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The Colbert Report (—the T's are silent in "Colbert" and "Report") is an American satirical television program that airs from 11:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight Eastern Time Zone (North America) each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States and on both The Comedy Network and CTV in Canada. In the United Kingdom it airs at 11.00 p.m on FX (UK) each Tuesday through Friday. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show. The Colbert Report is a spin-off and counterpart of The Daily Show which, like The Daily Show, critiques politics and the media. It satirizes personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on Stephen Colbert, a fictional anchorman character played by Colbert. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits. The Colbert Report was nominated for four Emmy each in... full article at wikipedia

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  • Oct 17, 2005
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  • 24min,
  • 22min
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  • Oct 17, 2005
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Created by Metaweb Oct 23, 2006
Last edited by robert Jun 15, 2008

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