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The Colbert Report

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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.

Oct 17, 200511 seasons1447 episodesEndedEN

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Stephen Colbert

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Seasons

Season 1

32 episodes

Premiered Oct 17, 2005

Season 2

161 episodes

Premiered Jan 9, 2006

Season 3

138 episodes

Premiered Jan 8, 2007

Season 4

160 episodes

Premiered Jan 7, 2008

Season 5

161 episodes

Premiered Jan 5, 2009

Season 6

161 episodes

Premiered Jan 4, 2010

Season 7

124 episodes

Premiered Jan 3, 2011

Season 8

155 episodes

Premiered Oct 3, 2011

Season 9

155 episodes

Premiered Oct 1, 2012

Season 10

160 episodes

Premiered Sep 30, 2013

Season 11

40 episodes

Premiered Sep 29, 2014

Episodes

1–6 of 32

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Ep 1

Stone Phillips / Truthiness

Oct 17, 2005

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.

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