The Colbert Report

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Season 1
Season #: 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 175 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 156 out of 175
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 175
  3. Negative: 12 out of 175

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  1. josephd
    Mar 10, 2007
    1
    The Steevan Colebear Rapore is as [contrived] as contrived can be!! It's so [over the Top] it's unfunny!! His play on words,along with all his ego-related subject matter makes him such super-hero. Trying to hard to be funny can sometimes be [boring] Stevo
  2. WesU
    Sep 20, 2006
    2
    As long as the Myspace / Starbucks generation is going strong, this watered down version of The Daily Show will stay on the air. The two stars goes to Colbert for going from top of his class at an Ivy League school to an unfunny program on basic cable.
  3. NickM
    Apr 1, 2007
    0
    By far the worst show I have ever seen. I don't understand how people can think this crap is clever!! Anyone can act like an asshole, that doesn't mean they're funny!!! Colbert is an overrated fad that any educated person will turn off.
  4. GA
    Oct 23, 2005
    3
    Just doesn't cut the mustard. The thing that makes him so great on the Daily Show, is that he is the weird guy to John's straight guy. Getting a full half hour of his shtick makes it seem contrived and less than authentic. Hopefully he will find his grove and learn his lines better. The jury is out. The question is, will it last long enough for them to return?
  5. MargoC
    Oct 27, 2005
    3
    Doesn't work for me. Stephen was so funny on the Daily Show, but he's too fat-headed on his own. How can putting down Rosa Parks be funny? He's verging on nasty and that's not funny.
  6. JohnC.
    May 27, 2007
    0
    I try as hard as I can to enjoy this since im a big comedy central fan.....but I just cannot stand this moron!!! Absolutly awful!!!
  7. JamesT.
    Dec 17, 2007
    0
    Colbert feels like an absolutely awful extension of the Daily Show. Although it does have its moment's, Colbert's persona feels overdone at times, even to the point where it is necessary to change the channel.

Awards & Rankings

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#22 Best TV Season of 2005
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#16 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005
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#43 Most Shared TV Season of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    80
    The biggest question hanging over "The Colbert Report" is whether the show’s sendup of the pomposity and fear-mongering of cable news blowhards will be as appealing in the long term as "The Daily Show’s" satire of public figures and the news media as a whole.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    80
    One of Colbert's strengths has always been wordplay, which is in full force on ''The Colbert Report" and gives the show an added level of wit.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    70
    The new show dovetails nicely with its lead-in to present a solid hour of skewered news and punctured pomposity.
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