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The Colbert Report is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by Stephen Colbert that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, to December 18, 2014, for 1,447 episodes. The show focused 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. Furthermore, the show satirized conservative personality-driven political talk programs, particularly Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor. The Colbert Report is a spin-off of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, where Colbert acted as a correspondent for the program for several years while developing the character.

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10/17/2005 on COMC

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Cast

Name	Character

Stephen Colbert	Host
Stephen Colbert	Himself - Host
Eric Drysdale	Bobby
Jay Katsir	Jay the Intern
Jon Stewart	Himself
Paul Dinello	Tad
George W. Bush	Himself
Mike Huckabee	Himself
Trevor Potter	Himself
David Cross	Russ Lieber

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#	Title	Air Date
1	Michael Sheen	Wednesday, 27 August 2014
2	Jeffrey Tambor	Tuesday, 30 September 2014
3	Mike Mullen	Wednesday, 01 October 2014
4	Lynn Sherr	Thursday, 02 October 2014
5	James M. McPherson	Monday, 06 October 2014
6	Leon Wieseltier	Tuesday, 07 October 2014
7	Carol Burnett	Wednesday, 08 October 2014
8	Robert Plant	Thursday, 09 October 2014
9	Walter Isaacson	Monday, 13 October 2014
10	Neil Young	Tuesday, 14 October 2014
11	Justin Simien	Wednesday, 15 October 2014
12	William Deresiewicz	Thursday, 16 October 2014
13	Meredith Vieira	Monday, 27 October 2014
14	Michael Lewis	Tuesday, 28 October 2014
15	Jill Lepore	Wednesday, 29 October 2014
16	David Miliband	Thursday, 30 October 2014
17	Chuck Todd	Monday, 03 November 2014
18	Andrew Sullivan	Tuesday, 04 November 2014
19	Kirsten Gillibrand	Wednesday, 05 November 2014
20	Steven Johnson	Thursday, 06 November 2014
21	Andy Cohen	Monday, 10 November 2014
22	Diane von Furstenberg	Tuesday, 11 November 2014
23	Terence Tao	Wednesday, 12 November 2014
24	Jennifer Lawrence	Thursday, 13 November 2014
25	Bernie Sanders	Monday, 17 November 2014
26	Eva Longoria	Tuesday, 18 November 2014
27	Toni Morrison	Wednesday, 19 November 2014
28	Jon Stewart	Thursday, 20 November 2014
29	John McCain	Monday, 01 December 2014
30	Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga	Tuesday, 02 December 2014
31	Christopher Nolan	Wednesday, 03 December 2014
32	Paul Farmer	Thursday, 04 December 2014
33	President Barack Obama	Monday, 08 December 2014
34	James Corden	Tuesday, 09 December 2014
35	Sarah Koenig	Wednesday, 10 December 2014
36	Smaug	Thursday, 11 December 2014
37	Seth Rogen	Monday, 15 December 2014
38	Kendrick Lamar	Tuesday, 16 December 2014
39	Phil Klay	Wednesday, 17 December 2014
40	Same to You, Pal	Thursday, 18 December 2014

Cast

Name	Character

Stephen Colbert	Host
Stephen Colbert	Himself - Host
Eric Drysdale	Bobby
Jay Katsir	Jay the Intern
Jon Stewart	Himself
Paul Dinello	Tad
George W. Bush	Himself
Mike Huckabee	Himself
Trevor Potter	Himself
David Cross	Russ Lieber
Jeff Goldblum	Himself - Guest
Tim Meadows	P.K. Winsome
Erik Frandsen	Hans Beinholt
Neil deGrass Tyson	Himself
Andrew Sullivan	Himself
Lou Dobbs	Himself
Meg DeFrancesco	Meg the Intern
Bill O'Reilly	Himself
Michael Stipe	Himself
James Martin	Himself

Producers

Name	Role

Stephen Colbert	Executive Producer
Tom Purcell	Executive Producer
Jon Stewart	Executive Producer
Barry Julien	Executive Producer
Ben Karlin	Executive Producer
Allison Silverman	Executive Producer
Meredith Bennett	Executive Producer
Rich Dahm	Executive Producer
Tom Purcell	Producer
Stephen Colbert	Producer
Matt Lappin	Producer
Paul Dinello	Producer
Barry Julien	Producer
Allison Silverman	Producer
Jon Stewart	Producer
Rich Dahm	Producer
Ben Karlin	Producer
Glenn Eichler	Producer
Torey Strahl	Producer
Meredith Bennett	Producer
Steven Holtzman	Producer
Monica Hickey	Producer
Jeff Cooperman	Producer
John Bedolis	Producer
Emily Lazar	Producer
Liz Levin	Producer
Tanya Michnevich	Producer
Samantha Scharff	Producer
Jeremy Tchaban	Producer
Nicole Savini	Producer
Gabe Gronli	Producer
Scott Lawrie	Producer
Kim Gamble	Producer
Aaron Cohen	Producer
Laura Ganis	Producer
Mark Therrien	Producer
Ricky Faust	Producer
Cassie Ramoska	Producer
Melissa Johnson	Producer
Cole Kazdin	Producer
Franklin S. Zitter	Producer

Editors

Christein Aromando, Andrew Matheson, Paul Frank, Jason Baker, Gabriel Arah Wakeman, Bryan Adams, Hugh Elliott, Cori Wapnowska, Arthur St. Germain, Nick Mougis

Year	Type	Category	Won

2015	Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2015	Emmy	Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming	Won
2015	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2015	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Talk Series	Nominated
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series	Won
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Series	Won
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series	Nominated
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials	Nominated
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials	Nominated
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special	Nominated
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Series	Won
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series	Won
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials	Nominated
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series	Nominated
2012	Emmy	Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2012	Emmy	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series	Nominated
2012	Emmy	Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials	Nominated
2012	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Series	Nominated

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