17th Oct 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.

18th Oct 2005

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

19th Oct 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!

20th Oct 2005

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

24th Oct 2005

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

25th Oct 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!

26th Oct 2005

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

27th Oct 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor, Jeff Daniels!

31st Oct 2005

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

1st Nov 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes filmmaker author, Ken Burns!

2nd Nov 2005

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

3rd Nov 2005

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

7th Nov 2005

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

8th Nov 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CourtTV anchor, Catherine Crier!

9th Nov 2005

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

10th Nov 2005

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

14th Nov 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former Senator Bob Kerrey!

15th Nov 2005

TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Reverend Al Sharpton!

16th Nov 2005

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

17th Nov 2005

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

28th Nov 2005

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

29th Nov 2005

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

30th Nov 2005

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

1st Dec 2005

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

5th Dec 2005

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

6th Dec 2005

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

7th Dec 2005

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

8th Dec 2005

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

12th Dec 2005

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

13th Dec 2005

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

14th Dec 2005

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

15th Dec 2005

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