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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2011
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2011-01-03
Stephen uncovers a menace in Florida and talks to Ed Rendell about leaving office by choice.
2011-01-04
Some want the dollar to be converted back to gold, and Geoffrey Canada advocates for education reform.
2011-01-05
America's fruit supply is in danger, and Atul Gawande wants to reduce health risks in hospitals.
2011-01-06
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how tides work, and Robert DePinho wants to reverse the aging process.
2011-01-10
Stephen violates the Constitution, and Fen Montaigne talks about Antarctic penguins.
2011-01-11
Stephen picks this year's Grammy winners, and Chris Hughes starts a site for Jewish sumo wrestlers.
2011-01-12
50 Cent makes $8 million on Twitter, and Bernard-Henri Levy discusses public intellectualism.
2011-01-13
Hitler delivers a moving speech in Tucson, and Stephen pictures Kevin Spacey naked with rose petals.
2011-01-17
Stephen unveils a new portrait of himself and talks to Sherry Turkle about alienating technology.
2011-01-18
Stephen looks at education reform and assumes Cornel West's book is about Obama joining the circus.
2011-01-19
Stephen gets a present from Afghanistan and talks to Ron Reagan about his memoir.
2011-01-20
Christine Todd Whitman discusses state budget shortfalls, and Chris Matthews defends JFK's legacy.
2011-01-24
House Republicans repeal health care to create new jobs, and Stephen talks to Charlie Rose.
2011-01-25
Stephen covers home appliance safety and talks to Amy Chua about her controversial book.
2011-01-26
Michael Waldman rates the State of the Union, and Christine Yvette Lewis fights for domestic workers.
2011-01-27
Stephen wonders if ESP exists and asks Brian Greene if there is a universe where people buy books.
2011-01-31
There's a breakthrough in taser technology, and Dr. Paul Offit discusses the importance of vaccines.
2011-02-01
Leslie Dach confirms Wal-Mart's collaboration with Obama, and Michael Lewis discusses Wall Street.
2011-02-02
America must break its dependency on foreign turmoil, and Sean Dorrance Kelly discusses the sacred.
2011-02-03
Stephen previews the Super Bowl and talks to Jane McGonigal about video games.
2011-02-14
Hosni Mubarak steps down onto a pillowy mound of money, and LCD Soundsystem performs.
2011-02-15
President Twitter Bird will lead Egypt, and David Albright talks about Iran's computer virus.
2011-02-16
Rupert Murdoch takes a new approach to journalism, and Eric Foner talks about Abraham Lincoln.
2011-02-17
Stephen poses for Project, and Jeffrey Leonard calls out big companies' late payment policies.
2011-02-21
Rick Santorum complains about his Google problem, and Eugene Jarecki dispels the myths of Reagan.
2011-02-22
Wisconsin Democrats waddle out of the state, and Bing West discusses the way out of Afghanistan.
2011-02-23
Stephen brings a criminal to justice, and Stephanie Coontz talks about women in the 60s.
2011-02-24
Aaron Barr threatens WikiLeaks, and Mike Huckabee doesn't believe Obama is a Muslim.
2011-02-28
Stephen's portrait goes up for auction, and Michael Scheuer talks about Osama bin Laden.
2011-03-01
Stephen addresses America's elderly and talks to Evan Osnos about the Oscars.
2011-03-02
There's a new hope for American manufacturing, and Harry Connick, Jr. won't be tickling the ivories.
2011-03-03
Stephen fights Jimmy Fallon over his new ice cream flavor, and Mark Moffett talks about bees.
2011-03-07
Stephen examines new questions about Obama's past and asks Joshua Foer where he put his car keys.
2011-03-08
Congress bans the sale of traditional light bulbs, and Dan Sinker impersonates Rahm Emanuel.
2011-03-09
Clarence Thomas may have a conflict of interest, and David Brooks talks about "The Social Animal."
2011-03-10
Al Qaeda recruits Americans, and Reza Aslan talks about the Islamic-American experience.
2011-03-21
Stephen's self-portrait goes up for auction, and Steve Martin does some bluegrass.
2011-03-22
The art world buzzes about Stephen's portrait, and Ayman Mohyeldin talks in the Situation Mosque.
2011-03-23
Simon de Pury dances to Snoop Dogg, and Nathan Myhrvold uses modern scientific methods to cook food.
2011-03-24
Food prices skyrocket, a cable news feud escalates, and Jody Williams wants to advance equality.
2011-03-28
Labor unions fight on, and Stephen stands outside with a bullhorn to interview Michael Moore.
2011-03-29
Stephen questions Obama's plan for Libya and talks infectious diseases with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
2011-03-30
Stephen practices Rebecca Black's "Friday" and does a PSA for Tim Shriver.
2011-03-31
The Wisconsin anti-union law faces trouble, and Piers Gibbon talks about cannibalism.
2011-04-04
Stephen prepares for a world without Glenn Beck, and Andrew Chaikin wants humans to travel to Mars.
2011-04-05
Tim Pawlenty raps about pop culture, and James Franco proves he's a Tolkien fan.
2011-04-06
Stephen prepares for the royal wedding, and David Tang corrects celebrity rumors.
2011-04-07
Stephen gets ready for the royal wedding and talks to Jeff Greenfield about alternate histories.
2011-04-11
Walgreens offers Pap smears, and Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage test the blue ice myth.
2011-04-12
Mitt Romney throws his hat in the ring, and Ray Kurzweil says man and machine are becoming one.
2011-04-13
Unilever creates armpit insecurity among women, and Morgan Spurlock addresses product placement.
2011-04-14
Trevor Potter helps Stephen fill out super PAC forms, and Caroline Kennedy recites poetry.
2011-04-25
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.
2011-04-26
The climate change debate continues, and A.C. Grayling writes a secular Bible.
2011-04-27
The new danger in air travel comes with a $25 fee, and Ice-T talks about his memoir.
2011-04-28
Stephen travels to England for the royal wedding, and asks Wade Graham about Covent Garden.
2011-05-02
Stephen throws a "We Got Bin Laden" party, and Francis Fukuyama warns of the Chinese threat.
2011-05-03
Stephen covers new details in the hunt for Bin Laden and talks to Rex Ryan for six minutes.
2011-05-04
"Atlas Shrugged" comes to the big screen, and Amy Farrell wants to end the persecution of fat people.
2011-05-05
Donald Trump applies his wisdom to same-sex marriage, and Bill James discusses true crime.
2011-05-09
Stephen looks at a unique solution to the debt crisis in Michigan, and Lupe Fiasco performs.
2011-05-10
A billboard predicts the end of the world, and Geoffrey Rush explains why he's not a method actor.
2011-05-11
Stephen receives an unexpected honor, and Eric Greitens talks about being a Navy Seal.
2011-05-12
Stephen warns of a new government intrusion and talks to John Bradshaw about dog behavior.
2011-05-16
Stephen files his super PAC request, and Alison Klayman talks about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
2011-05-17
Stephen covers tax breaks for oil companies and talks to Amy Kremer dressed as an American patriot.
2011-05-18
Newt Gingrich struggles to stay on message, and Austan Goolsbee talks about the debt ceiling.
2011-05-19
John Lithgow performs Gingrich's press release, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses the Harlem Rens.
2011-05-31
Stephen wonders if the world ended and lies about reading James Stewart's book.
2011-06-01
Stephen examines the Weiner scandal, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. makes a mountain out of a molehill.
2011-06-02
Congress rejects raising the debt ceiling, and Salman Khan teaches over 53 million students.
2011-06-06
Sarah Palin describes Paul Revere's midnight ride, and Werner Herzog talks about cave paintings.
2011-06-07
Rand Paul identifies terrorists, and Stephen thumb wrestles Sugar Ray Leonard.
2011-06-08
Anthony Weiner captures the manscaping vote, and Bre Pettis print a 3-D copy of Stephen's head.
2011-06-09
Andrew Breitbart shows a photo of Anthony Weiner's penis, and Tom Ridge talks about natural gas.
2011-06-13
Freestyle canoe dancing heats up, and Henry Kissinger discusses America's relationship with China.
2011-06-14
Stephen explores "Sesame Street" corruption and talks to Janny Scott about Barack Obama's mother.
2011-06-15
Seniors face a shocking new threat, and Keith Olbermann returns to television.
2011-06-20
Stephen looks at new developments in technology, and Bon Iver performs.
2011-06-21
Jack White helps Stephen revive his music career, and Florence and the Machine perform.
2011-06-22
Stephen comes clean with Jack White, Obama defends actions in Libya, and Talib Kweli performs.
2011-06-23
Jack White presents "Charlene II (I'm Over You)," and Stephen performs with the Black Belles.
2011-06-27
Ted Nugent writes an Op-ed, and Stephen wants to claim Grover Norquist as a dependent.
2011-06-28
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.
2011-06-29
The FEC makes a decision about Stephen's Super PAC, and Gary Sinise entertains American troops.
2011-06-30
The FEC allows Stephen to form his Super PAC, and Timothy Garton Ash discusses subversive facts.
2011-07-11
The natural gas industry tries to counter bad press, and Michael Shermer discusses "Skeptic Magazine."
2011-07-12
Michele Bachmann signs a controversial pledge, and Dan Savage talks about marriage and monogamy.
2011-07-13
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.
2011-07-14
The Rupert Murdoch scandal deepens, and Jose Antonio Vargas comes out of the border-gay closet.
2011-07-18
Fox News blows the lid back onto the Murdoch story, and John Prendergast discusses South Sudan.
2011-07-19
Newt Gingrich drowns in debt, and David Carr feels like the tallest leprechaun in "Page One."
2011-07-20
A pie attack makes Rupert Murdoch sympathetic, Republicans limit who can vote, and Michael Sandel examines the ethical issue of sailor cannibalism.
2011-07-21
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.
2011-07-25
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.
2011-07-26
Herman Cain breaks Stephen's heart, Peter Edelman talks "poors," and Brooke Gladstone reflects on the media's influence.
2011-07-27
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.
2011-07-28
John McCain enrages Tea Partiers by calling them "Hobbits," and Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer won't take special-interest donations.
2011-08-01
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.
2011-08-02
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.
2011-08-03
A half-Hispanic teenager steals Spider-Man's job, Monopoly gets a makeover, and Robert Wittman solves art crimes.
2011-08-04
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.
2011-08-08
America's credit rating plummets, Prescott Group has a cheap doomsday solution, and Nassir Ghaemi thinks madness creates first-rate leaders.
2011-08-09
The liberal media's hot-airheads have started indoctrinating America's kids.
2011-08-10
Father Jim Martin discusses God's job performance, political junkies donate money for a fix, and Elliot Ackerman lets voters directly nominate a president.
2011-08-11
Mitt Romney thinks corporations are people too, Stephen reveals his super PAC ad, and Gloria Steinem discusses gender equality.
2011-08-15
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.
2011-08-16
Barack Obama spins "Obamacare," Frank Luntz transforms the Colbert Super PAC, and Atlantis' crewmembers talk about their final space mission.
2011-08-17
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.
2011-08-18
America wants a badass president, WOI reports on the "Rick Parry" write-in scandal, and hacker Kevin Mitnick is the ghost in the wires.
2011-09-06
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.
2011-09-07
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.
2011-09-08
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.
2011-09-12
Stephen reports on an old-school reporter, America profits from grief, and Diane Sawyer discusses "Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words."
2011-09-13
Barack Obama unveils his jobs plan, Paul Krugman discusses the Lesser Depression, and Al Gore focuses on climate reality.
2011-09-14
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."
2011-09-15
Swiss banking giant UBS reports a $2 billion loss, Jimmy Fallon loves Stephen, and David Copperfield discusses the mind-bending science of perception.
2011-09-20
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.
2011-09-21
Reuters' Chrystia Freeland discusses Europe's financial crisis, protestors occupy Wall Street, and Daniel Yergin discusses the world's quest for energy.
2011-09-22
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.
2011-09-26
America reaches a milestone in corporate civil rights, Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien discuss global warming, and rock legend Radiohead performs.
2011-09-27
Rick Perry owns his horrific debate performance, the NFL tightens stadium security, and Melinda Gates works on improving America's public schools.
2011-09-28
Rick Perry talks immigration, America gets tough on pregnant Mexicans, John Lithgow calls the Atone Phone, and Ken Burns discusses his Prohibition documentary.
2011-09-29
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.