The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report (2005 – 2014)

2005 • 11 seasons • News, Comedy • TV-14

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Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of English and journalism and author of Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America, Eric Alterman.

Episodes

Episode 1
Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman
2008-01-07

Episode 2
Chris Beam, Gary Rosen
2008-01-08

Episode 3
Gov. Mike Huckabee, Matt Taibbi
2008-01-09

Episode 4
Norman Ornstein, Muhammad Yunus
2008-01-10

Episode 5
Neil Shubin
2008-01-14

Episode 6
Peter Hopkins, Jared Cohen
2008-01-15

Episode 7
Deborah Tannen
2008-01-16

Episode 8
Lou Dobbs, David Levy
2008-01-17

Episode 9
Allan Sloan, Eric Weiner
2008-01-21

Episode 10
Malcolm Gladwell, Andrew Young
2008-01-22

Episode 11
Stephen Colbert's Sport Report
2008-01-23

Episode 12
Debra Dickerson, Charles Nesson
2008-01-24

Episode 13
Marjane Satrapi, Rick Warren
2008-01-28

Episode 14
Joe Quesada, Alex Ross
2008-01-29

Episode 15
Carl Hiaasen, Frans de Waal
2008-01-30

Episode 16
Tim Harford, Andrew Napolitano
2008-01-31

Episode 17
Tony Campolo, Jacob Weisberg
2008-02-04

Episode 18
Angelo Falcon, Bob Dole
2008-02-05

Episode 19
Richard Brookhiser, Tad Devine
2008-02-06

Episode 20
Mark Moffett
2008-02-07

Episode 21
Aubrey de Grey, Philip Zimbardo
2008-02-11

Episode 22
Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Lisa Randall
2008-02-12

Episode 23
David Gracer, Richard Thompson Ford
2008-02-13

Episode 24
John Feinstein, Leonard Nimoy
2008-02-14

Episode 25
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
2008-02-26

Episode 26
Tony Snow
2008-02-27

Episode 27
Richard Brookhiser, Ingrid Newkirk
2008-02-28

Episode 28
Lorin Maazel, Shashi Tharoor
2008-03-03

Episode 29
William Donohue, Howard Dean, Jennifer 8. Lee
2008-03-04

Episode 30
Robert Reich, Gregory Rodriguez
2008-03-05

Episode 31
John Legend
2008-03-06

Episode 32
George McGovern
2008-03-10

Episode 33
Geraldo Rivera
2008-03-11

Episode 34
Howard Kurtz
2008-03-12

Episode 35
Hussein Ibish, Sudhir Venkatesh
2008-03-13

Episode 36
Samantha Power
2008-03-17

Episode 37
Carole King
2008-03-18

Episode 38
Dee Dee Myers
2008-03-19

Episode 39
Dean Kamen
2008-03-20

Episode 40
Eric Alterman, Michael Reynolds
2008-03-31

Episode 41
Van Jones
2008-04-01

Episode 42
R.E.M.
2008-04-02

Episode 43
Clay Shirky
2008-04-03

Episode 44
Trevor Paglen, Jesse Ventura
2008-04-07

Episode 45
Madeline Albright
2008-04-08

Episode 46
Jeff Gore
2008-04-09

Episode 47
Robin Wright
2008-04-10

Episode 48
John Legend, Mayor Michael Nutter, Chris Matthews
2008-04-14

Episode 49
Michelle Obama, The Roots
2008-04-15

Episode 50
Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders, Gov. Ed Rendell
2008-04-16

Episode 51
Hillary Clinton, Patrick Murphy, John Edwards, Barack Obama
2008-04-17

Episode 52
Fr. James Martin, Sen. Bernie Sanders
2008-04-21

Episode 53
Susan Jacoby
2008-04-22

Episode 54
Mitch Albom
2008-04-23

Episode 55
Maria Shriver
2008-04-24

Episode 56
Feist
2008-04-28

Episode 57
Anne Lamott
2008-04-29

Episode 58
Donna Brazile, Noah Feldman
2008-04-30

Episode 59
James Kunstler
2008-05-01

Episode 60
Carl Hiaasen
2008-05-05

Episode 61
Nathan Gunn
2008-05-06

Episode 62
Hasan Elahi, George Johnson
2008-05-07

Episode 63
Arianna Huffington
2008-05-08

Episode 64
Dr. Mehmet Oz
2008-05-12

Episode 65
Jennifer Hooper McCarty
2008-05-13

Episode 66
Laura Dern, Grover Norquist
2008-05-14

Episode 67
Andrei Cherny
2008-05-15

Episode 68
Tony Perkins, Brian Greene
2008-05-27

Episode 69
Sen. Claire McCaskill
2008-05-28

Episode 70
Tad Devine, David Sirota
2008-05-29

Episode 71
Jon Paskowitz
2008-06-02

Episode 72
George Will
2008-06-03

Episode 73
Rep. Bob Barr, Salman Rushdie
2008-06-04

Episode 74
Pat Buchanan
2008-06-05

Episode 75
Phil Weiss
2008-06-09

Episode 76
Alan Rabinowitz
2008-06-10

Episode 77
David Hajdu
2008-06-11

Episode 78
Winona LaDuke, Dixon Despommier
2008-06-12

Episode 79
Kenneth Miller
2008-06-16

Episode 80
Neal Katyal, Jonathan Zittrain
2008-06-17

Episode 81
Uma Mysorekar, Junot Díaz / Lexicon Artist
2008-06-18

Episode 82
Bishop N.T. Wright
2008-06-19

Episode 83
Barbara Ehrenreich
2008-06-23

Episode 84
Jason Bond, Will Smith
2008-06-24

Episode 85
Paul Goldberger, Neil deGrasse Tyson
2008-06-25

Episode 86
Rep. Robert Wexler
2008-06-26

Episode 87
Lama Surya Das, Daniel C. Esty
2008-07-14

Episode 88
Julia E. Sweig, Jason Riley
2008-07-15

Episode 89
Rush
2008-07-16

Episode 90
Elizabeth Edwards
2008-07-17

Episode 91
Sen. Jim Webb
2008-07-21

Episode 92
Lucas Conley
2008-07-22

Episode 93
Nas
2008-07-23

Episode 94
Laurie Goodstein, Garrett Reisman
2008-07-24

Episode 95
Toby Keith
2008-07-28

Episode 96
Eric Roston
2008-07-29

Episode 97
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2008-07-30

Episode 98
Buzz Aldrin
2008-07-31

Episode 99
Lucas Conley, The Apples in Stereo
2008-08-04

Episode 100
David Carr
2008-08-05

Episode 101
Jason Bond, Kevin Costner
2008-08-06

Episode 102
Devin Gordon, Thomas Frank
2008-08-07

Episode 103
Jorge Ramos
2008-08-11

Episode 104
Joey Cheek, Jane Mayer
2008-08-12

Episode 105
Dick Meyer
2008-08-13

Episode 106
Bing West
2008-08-14

Episode 107
Rep. Bob Barr, Scott McClellan
2008-08-26

Episode 108
Gov. Mike Huckabee
2008-08-27

Episode 109
Richard Brookhiser
2008-08-28

Episode 110
John McWhorter
2008-08-29

Episode 111
Laura D'Andrea Tyson
2008-09-02

Episode 112
Doris Kearns Goodwin
2008-09-03

Episode 113
Adam Brickley, Ron Paul
2008-09-04

Episode 114
Gov. David Paterson
2008-09-05

Episode 115
Peter J. Gomes
2008-09-15

Episode 116
Tyson Slocum, Rick Reilly
2008-09-16

Episode 117
Robert Lutz
2008-09-17

Episode 118
Maria Bartiromo
2008-09-18

Episode 119
Jackson Browne
2008-09-23

Episode 120
Joe Nocera, Cornel West
2008-09-24

Episode 121
Nick Carr
2008-09-25

Episode 122
Paul Begala
2008-09-29

Episode 123
James Taylor
2008-09-30

Episode 124
Dave Levin
2008-10-01

Episode 125
Stephen Greenblatt, Naomi Klein
2008-10-02

Episode 126
Jim Cramer
2008-10-06

Episode 127
Nate Silver
2008-10-07

Episode 128
Joe Scarborough
2008-10-08

Episode 129
David Gergen, Oliver Stone
2008-10-09

Episode 130
Bethany McLean, Kathleen Parker
2008-10-13

Episode 131
Joseph Stiglitz
2008-10-14

Episode 132
Shai Agassi
2008-10-15

Episode 133
Brent Glass, Robert Greenwald
2008-10-16

Episode 134
Fareed Zakaria, Wynton Marsalis
2008-10-20

Episode 135
Michael Farris
2008-10-21

Episode 136
David Frum
2008-10-22

Episode 137
Jonathan Alter
2008-10-23

Episode 138
Yo-Yo Ma
2008-10-27

Episode 139
Brian Moore, Sherman Alexie
2008-10-28

Episode 140
David Simon
2008-10-29

Episode 141
Wilco
2008-10-30

Episode 142
Charlie Cook, Andrew Sullivan
2008-11-03

Episode 143
Indecision 2008: America's Choice
2008-11-04

Episode 144
Ambassador Andrew Young
2008-11-05

Episode 145
Rachel Maddow
2008-11-06

Episode 146
Dan Savage, Kevin Johnson
2008-11-11

Episode 147
Bob Woodward
2008-11-12

Episode 148
Stephen Moore
2008-11-13

Episode 149
Malcom Gladwell
2008-11-17

Episode 150
Paul Simon
2008-11-18

Episode 151
Michael Lewis
2008-11-19

Episode 152
Cory Booker, Thomas L. Friedman
2008-11-20

Episode 153
Khaled Hosseini, Roland Fryer
2008-12-01

Episode 154
Jeffrey Goldberg
2008-12-02

Episode 155
Barbara Walters
2008-12-03

Episode 156
Sen. Bob Graham, Nicholas Wade
2008-12-04

Episode 157
Geoffrey Canada
2008-12-08

Episode 158
Kevin Bacon, Charlie Kaufman
2008-12-09

Episode 159
Richard Haass
2008-12-10

Episode 160
Michael Phelps
2008-12-11

Information

Creator	Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert
Episode air date	31.03.2008
Episode runtime	—
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	News / Comedy
TMDB series rating	6.9
IMDb series rating	8.4
Series status	Ended
Age rating	14+
Country	US

Cast

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert
Self - Host

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