Stephen Colbert is not dead, he's deathless. After 9 truthy years and 1,447 episodes, America's favorite fake conservative pundit—played by a truly smart writer, comedian and satirist—rode off into eternity on the wings of a song Thursday night, vowing to return when America needs him most.
In a callback to the very beginning of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert kicked off the show's final week with Formidable Opponent, a segment where he debates the only worthy adversary available: himself.
Stephen Colbert's farewell Colbert Report tour landed its biggest guest yet: President Obama. The leader of the free world stopped by for an interview with Colbert, but not before guest hosting "The Word" segment, rebranded for presidential dignity as "The Decree."
Stephen Colbert had a visit from a comedy legend on The Colbert Report last night, and things went completely off-the-rails before they even began.
It's being called "perhaps the single best segment" to ever air on The Colbert Report. And with good reason, because it probably is.
Stephen Colbert has shed more light on last Tuesday's episode-long Colbert Report response to MTV barring Daft Punk from playing his show. On comedian Paul Mecurio's podcast, Colbert explained that there was trouble with booking Daft Punk from the start — they didn't want to perform "Get Lucky" or be interviewed…
With The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on hiatus for the last two weeks, many things that desperately needed to be said about current events in this country went tragically unsaid.
On the Daily Show and the Colbert Report last night, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert covered the 142nd NRA convention held in Houston, Texas. Stewart covered the NRA 2013 convention in a riff titled "The Good, the Bad, and the Crazy," while Colbert used the convention to launch into a new series called "Bat Shit…
James Franco appeared on The Colbert Report tonight in an important meeting between two people who use personality as satire. After inquiring about Franco's various professions, which include actor and serving as the Grand Marshall of the 2013 Daytona 500, Colbert straight-up asked Franco if he was a fraud. Franco's…
As the Petraeus affair gets more and more and more ridiculous, it becomes very difficult to decipher fact from fiction. On last night's Colbert Report, Susan Lucci — no stranger to ridiculous drama, but, sadly, a stranger to Emmy-winning — revealed some new plot twists in the Love Pentagon.
Beginning with last night's rerun episode, which focused on Herman Cain, The Colbert Report has temporarily suspended production for at least a week. Seems like the suspension was a surprise to everyone involved with the show, considering ticketholders to last night's episode weren't notified of the cancellation until…
Last April, during the fight over the federal budget, Stephen Colbert delivered one of The Colbert Report's most legendary rants.
Rick Perry released a new campaign ad on Wednesday in an attempt to drum up support from religious conservatives, but instead found himself under fire for saying, "You know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas" in it. And…
Despite tracking at 1% or less in many polls, Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman remains in the race. He hopes to get a boost this week from an assault of new pro-Huntsman TV ads airing in New Hampshire, paid for by a Super PAC, that was funded in part by Huntsman's billionaire father. Huntsman may seem…
Even though Jon Stewart thinks the Donald Trump-moderated Republican debate will be the best one ever, many others are less excited about it. On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert added himself to the list of naysayers. Colbert then announced his own debate—"Stephen Colbert's South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican…
When Apple announced the iPhone 4S, its most anticipated feature was a female robot-voiced intelligent personal assistant application named Siri. But Siri's introduction to the world wasn't seamless! After being accused of ignoring people who speak English with a foreign accent shortly after the phone's release,…
Last week, a billboard touting Wodka brand vodka's winning combination of "Christmas Quality" and "Hanukkah Pricing" appeared over Manhattan, only to be taken down less than 24 hours later. On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert went the unexpected route and actually decried the advertisement's offensiveness—but not…
Remember that completely misleading Mitt Romney ad that attacked President Obama for saying something that was actually said by John McCain, whom Obama was quoting in the video that Romney used to make said ad? On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert explained why Romney should issue No Apology for it.
When People magazine named Bradley Cooper 2011's "Sexiest Man Alive" yesterday, it incurred an instant backlash—a BuzzFeed-led group of Ryan Gosling supporters even picketed outside the magazine's New York offices. On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert added himself to the growing list of those upset with People's pick.
Even though many were declaring his campaign for President over with as many as six months ago, Newt Gingrich has somehow come back to be the current GOP frontrunner. But with the title comes the scrutiny, as Gingrich learned this week after a renewed interest in his Greek cruise last summer. On tonight's Report,…
