The Colbert Report Season 1 Episode 22 Synopsis

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

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 22 of The Colbert Report resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Colbert Report Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Stone Phillips
• s01e02 - Lesley Stahl
• s01e03 - Fareed Zakaria
• s01e04 - Jim Cramer
• s01e05 - Lou Dobbs
• s01e06 - Greg Behrendt
• s01e07 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
• s01e08 - Jeff Daniels
• s01e09 - Monica Crowley
• s01e10 - Ken Burns
• s01e11 - Bruce Feiler
• s01e12 - Bradley Whitford
• s01e13 - Eliot Spitzer
• s01e14 - Catherine Crier
• s01e15 - Mary Roach
• s01e16 - Cokie Roberts
• s01e17 - Sen. Bob Kerrey
• s01e18 - Rev. Al Sharpton
• s01e19 - Matt Taibbi
• s01e20 - Tim Robbins
• s01e21 - Brian Greene
• s01e22 - Richard Preston
• s01e23 - Katrina vanden Heuvel
• s01e24 - Richard Clarke
• s01e25 - Maureen Dowd
• s01e26 - Anderson Cooper
• s01e27 - Craig Crawford
• s01e28 - Peggy Noonan
• s01e29 - Harry Smith
• s01e30 - Bob Costas
• s01e31 - Dermot Mulroney
• s01e32 - Mark Cuban

The Colbert Report Show Summary

The Colbert Report (the t is silent in both "Colbert" and "Report") is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.