The Colbert Report
200524m / epNews · Comedy
First aired
October 17, 2005
TMDB Score
70% match · 313 votes
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Stone Phillips / Truthiness
Season 1 · 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.
About the Series
Synopsis
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.
CreatorsStephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin
- First aired
- October 17, 2005
- Last aired
- December 18, 2014
- Seasons
- 11 seasons · 1447 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Network
- Comedy Central
Top Billed Cast
Stephen Colbert
Self - Host
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