun 24, 2009
- E87 Jim Fouratt Core Jun 25, 2009
- E88 Neil DeGrasse Tyson Core Jun 29, 2009
- E89 Alexi Lalas, Kevin Mattson Core Jun 30, 2009
- E90 Nicholas Kristof Core Jul 1, 2009
- E91 Ed Viesturs Core Jul 2, 2009
- E92 Paul Rieckhoff, Paul Krugman Core Jul 13, 2009
- E93 Leymah Gbowee Core Jul 14, 2009
- E94 Douglas Rushkoff Core Jul 15, 2009
- E95 Edmund Andrews Core Jul 16, 2009
- E96 Geoffrey Canada, Bob Park Core Jul 20, 2009
- E97 Dr. Aaron Carroll Core Jul 21, 2009
- E98 Matthew Waxman, Chris Anderson Core Jul 22, 2009
- E99 Zev Chafets Core Jul 23, 2009
- E100 Movits! Core Jul 27, 2009
- E101 Arianna Huffington Core Jul 28, 2009
- E102 Kevin Baker Core Jul 29, 2009
- E103 Kathryn Bigelow Core Jul 30, 2009
- E104 General Anthony Zinni Core Aug 3, 2009
- E105 Kurt Andersen Core Aug 4, 2009
- E106 Kris Kobach Core Aug 5, 2009
- E107 Meryl Streep Core Aug 6, 2009
- E108 Sen. Barbara Boxer Core Aug 10, 2009
- E109 Jonathan Cohn Core Aug 11, 2009
- E110 Mark Johnson Core Aug 12, 2009
- E111 Mark Devlin Core Aug 13, 2009
- E112 Bill McKibben Core Aug 17, 2009
- E113 Robert Wright Core Aug 18, 2009
- E114 Ang Lee Core Aug 19, 2009
- E115 Chris Matthews Core Aug 20, 2009
- E116 Cory Booker Core Sep 14, 2009
- E117 Christiane Amanpour Core Sep 15, 2009
- E118 Tony Danza Mytharc Sep 16, 2009
- E119 Frank Bruni Core Sep 17, 2009
- E120 Tue, Sep 22, 2009 Core Sep 22, 2009
- E121 AJ Jacobs Core Sep 23, 2009
- E122 Ken Burns Core Sep 24, 2009
- E123 Sheryl WuDunn Core Sep 28, 2009
- E124 Matt Latimer / Out Of The Closet Core Sep 29, 2009
- E125 Wed, Sep 30, 2009 Core Sep 30, 2009
- E126 Francis Collins Core Oct 1, 2009
- E127 Arne Duncan Core Oct 5, 2009
- E128 The Mountain Goats Core Oct 6, 2009
- E129 Alison Gopnik Core Oct 7, 2009
- E130 Thu, Oct 8, 2009 Core Oct 8, 2009
- E131 Shashi Tharoor, Dr. Sanjay Gupta Core Oct 12, 2009
- E132 David Javerbaum, Sylvia Earle Core Oct 13, 2009
- E133 Amy Farrell, The RZA Core Oct 14, 2009
- E134 Jerry Mitchell Core Oct 15, 2009
- E135 Cornel West Core Oct 26, 2009
- E136 Tue, Oct 27, 2009 Core Oct 27, 2009
- E137 Brian Cox Core Oct 28, 2009
- E138 Bill Simmons Core Oct 29, 2009
- E139 Nicholas Thompson Core Nov 2, 2009
- E140 Andrew Sullivan Core Nov 3, 2009
- E141 Harold Evans Core Nov 4, 2009
- E142 Thu, Nov 5, 2009 Core Nov 5, 2009
- E143 Mon, Nov 9, 2009 Core Nov 9, 2009
- E144 Maria Shriver Core Nov 10, 2009
- E145 Christopher Caldwell Core Nov 11, 2009
- E146 Woody Harrelson Core Nov 12, 2009
- E147 Mon, Nov 16, 2009 Core Nov 16, 2009
- E148 Malcolm Gladwell Core Nov 17, 2009
- E149 Norah Jones Core Nov 18, 2009
- E150 Thu, Nov 19, 2009 Core Nov 19, 2009
- E151 Dan Esty, Cevin Soling Core Nov 30, 2009
- E152 Tue, Dec 1, 2009 Core Dec 1, 2009
- E153 Wed, Dec 2, 2009 Core Dec 2, 2009
- E154 Thu, Dec 3, 2009 Core Dec 3, 2009
- E155 Mon, Dec 7, 2009 Core Dec 7, 2009
- E156 Senator Bernie Sanders, Andy Schlafly Core Dec 8, 2009
- E157 Wed, Dec 9, 2009 Core Dec 9, 2009
- E158 Thu, Dec 10, 2009 Core Dec 10, 2009
- E159 Snoop Dogg Core Dec 14, 2009
- E160 Alicia Keys Mytharc Dec 15, 2009
- E161 Tom Brokaw Mytharc Dec 16, 2009
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Colbert Report?
It is an American satirical late-night television program that focuses on politics and the media.
Who stars in the show?
The program stars political humorist Stephen Colbert.
Who created the series?
The series was created by Stephen Colbert, Ben Karlin, and Jon Stewart.
What is the character Stephen Colbert like?
The character is described as a well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot.
On which network did the show air?
The program aired on Comedy Central.
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