2005 • 32 Episodes
October 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.
October 18, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes 60 Minutes correspondent, Lesley Stahl!
October 19, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!
October 20, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer!
October 24, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes host of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs!
October 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!
October 26, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes astrophysicist and author of "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", Neil DeGrasse Tyson!
October 27, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor, Jeff Daniels!
October 31, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of Connected: Coast to Coast, Monica Crowley!
November 1, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes filmmaker author, Ken Burns!
November 2, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion", Bruce Feiler!
November 3, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of The West Wing, Bradley Whitford!
November 7, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer!
November 8, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CourtTV anchor, Catherine Crier!
November 9, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife", Mary Roach!
November 10, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes anchor and newswoman, Cokie Roberts!
November 14, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former Senator Bob Kerrey!
November 15, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Reverend Al Sharpton!
November 16, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spanking the Donkey", Matt Taibbi!
November 17, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes star of Zathura, Tim Robbins!
November 28, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Brian Greene!
November 29, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of several science books, Richard Preston!
November 30, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of The Dictionary of Republicanisms, Katrina vanden Heuvel!
December 1, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of The Scorpion's Gate, Richard Clarke!
December 5, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Are Men Necessary?, Maureen Dowd!
December 6, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the Host of Anderson Cooper 360, Anderson Cooper!
December 7, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of Attack the Messenger: How Politicians Turn You Against the Media, Craig Crawford!
December 8, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father, Peggy Noonan!
December 12, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of The Early Show, Harry Smith!
December 13, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of Costas Now and sports commentator, Bob Costas!
December 14, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor and star of The Family Stone, Dermot Mulroney!
December 15, 2005
TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban!