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  • 2005
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The Colbert Report

Summary Tune in to The Colbert Report, as Stephen Colbert, from The Daily Show gives his own take on the issues of the day, and more importantly, to tell you why everyone else's take is just plain wrong. The series is intended to be a parody of Bill O'Reilly, Anderson Cooper, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Joe Scarborough, etc. The series airs...

  • 2005
  • TV-14
  • Comedy Central
  • 2005
  • TV-14
  • Comedy Central

The Colbert Report

12 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 17, 2005
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 44 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 134 User Ratings
8.3
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Summary Tune in to The Colbert Report, as Stephen Colbert, from The Daily Show gives his own take on the issues of the day, and more importantly, to tell you why everyone else's take is just plain wrong. The series is intended to be a parody of Bill O'Reilly, Anderson Cooper, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Joe Scarborough, etc. The series airs...

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Stephen Colbert

Self - Host, Self, Voice of Tek Jansen and The Brazilian (segment "Tek Jansen")

Jay Katsir

Jay the Intern, Daniel, Self

Jon Stewart

Self, Self - Guest

Paul Dinello

Tad, Dougie St. James, Pavlos

Trevor Potter

Self, Self - Caplin & Drysdale, Self - Caplin & Drysdale Attorneys

Andrew Sullivan

Self, Self - Guest

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Director, Hayden Planetarium

Tim Meadows

P.K. Winsome, P. K. Winsome, PK Winsome

Mike Huckabee

Self, Self - Guest

James Martin

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Author, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything

Emily Bazelon

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Legal Editor, Slate

Eric Frandsen

Hans Beinholt, Hans Beinholtz

Tom Brokaw

Self - Guest, Self

Peter Gwinn

Jimmy, Narrator (segment "Tek Jansen"), Self

Ken Burns

Self - Guest, Self, Self - Announcer

Jim Cramer

Self, Self - Guest

Henry Kissinger

Self - Guest

Arianna Huffington

Self, Self - Guest, The Huffington Post

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Self, Self - Guest

Jonathan Alter

Self, Self - Guest

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 44 Critic Reviews
65
59% Positive
26 Reviews
32% Mixed
14 Reviews
9% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 44 Critic Reviews
65
59% Positive
26 Reviews
32% Mixed
14 Reviews
9% Negative
4 Reviews

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90
Mr. Colbert's on-camera persona may not wear well over the long term, but for now at least "The Colbert Report" is a worthy spinoff, an icy-cold beer chaser to the shot of whiskey that is "The Daily Show."
By Alessandra Stanley FULL REVIEW
80
"The Daily Show" spinoff has gotten off to an impressive start with a topnotch premiere followed by a respectable second outing that underscores just how challenging it will be to sustain this half-hour high-wire act four nights a week.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
75
When it is clicking, The Colbert Report is Countdown on mescaline -- occasionally brilliant, occasionally loopy, definitely entertaining.
By Mike McDaniel FULL REVIEW
70
The new show dovetails nicely with its lead-in to present a solid hour of skewered news and punctured pomposity.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
60
A few kinks are painfully apparent. Foremost among them is the blowhard persona Colbert forces on us for half an hour. It feels like a weaker extension of "The Daily Show."
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
50
This would be hilarious, except that political talk TV has become such a parody of itself that watching them is more than enough comedy for anybody.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
30
What worked so well in short Daily Show-sized bites wears thin over a half-hour program.
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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 134 User Ratings
8.3
86% Positive
115 Ratings
1% Mixed
1 Rating
13% Negative
18 Ratings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 134 User Ratings
8.3
86% Positive
115 Ratings
1% Mixed
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13% Negative
18 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Busboy Productions
  • Comedy Central
  • Hello Doggie
  • Spartina Productions
Initial Release Date: Oct 17, 2005
Number of seasons: 12 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
• 7 Wins & 41 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 3 Wins & 20 Nominations
Gold Derby Awards
• 2 Wins & 20 Nominations

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