The Colbert Report

Season 3 (138 Episodes)

11 Seasons 2007 TV-14 30m 8.4

Satirical newscaster Stephen Colbert provides humorous commentary on the big issues going on in the United States and the rest of the world, with his larger-than-life ego and overly-patriotic spirit along with him every step of the way.

An offshoot of The Daily Show (1996), The Colbert Report (the Ts in Colbert and in Report are silent) is a parody of shows like "The O'Reilly Factor". Colbert begins the show with teasers about the show's content and then the credits go by, with a giant eagle and the stars and stripes featured predominantly. Colbert will pepper commentaries with phrases like, "Look, I don't have time to read books", or, "President Bush isn't a head thinker, he's a gut thinker." Aspects of talking head programs are exaggerated and Colbert presents a host overwhelmed by his own importance. Guests do not walk on-stage but are seated at a small table to the side. Colbert runs over to them, encouraging the audience to applaud and high five him as he passes. He is then likely to begin an interview by asking a guest something like, "Explain evolution in twenty seconds", or "Isn't everyone who disagrees with the President guilty of treason?" Colbert is also very clear about our number one threat, "Bears". His distrust of bears was a continuing theme.

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Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 Ethan Nadelman

1. Ethan Nadelman

Aired: Jan 8, 2007

Stephen opens the show disappointed that Saddam Hussein was suddenly hanged o...

Episode 2 Jim Cramer

2. Jim Cramer

Aired: Jan 9, 2007

Freem replaces superstantial in the opening sequence. Stephen thanks former A...

Episode 3 David Camp

3. David Camp

Aired: Jan 10, 2007

Stephen criticizes Bush for not sending 300 million troops as Stephen advised...

Episode 4 Judy Woodruff

4. Judy Woodruff

Aired: Jan 11, 2007

Stephen starts with another episode of his challenge "What Number is Stephen ...

Episode 5 Alex Kuczynski

5. Alex Kuczynski

Aired: Jan 15, 2007

Wishing viewers a happy Martin Luther King Day, Stephen calls for a nationwid...

Episode 6 Dinesh D'Souza

6. Dinesh D'Souza

Aired: Jan 16, 2007

In anticipation of Bill O'Reilly arriving in-studio on Thursday, Stephen lash...

Episode 7 Richard Clarke

7. Richard Clarke

Aired: Jan 17, 2007

Still in anticipation of Bill O'Reilly arriving in-studio on Thursday Stephen...

Episode 8 Bill O'Reilly

8. Bill O'Reilly

Aired: Jan 18, 2007

The big day is here, so Stephen is crazy with anticipation that Bill O'Reilly...

Episode 9 Thomas Schaller

9. Thomas Schaller

Aired: Jan 22, 2007

Stephen is disappointed at the loss by the New Orleans Saints to the Chicago ...

Episode 10 Michael Steele

10. Michael Steele

Aired: Jan 23, 2007

Stephen explains that this is the second of two episodes they taped on Januar...

Episode 11 Lou Dobbs

11. Lou Dobbs

Aired: Jan 24, 2007

Lou Dobbs, author of War on the Middle Class, faces the truth hammer when he ...

Episode 12 Mike Wallace

12. Mike Wallace

Aired: Jan 25, 2007

Bill O'Reilly spills the beans on Stephen, and says what he really thought of...

Episode 13 Barry Lando

13. Barry Lando

Aired: Jan 29, 2007

Colbert wins bet with mayor of Oshawa after Saginaw Spirit defeated Oshawa Ge...

Episode 14 Donna Shalala

14. Donna Shalala

Aired: Jan 30, 2007

Stephen opens the show by showing a clip from Fox News' Fox and Friends, talk...

Episode 15 Jed Babbin

15. Jed Babbin

Aired: Jan 31, 2007

Stephen opens the show by discussing the "problem" with Global Warming and in...

Episode 16 Sen. Charles Schumer

16. Sen. Charles Schumer

Aired: Feb 1, 2007

Stephen comments on the 2007 Boston Mooninite Scare that occurred in Boston a...

Episode 17 Wendy Kopp

17. Wendy Kopp

Aired: Feb 5, 2007

Stephen is ecstatic at the slaughtering the Bears underwent in Super Bowl XLI...

Episode 18 Charlie LeDuff

18. Charlie LeDuff

Aired: Feb 6, 2007

Author Charlie LeDuff stops by to talk about his book "Detroit: An American A...

Episode 19 Steven Pinker

19. Steven Pinker

Aired: Feb 7, 2007

Stephen starts by introducing a new segment, "California Values Watch". After...

Episode 20 Chris Hedges

20. Chris Hedges

Aired: Feb 8, 2007

Stephen starts by talking about the astronaut incident on the news and especi...

Episode 21 Michael Oppenheimer

21. Michael Oppenheimer

Aired: Feb 12, 2007

Stephen starts by dancing/singing "My Humps" behind his desk and discusses Gr...

Episode 22 Sheryl WuDunn

22. Sheryl WuDunn

Aired: Feb 13, 2007

Colbert talks about the Chinese Menace, entitling a Colbert Report special re...

Episode 23 Lance Armstrong

23. Lance Armstrong

Aired: Feb 14, 2007

Stephen makes correction, that the Chinese have four times more population th...

Episode 24 Shashi Tharoor

24. Shashi Tharoor

Aired: Feb 15, 2007

Colbert talks about how Mastermedia International will pray for him on Februa...

Episode 25 Zev Chafets

25. Zev Chafets

Aired: Feb 26, 2007

Stephen compares Britain leaving Iraq to Britain leaving the U.S. and India -...

Episode 26 Dr. Craig Venter

26. Dr. Craig Venter

Aired: Feb 27, 2007

Stephen comments on a recent report about Al Gore's energy usage. Outdoor Lif...

Episode 27 Nina Jablonski

27. Nina Jablonski

Aired: Feb 28, 2007

Colbert comments on how David Geffen has switched his support from Hillary Cl...

Episode 28 Larry King

28. Larry King

Aired: Mar 1, 2007

Mr. Colbert thanks those who prayed for him last Thursday, with his prayer ha...

Episode 29 Mara Vanderslice

29. Mara Vanderslice

Aired: Mar 5, 2007

Stephen comments on how many politicians have visited Walter Reed Hospital si...

Episode 30 Mark Frauenfelder

30. Mark Frauenfelder

Aired: Mar 6, 2007

Stephen brags about winning the Mega Millions drawing, which hadn't happened ...

Episode 31 Michael Specter

31. Michael Specter

Aired: Mar 7, 2007

Colbert makes a rare correction about winning Mega Millions drawing, and call...

Episode 32 Ted Koppel

32. Ted Koppel

Aired: Mar 8, 2007

Stephen wonders why the media is still discussing the Libby trial. Then he ta...

Episode 33 Nicholas D. Kristof

33. Nicholas D. Kristof

Aired: Mar 12, 2007

Stephen upbraids Bill Gates for giving charitably to other nations while bemo...

Episode 34 Michael Eric Dyson

34. Michael Eric Dyson

Aired: Mar 13, 2007

Stephen closes the show by announcing The Word ("Goodnight"), after which the...

Episode 35 Ed Viesturs

35. Ed Viesturs

Aired: Mar 14, 2007

Colbert introduces a new segment, "When Ancestors Attack." Then he mentions h...

Episode 36 Ayaan Hirsi Ali

36. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Aired: Mar 15, 2007

Stephen celebrates the last St. Patrick's Day ever! Then he moves on to how L...

Episode 37 Jerome Groopman

37. Jerome Groopman

Aired: Mar 19, 2007

Stephen talks about the latest attack in DC, on him, by Rahm Emanuel.[2] The ...

Episode 38 Willie Nelson

38. Willie Nelson

Aired: Mar 20, 2007

While unveiling threat # .5 as an addendum to yesterday's threatdown, Stephen...

Episode 39 Benjamin Barber

39. Benjamin Barber

Aired: Mar 21, 2007

In the 45th installment of Better Know A District, the guest was Maurice Hinc...

Episode 40 Katie Couric

40. Katie Couric

Aired: Mar 22, 2007

Debate over DC-residents voting bill with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton...

Episode 41 John Perry Barlow

41. John Perry Barlow

Aired: Mar 26, 2007

Stephen expressed his anger that a severed mummy hand was recently sold at au...

Episode 43 Jabari Asim

43. Jabari Asim

Aired: Mar 28, 2007

Stephen displayed his disappointment at the elimination of Paulina Porizkova ...

Episode 44 Clive James

44. Clive James

Aired: Mar 29, 2007

First, Stephen questioned the necessity of the Equal Rights Amendment, since ...

Episode 46 Jeannette Walls

46. Jeannette Walls

Aired: Apr 10, 2007

Stephen scolded the 15 British sailors whom after recently returning from cap...

Episode 47 Vali Nasr

47. Vali Nasr

Aired: Apr 11, 2007

Stephen introduced the latest eponymic animal, Stephanie Colburtle, one of th...

Episode 48 Dr. Richard Land

48. Dr. Richard Land

Aired: Apr 12, 2007

Stephen criticized Democratic senator Harry Reid for using "politicizing the ...

Episode 49 John Kerry

49. John Kerry

Aired: Apr 16, 2007

Stephen begins by issuing a correction for having called Boyd K. Packer the "...

Episode 50 Elaine Pagels

50. Elaine Pagels

Aired: Apr 17, 2007

Stephen announced that he will be having a metaphor-off with Sean Penn on Thu...

Episode 51 Paulina Porizkova

51. Paulina Porizkova

Aired: Apr 18, 2007

On Who's NOT honoring me now, Stephen complained that he was not being awarde...

Episode 54 Andrew Weil

54. Andrew Weil

Aired: Apr 24, 2007

The first act opens with a remembrance of Boris Yeltsin. Stephen continues wi...

Episode 55 David Walker

55. David Walker

Aired: Apr 25, 2007

Colbert decides that a new name is necessary for the long war, and comes up w...

Episode 72 Jimmy Wales

72. Jimmy Wales

Aired: May 24, 2007

Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, stops by The Colbert Report to discuss ...

Episode 106 Michael Wallis

106. Michael Wallis

Aired: Aug 15, 2007

From the previous episode, Stephen again mentions the possibility that his an...

Episode 107 Andrew Keen

107. Andrew Keen

Aired: Aug 16, 2007

Stephen begins by asking people not to watch his interview with Richard Brans...

Episode 108 Nathan Sawaya

108. Nathan Sawaya

Aired: Aug 20, 2007

Stephen continues to attack wrist violence, and says the worst offender in "W...

Episode 109 Michael Shermer

109. Michael Shermer

Aired: Aug 21, 2007

Stephen starts with the \"Smokin\' Pole: The Fight for Arctic Riches\" segmen...

Episode 110 Richard Branson

110. Richard Branson

Aired: Aug 22, 2007

In \"Colbert Platinum\", he talks about the shutting down of a helipad in Sai...

Episode 111 Thomas Ricks

111. Thomas Ricks

Aired: Aug 23, 2007

Stephen reviews the Iraq War and Dick Cheney\'s role in advocating it. He the...

Episode 112 Bjørn Lomborg

112. Bjørn Lomborg

Aired: Sep 10, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the former director of the Environmental Assessment ...

Episode 113 Garrison Keillor

113. Garrison Keillor

Aired: Sep 11, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes humorist and author of Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobe...

Episode 114 Joel Klein

114. Joel Klein

Aired: Sep 12, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chancellor of New York City Schools, Joel Klein....

Episode 115 Ed Begley Jr.

115. Ed Begley Jr.

Aired: Sep 13, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and environmental activist and co-author of Gr...

Episode 116 Susan Sarandon

116. Susan Sarandon

Aired: Sep 18, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes actress and activist and the co-star of In the Valle...

Episode 117 Naomi Wolf

117. Naomi Wolf

Aired: Sep 19, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes feminist and author of The End of America: A Letter ...

Episode 118 Jeffrey Toobin

118. Jeffrey Toobin

Aired: Sep 20, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes legal writer and author of The Nine: Inside the Secr...

Episode 119 Thomas Friedman

119. Thomas Friedman

Aired: Sep 24, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist and author of The World is ...

Episode 120 John Grisham

120. John Grisham

Aired: Sep 25, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes retired attorney and author of Playing For Pizza, Jo...

Episode 121 Tony Bennett

121. Tony Bennett

Aired: Sep 26, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes opera singer Nathan Gunn, whose new CD is Just Befor...

Episode 122 David Schwartz

122. David Schwartz

Aired: Sep 27, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chief film curator of the Museum of Moving Image...


Appearances

Info about The Colbert Report

Current Status: Ended

Network: Comedy Central

Genres: Comedy, Talk-Show, News