The Colbert Report — 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.

Oct 18, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Lesley Stahl!

Oct 19, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!

Oct 20, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer!

Oct 24, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs!

Oct 25, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy", Greg Behrendt!

Oct 26, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes astrophysicist and author of "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", Neil DeGrasse Tyson!

Oct 27, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor, Jeff Daniels!

Oct 31, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of Connected: Coast to Coast, Monica Crowley!

Nov 1, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes filmmaker author, Ken Burns!

Nov 2, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion", Bruce Feiler!

Nov 3, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of The West Wing, Bradley Whitford!

Nov 7, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer!

Nov 8, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CourtTV anchor, Catherine Crier!

Nov 9, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife", Mary Roach!

Nov 10, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes anchor and newswoman, Cokie Roberts!

Nov 14, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former Senator Bob Kerrey!

Nov 15, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Reverend Al Sharpton!

Nov 16, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spanking the Donkey", Matt Taibbi!

Nov 17, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of Zathura, Tim Robbins!

Nov 28, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Brian Greene!

Nov 29, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of several science books, Richard Preston!

Nov 30, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of The Dictionary of Republicanisms, Katrina vanden Heuvel!

Dec 1, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Scorpion's Gate, Richard Clarke!

Dec 5, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Are Men Necessary?, Maureen Dowd!

Dec 6, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Host of Anderson Cooper 360, Anderson Cooper!

Dec 7, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Attack the Messenger: How Politicians Turn You Against the Media, Craig Crawford!

Dec 8, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father, Peggy Noonan!

Dec 12, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of The Early Show, Harry Smith!

Dec 13, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Costas Now and sports commentator, Bob Costas!

Dec 14, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor and star of The Family Stone, Dermot Mulroney!

Dec 15, 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban!