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The Best Episodes of The Colbert Report Season 4

Every episode of The Colbert Report Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Colbert Report Season 4!

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,...
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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman" is the best rated episode of "The Colbert Report" season 4. It scored 6.6/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/2008. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Chris Beam, Gary Rosen".

  • Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman
    6.6/10(17)

    #1 - Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 1/7/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chris Beam, Gary Rosen
    6.7/10(17)

    #2 - Chris Beam, Gary Rosen

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 1/8/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gov. Mike Huckabee, Matt Taibbi
    6.9/10(17)

    #3 - Gov. Mike Huckabee, Matt Taibbi

    Season 4 Episode 3

    Aired 1/9/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Norman Ornstein, Muhammad Yunus
    6.9/10(17)

    #4 - Norman Ornstein, Muhammad Yunus

    Season 4 Episode 4

    Aired 1/10/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Neil Shubin
    6.8/10(18)

    #5 - Neil Shubin

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 1/14/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Peter Hopkins, Jared Cohen
    6.7/10(17)

    #6 - Peter Hopkins, Jared Cohen

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 1/15/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deborah Tannen
    6.7/10(18)

    #7 - Deborah Tannen

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 1/16/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lou Dobbs, David Levy
    6.6/10(17)

    #8 - Lou Dobbs, David Levy

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 1/17/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Allan Sloan, Eric Weiner
    6.7/10(19)

    #9 - Allan Sloan, Eric Weiner

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 1/21/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Malcolm Gladwell, Andrew Young
    6.9/10(19)

    #10 - Malcolm Gladwell, Andrew Young

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 1/22/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Stephen Colbert's Sport Report
    7.3/10(18)

    #11 - Stephen Colbert's Sport Report

    Season 4 Episode 11

    Aired 1/23/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Debra Dickerson, Charles Nesson
    6.9/10(18)

    #12 - Debra Dickerson, Charles Nesson

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 1/24/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Marjane Satrapi, Rick Warren
    6.9/10(17)

    #13 - Marjane Satrapi, Rick Warren

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 1/28/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Joe Quesada, Alex Ross
    7.0/10(17)

    #14 - Joe Quesada, Alex Ross

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 1/29/2008

    No description available

    Director: Jim Hoskinson

    Writer: N/A

  • Carl Hiaasen, Frans de Waal
    7.1/10(18)

    #15 - Carl Hiaasen, Frans de Waal

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 1/30/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tim Harford, Andrew Napolitano
    7.0/10(17)

    #16 - Tim Harford, Andrew Napolitano

    Season 4 Episode 16

    Aired 1/31/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tony Campolo, Jacob Weisberg
    7.0/10(20)

    #17 - Tony Campolo, Jacob Weisberg

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 2/4/2008

    Tonight Stephen welcomes Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg, author of The Bush Tragedy. Also, Stephen talks with Tony Campolo, author of Red Letter Christians, about the Chrisitian right's influence on politics.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Angelo Falcon, Bob Dole
    6.9/10(18)

    #18 - Angelo Falcon, Bob Dole

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 2/5/2008

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Richard Brookhiser, Tad Devine
    7.1/10(18)

    #19 - Richard Brookhiser, Tad Devine

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 2/6/2008

    Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic strategist Tad Devine. Also Stephen talks with the senior editor of The National Review Richard Brookhiser about whether the Republicans will vote for John McCain.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mark Moffett
    7.1/10(18)

    #20 - Mark Moffett

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 2/7/2008

    Tonight Stephen welcomes naturalist Mark Moffett, author of Face to Face with Frogs. Also, Presidental candiate and former Arkansas Governaor Mike Huckabee stops by to discuss, and play air hockey with Stephen, about which state he hopes to win next.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Aubrey de Grey, Philip Zimbardo
    6.6/10(18)

    #21 - Aubrey de Grey, Philip Zimbardo

    Season 4 Episode 21

    Aired 2/11/2008

    Stephen begins with congratulating Barack Obama winning a Grammy award for "Best Spoken Word Album" for The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. He then talks about Mitt Romney dropping out of the race for President. He then interviews Aubrey de Gray about defeating aging and trying to make John McCain young. Stephen then talks about his portait to Marc Pachter (over the telephone). Pachter tells him that the portait has increased the number of visitors to the museum and that it will now be displayed in the National Portrait Museum until April 1. He then interviews Philip Zimbardo about "The Lucifer Effect" and how people become evil.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Lisa Randall
    7.0/10(18)

    #22 - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Lisa Randall

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 2/12/2008

    Stephen begins with a discussion on Mike Huckabee's running mate. Stephen claims that via obligation, he should be the running mate. He also displays his dislike of John McCain, due to other right-wing political pundits, such as Rush Limbaugh, disliking McCain. He then talks to superdelegate Eliot Spitzer about superdelegates. He then talks to Eleanor Holmes Norton, another superdelegate, about her support of Barack Obama. Finally, Stephen interviews Lisa Randall about other dimensions.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • David Gracer, Richard Thompson Ford
    7.1/10(18)

    #23 - David Gracer, Richard Thompson Ford

    Season 4 Episode 23

    Aired 2/13/2008

    Stephen begins by talking about how he survived the writers strike. He brings his writers (including, strangely enough, Tiki Barber, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Kevin Bacon) onto the set and welcomes them back personally. He then interviews David Gracer about eating insects. Stephen then introduces a new segment, "Stephen Colbert's Fallback Position," where he investigates different jobs he may take if he loses his job as a pundit. He investigates becoming a astrophysicist with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Finally, he interviews Richard Thompson Ford about the Democrats, and how he thinks the "race card" is being played too often.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • John Feinstein, Leonard Nimoy
    8.2/10(41)

    #24 - John Feinstein, Leonard Nimoy

    Season 4 Episode 24

    Aired 2/14/2008

    Stephen begins with "Who's Riding my Coattails now?", putting German comedian Oliver Pocher on notice for stealing his pose that he used on the front cover of GQ magazine. He then talks about the Roger Clemens hearing, defending Brian McNamee collecting used medical waste by claiming that he does it also. He then interviews John Feinstein about the use of steroids in sport. In "People Destroying America", Stephen talks about Susan Pagan, who refused to give his daughter a free Happy Meal for getting good grades. He then interviews Leonard Nimoy about a book featuring nude photos of overweight women.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.
    6.9/10(18)

    #25 - Henry Louis Gates Jr.

    Season 4 Episode 25

    Aired 2/26/2008

    Stephen starts by talking about a photo of Barack Obama in Muslim dress, claiming he is a terrorist. He says that the photo does not devide people, but unites people by making them think that Obama is a terrorist. In "The Wørd", Stephen agrees with Bill O'Reilly that a New York Times article about Vicki Iseman, but mainly because he claims the article was written poorly. In a special "Movies That Are Destroying America" entitled "Oscars That Are Destroying America", he attacks the fact that too many awards went to foreigners. Stephen then talks to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about race and agrees to have a DNA test to see how black he is.

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