The Colbert Report
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The Colbert Report

6.9/10 2005 11 Seasons 1447 Episodes Ended

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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Season 2 Episodes

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E1
Nancy Grace
2006
S2E2
E2
Carl Bernstein
2006
S2E3
E3
John Stossel
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes ABC News' John Stossel!

S2E4
E4
Ken Miller
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Professor of Biology at Brown University, Ken Miller!

S2E5
E5
George Stephanopoulos
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "This Week", George Stephanopoulos!

S2E6
E6
Andrew Sullivan
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and blogger, Andrew Sullivan!

S2E7
E7
Frank McCourt
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Teacher Man: A Memoir", Frank McCourt!

S2E8
E8
Nina Totenberg
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes National Public Radio's legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg!

S2E9
E9
David Gregory
2006
S2E10
E10
Robin Givhan
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes "Washington Post" fashion editor, Robin Givhan!

S2E11
E11
Norah Vincent
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back" Norah Vincent…

S2E12
E12
Paul Begala
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CNN commentator and the co-author of "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future…

S2E13
E13
Annie Duke
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson!

S2E14
E14
Dave Marash
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Manliness", Harvey Mansfield!

S2E15
E15
Emily Yoffe
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner", Emily Yof…

S2E16
E16
Christine Todd Whitman
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "It's My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future …

S2E17
E17
Sen. Barbara Boxer
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes California Senator Barbara Boxer!

S2E18
E18
James Woolsey
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former CIA Director James Woolsey!

S2E19
E19
Alan Dershowitz
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved", Ala…

S2E20
E20
George Packer
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq", George Packer!

E21
Lama Surya Das
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, Lama Surya Das!

E22
Michael Eric Dyson
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina And the Color of Disaster, Mi…

E23
David Brooks
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!

E24
Tony Campolo
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neute…

E25
Brett O'Donnell
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the director of debate at King's College, Brett O'Donnell!

E26
Arianna Huffington
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author and internet blogger, Arianna Huffington!

E27
Jeffrey Sachs
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Jeffrey Sachs!

E28
Bob Schieffer
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!

E29
Norman Ornstein
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Bac…

E30
James Webb
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, James Webb!

E31
Lorraine Bracco
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actress, Lorraine Bracco!

E32
Christopher Buckley
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Thank You for Smoking : A Novel, Christopher Buckley!

E33
Keith Olbermann
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann!

E34
Al Franken
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of The Al Franken Show, Al Franken!

E35
Frank Vincent
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man, Frank Vincent!

E36
Connie Chung
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.

E37
Steve Kroft
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Steve Kroft!

E38
Dan Senor
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Dan Senor!

E39
John Kasich
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You.

E40
Sen. Gary Hart
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes environmental politician, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

E41
Michael Brown
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.

E42
Bruce Bartlett
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan …

E43
Robert Greenwald
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the producer of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War o…

E44
Michael Smerconish
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.

E45
Rev. Jesse Jackson
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.

E46
Harvey Mansfield
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.

E47
Markos Moulitsas
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Great Deluge, Douglas Brinkley.

E48
Reza Aslan
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of No god But God, Reza Aslan!

E49
Anthony Romero
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

E50
Caitlin Flanagan
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin …

E51
Ralph Nader
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist Christpher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile.

E52
Hugh Hewitt
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majorit…

E53
Sam Harris
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

E54
Sebastian Junger
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes editor in chief for U.S. News World Report, Mort Zuckerman.

E55
Bill Kristol
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol!

E56
Jon Meacham
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, …

E57
Gov. Mike Huckabee
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End …

E58
Paul Rieckhoff
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington…

E59
Rick Reilly
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Shanks For Nothing, Rick Reilly!

E60
Shere Hite
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Shere Hite Reader, Shere Hite!

E61
Frank Rich
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the New York Times, Frank Rich!

E62
Bill Bastone
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!

E63
Madeleine Albright
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!

E64
Ned Lamont
2006

Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.

E65
Tyson Slocum
2006

Tonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the Wa…

E66
Jonathan Alter
2006

Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in t…

E67
Ted Daeschler
2006

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Assistant Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology at the Center for Systematic Biolo…

E68
Stone Phillips
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Dateline NBC anchor Stone Philips.

E69
Christiane Amanpour
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

E70
Steven Squyres
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Cornell University scientist and author of Roving Mars Steven Squyres.

E71
Steven Johnson
2006
E72
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
2006
E73
Tim Flannery
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mammologist and paleontologist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers.

E74
David Sirota
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.

E75
Michael Pollan
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of T…

E76
Gustavo Arellano
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ocweekly.com's Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano.

E77
Bart Ehrman
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus.

E78
Bay Buchanan
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Angela "Bay" Buchanan, President of The American Cause.

E79
Douglas Brinkley
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.

E80
Marc Bowden
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Marc Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant…

E81
Chris Matthews
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews.

E82
Robert Baer
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes form CIA agents and author of Blow the House Down, Robert Baer.

E83
Christopher Noxon
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.

E84
Amy Sedaris
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Amy Sedaris, star of Strangers with Candy.

E85
Tony Hawk
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

E86
Mort Zuckerman
2006

Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

E87
Ron Suskind
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

E88
Lee Silver
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.

E89
Dhani Jones
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Prof…

E90
Joe Scarborough
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the host of Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough.

E91
Tom Brokaw
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.

E92
Howell Raines
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The One That Got Away: A Memoir, Howell Raines

E93
William Donohue
2006

Tonight Stephen Welcomes the president of the Catholic League, William Donohue.

E94
Neal Katyal
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the Peop…

E95
Joe Quesada
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.

E96
Ned Lamont
2006

Tonght, Democratic hopeful for Senate in Connecticut, Ned Lamont.

E97
Peter Beinart
2006

Tonight former editor for the New Republic and author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the Wa…

E98
Linda Hirshman
2006

Tonight former attorney and professor of philisophy Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women in t…

E99
Paul Hackett III
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

E100
Bill Rhoden
2006

Tonight, New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black …

E101
Alexandra Robbins
2006

Tonight cultural anthropologist Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids.

E102
Eli Pariser
2006

Tonight campaign director for MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser.

E103
Ramesh Ponnuru
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of the National Review and author of The Party of Death: The Demo…

E104
David Gergen
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes political commentator of PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and author of Eyewitness to Power: The …

E105
Morgan Spurlock
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes documentary filmmaker and host of 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock.

E106
Neil Young
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes legendary musician Neil Young.

E107
Geoffrey Nunberg
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics and columnist for the New York Times and author of T…

E108
Paul Krugman
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and colmnist Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New …

E109
Gideon Yago
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes writer and correspondent for MTV News, Gideon Yago

S2E110
E110
Janna Levin
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes mathematician Janna Levin, author of A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines.

E111
Martin Short
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Martin Short.

E112
Toby Keith
2006

Tonight Stephen welcome country music star Toby Keith.

E113
Ken Jennings
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes record setting Jeopardy champion and author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competetive…

E114
Bill Simmons
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN's Sports Guy columnist and author of Now I Can Die In Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found S…

E115
Will Power
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor, performer, rapper, playwright and educator Will Power.

E116
Frank Rich
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist Frank Rich, author of The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fa…

E117
James Carville
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Democratic political consultant James Carville.

E118
Daniel Ellsberg
2006

Tonight former defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

E119
Arianna Huffington
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes back Arianna Huffington, blogger and author of On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life

E120
Ted Danson
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor Ted Danson.

E121
Lowell Bergman
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Prof…

E122
Steve Wozniak
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes co-founder of Apple Computers, Steve Wozniak.

E123
Michael Lewis
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.

E124
Andy Stern
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes union leader and author of A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track, Andy Stern.

E125
Senator Byron Dorgan
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, author of Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed And…

E126
Amy Goodman
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Democracy Now! host and co-author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the Peop…

E127
Randy Newman
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Randy Newman.

E128
Ariel Levy
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Le…

E129
George Lucas
2006

Tonight Stephen reveals the winner of the Green Screen Challenge. Plus, another Tek Jansen Adventure.

E130
Gov. Brian Schweitzer
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer

E131
Barry Scheck
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

E132
Richard Dawkins
2006

Tonight Stephen celebrates his 1st anniversary episode with Oxford Professor of Biology and author of The God Delusion R…

E133
David Kuo
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes former special assistant to President Bush and author of Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Pol…

E134
Dr. Peter Agre
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre. Plus Stephen talks to Jim Gilchrist, founder of The…

E135
Barry Manilow
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes musician Barry Manilow.

E136
Tim Robbins
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and politcal activist Tim Robbins.

E137
Penn Jillette
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes magician Penn Jillette.

E138
Ronald Reagan Jr.
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes political activist Ronald Reagan Jr.

E139
Mark Halperin
2006

Tonight Stephen welcoms ABC News correspondent and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Mark Hal…

E140
Indecision 2006 Election Coverage
2006

Combined with the Daily Show for the night, Stephen talks to Warren Beatty by phone, Rep. Robert Wexler via satellite an…

E141
Jeff Greenfield
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CNN anchor Jeff Greenfield.

E142
Dean Kamen
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of FIRST and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.

E143
Dan Rather
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.

E144
Jeff Swartz
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz.

E145
Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Al Franken and paleontologist Dr. Michael Novacek.

E146
Richard Linklater
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Richard Linklater, director of Fast Food Nation.

E147
Jim Lehrer
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes PBS News Hour anchor and author of The Phony Marine: A Novel, Jim Lehrer.

E148
Harry Shearer
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes comedian Harry Shearer.

E149
Nora Ephron
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes screenwriter and author of I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora …

E150
Mike Lupica
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes ESPN commentator and author of Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica.

E151
Will Wright
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes computer game designer Will Wright.

E152
Steven D. Levitt
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes economist and co-author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi…

E153
John Sexton
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of New York University, John Sexton.

E154
Dr. Francis S. Collins
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the fromer head of the Human Genome Project and author of The Language of God: A Scientist Pres…

E155
Dr. Peter Singer
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes Princeton ethicist, animal rights activist and co-author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choice…

E156
Dan Savage
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes nationally syndicated columnist and author of The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Famil…

E157
Doris Kearns Goodwin
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes historian and author of Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns G…

E158
Daniel Pinchbeck
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes a writer for the Village Voice and Rolling Stone and author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psyche…

E159
Jack Welch
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the retired CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.

E160
Deepak Chopra
2006

Tonight Stephen welcomes the leader in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra.

E161
Chris Funk, Robert Schneider
2006

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