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 best episode of "The Colbert Report" season 1 is "Stone Phillips / Truthiness", rated 8.3/10 from 45 user votes. It was directed by Jim Hoskinson and written by Rob Dubbin, Stephen Colbert, Frank Lesser, Jay Katsir, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Michael Brumm, Laura Krafft. "Stone Phillips / Truthiness" aired on 10/17/2005 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Lesley Stahl / Bacchanalia".
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.
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Rob Dubbin, Stephen Colbert, Frank Lesser, Jay Katsir, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Michael Brumm, Laura Krafft
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Lesley Stahl!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy", Greg Behrendt!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes astrophysicist and author of "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", Neil DeGrasse Tyson!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor, Jeff Daniels!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of Connected: Coast to Coast, Monica Crowley!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
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TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes filmmaker author, Ken Burns!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion", Bruce Feiler!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of The West Wing, Bradley Whitford!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Rich Dahm, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CourtTV anchor, Catherine Crier!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife", Mary Roach!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes anchor and newswoman, Cokie Roberts!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former Senator Bob Kerrey!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Reverend Al Sharpton!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Rich Dahm, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spanking the Donkey", Matt Taibbi!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Stephen Colbert, Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of Zathura, Tim Robbins!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: Stephen Colbert, Jay Katsir, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Laura Krafft, Allison Silverman
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Brian Greene!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of several science books, Richard Preston!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of The Dictionary of Republicanisms, Katrina vanden Heuvel!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Scorpion's Gate, Richard Clarke!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Are Men Necessary?, Maureen Dowd!
Director: Jim Hoskinson
Writer: N/A