Air date: 2005-10-17

Runtime: min

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.

Air date: 2005-10-18

Runtime: min

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

Air date: 2005-10-19

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TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!

Air date: 2005-10-20

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

Air date: 2005-10-24

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

Air date: 2005-10-25

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TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy", Greg Behrendt!

Air date: 2005-10-26

Runtime: min

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

Air date: 2005-10-27

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TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes actor, Jeff Daniels!

Air date: 2005-10-31

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

Air date: 2005-11-01

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TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes filmmaker author, Ken Burns!

Air date: 2005-11-02

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

Air date: 2005-11-03

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

Air date: 2005-11-07

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

Air date: 2005-11-08

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TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes CourtTV anchor, Catherine Crier!

Air date: 2005-11-09

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

Air date: 2005-11-10

Runtime: min

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

Air date: 2005-11-14

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TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes former Senator Bob Kerrey!

Air date: 2005-11-15

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TONIGHT: Stephen Colbert welcomes Reverend Al Sharpton!

Air date: 2005-11-16

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

Air date: 2005-11-17

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

Air date: 2005-11-28

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

Air date: 2005-11-29

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

Air date: 2005-11-30

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

Air date: 2005-12-01

Runtime: min

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

Air date: 2005-12-05

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

Air date: 2005-12-06

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

Air date: 2005-12-07

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

Air date: 2005-12-08

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

Air date: 2005-12-12

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

Air date: 2005-12-13

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

Air date: 2005-12-14

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

Air date: 2005-12-15

Runtime: min

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