List Of The Colbert Report Episodes
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The Colbert Report ''The Colbert Report'' ( ) is an American late night television, late-night Late-night talk show, 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 ...
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. Hosted by
Stephen Colbert Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program ''The Colbert Report'' from 2005 to ...
, it was produced by Colbert,
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and revolved around Colbert playing the role of a populist blowhard journalist character, similar to his role on ''
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''. In ''The Colbert Report'', the former correspondent became the host of his own parody of media
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programs, such as ''
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''. There are a number of noteworthy recurring elements in most episodes of ''The Colbert Report''. Many episodes feature " The Wørd" of the day, which serves as a theme for a monologue early in the episode. Each has a studio guest later in the episode, and each begins with a brief summary of what the episode will contain, followed by an introductory phrase and then by the theme music. This introductory phrase very often inserts the word ''
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'' into a common phrase, such as "Apply Truth liberally to the inflamed area," or says, "this is ''The Colbert Report''," though there are exceptions.


Episodes


2005–14


External links

* * {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''The Colbert Report'' episodes * Colbert Report, The