Season 3 (2007)

Ethan Nadelmann
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January 8, 2007

Stephen opens the show disappointed that Saddam Hussein was suddenly hanged over the show's break. He responds to Lake Superior St...Read more

Jim Cramer
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January 9, 2007

Freem replaces superstantial in the opening sequence. Stephen thanks former Archbishop of Warsaw Stanis³aw Wielgus for being caugh...Read more

David Kamp
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January 10, 2007

Stephen criticizes Bush for not sending 300 million troops as Stephen advised the day before but he pardons him if this is "the on...Read more

Judy Woodruff
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January 11, 2007

Stephen starts with another episode of his challenge "What Number is Stephen thinking of?" with a clip from 2005. He then celebrat...Read more

Alex Kuczynski
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January 15, 2007

Wishing viewers a happy Martin Luther King Day, Stephen calls for a nationwide lie-in to refuse engaging in "anything at all", in ...Read more

Dinesh D'Souza
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January 16, 2007

In anticipation of Bill O'Reilly arriving in-studio on Thursday, Stephen lashes out at Jimmy the director for a squeaky chair. In ...Read more

Richard Clarke
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January 17, 2007

Still in anticipation of Bill O'Reilly arriving in-studio on Thursday Stephen is more nervous than the day before, bringing out so...Read more

Bill O'Reilly
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January 18, 2007

The big day is here, so Stephen is crazy with anticipation that Bill O'Reilly will be on the show, stating that his only goal with...Read more

Tom Schaller
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January 22, 2007

Stephen is disappointed at the loss by the New Orleans Saints to the Chicago "God-less killing Machines" Bears. In another "Who's ...Read more

Michael S. Steele
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January 23, 2007

Stephen explains that this is the second of two episodes they taped on January 22, so that he can host a State of the Union addres...Read more

Lou Dobbs
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January 24, 2007

Lou Dobbs, author of War on the Middle Class, faces the truth hammer when he sits down to talk with Stephen.

Mike Wallace
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January 25, 2007

Bill O'Reilly spills the beans on Stephen, and says what he really thought of him on his show. Stephen interviews Coach Bob Mancin...Read more

Barry Lando
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January 29, 2007

Colbert wins bet with mayor of Oshawa after Saginaw Spirit defeated Oshawa Generals. Colbert discusses Microsoft paying someone fo...Read more

Donna Shalala
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January 30, 2007

Stephen opens the show by showing a clip from Fox News' Fox and Friends, talking about the invisible beam that makes a person thin...Read more

Jed Babbin
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January 31, 2007

Stephen opens the show by discussing the "problem" with Global Warming and in protest replaces Bobby with a 5000 Watt heat lamp. T...Read more

Chuck Schumer
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February 1, 2007

Stephen comments on the 2007 Boston Mooninite Scare that occurred in Boston and laments the fact that he can no longer proceed wit...Read more

Wendy Kopp
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February 5, 2007

Stephen is ecstatic at the slaughtering the Bears underwent in Super Bowl XLI. Also, he introduces a new product "Formula 419" (A ...Read more

Charlie LeDuff
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February 6, 2007

Stephen receives a message from Master Media International that they would be praying on his behalf on February 22. This is follow...Read more

Steven Pinker
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February 7, 2007

Stephen starts by introducing a new segment, "California Values Watch". After addressing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's recent...Read more

Debra Dickerson
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February 8, 2007

Stephen starts by talking about the astronaut incident on the news and especially that everyone talks about Lisa Nowak wearing a d...Read more

Michael Oppenheimer
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February 12, 2007

Stephen starts by dancing/singing "My Humps" behind his desk and discusses Grammys. He then talks about criticism of the Iraq War ...Read more

Sheryl WuDunn
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February 13, 2007

Colbert talks about the Chinese Menace, entitling a Colbert Report special report "Apocalypse Mao: Murdered By The Orient's Success".

Lance Armstrong
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February 14, 2007

Stephen makes correction, that the Chinese have four times more population than the US, not three. Colbert admonishes people teach...Read more

Shashi Tharoor
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February 15, 2007

Colbert talks about how Mastermedia International will pray for him on February 22nd. Asks J. J. Abrams how his prayer day went, w...Read more

Zev Chafets
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February 26, 2007

Stephen compares Britain leaving Iraq to Britain leaving the U.S. and India - saying it will cause a flourish of Democracy.

Craig Venter
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February 27, 2007

Stephen comments on a recent report about Al Gore's energy usage. Outdoor Life Magazine fires a columnist for calling for an assau...Read more

Nina Jablonski
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February 28, 2007

Colbert comments on how David Geffen has switched his support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama. Then he mentions how Tom Vilsa...Read more

Larry King
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March 1, 2007

Mr. Colbert thanks those who prayed for him last Thursday, with his prayer hat and foam fingers. Also he comments on the coverage ...Read more

Ben & Jerry
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March 5, 2007

Stephen comments on how many politicians have visited Walter Reed Hospital since the scandal. Ben and Jerry appeared to promote th...Read more

Mark Frauenfelder
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March 6, 2007

Stephen brags about winning the Mega Millions drawing, which hadn't happened yet. In this segment he also mocks Viacom CEO Sumner ...Read more

Michael Specter
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March 7, 2007

Colbert makes a rare correction about winning Mega Millions drawing, and calls his boss Sumner Redstone to grovel. The Word was ab...Read more

Ted Koppel
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March 8, 2007

Stephen wonders why the media is still discussing the Libby trial. Then he talks about the death of Captain America, and adds more...Read more

Nicholas Kristof
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March 12, 2007

Stephen upbraids Bill Gates for giving charitably to other nations while bemoaning America's faltering competitiveness. He retract...Read more

Michael Eric Dyson
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March 13, 2007

Stephen closes the show by announcing The Word ("Goodnight"), after which the credits roll.

Ed Viesturs
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March 14, 2007

Colbert introduces a new segment, "When Ancestors Attack." Then he mentions how Colorado has made John Denver's "Rocky Mountain Hi...Read more

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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March 15, 2007

Stephen celebrates the last St. Patrick's Day ever! Then he moves on to how Latin America has so many rabid admirers of President ...Read more

Jerome Groopman
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March 19, 2007

Stephen talks about the latest attack in DC, on him, by Rahm Emanuel.[2] The Word refers to South Carolina proposing to allow pris...Read more

Willie Nelson
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March 20, 2007

While unveiling threat # .5 as an addendum to yesterday's threatdown, Stephen finds himself in agreement with a German environment...Read more

Benjamin Barber
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March 21, 2007

In the 45th installment of Better Know A District, the guest was Maurice Hinchey from New York's 22nd congressional district.

Katie Couric
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March 22, 2007

Debate over DC-residents voting bill with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. Criticism over Chicago Sun-Times face reading exper...Read more

Gwen Ifill
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March 26, 2007

Stephen expressed his anger that a severed mummy hand was recently sold at auction, but not to him; the hand was the earliest exam...Read more

Madeleine Albright
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March 27, 2007

Stephen chided Sean Penn for his blunt criticism of the Bush administration. Stephen discusses Iran, specifically a clash over rel...Read more

Jabari Asim
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March 28, 2007

Stephen displayed his disappointment at the elimination of Paulina Porizkova from Dancing with the Stars, especially given that he...Read more

Clive James
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March 29, 2007

First, Stephen questioned the necessity of the Equal Rights Amendment, since everyone should be on the honor system. Later, Stephe...Read more

Colin Beavan
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April 9, 2007

Colbert celebrates the 4th anniversary of the liberation of Baghdad, while he eats his "Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream" ice cre...Read more

Jeannette Walls
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April 10, 2007

Stephen scolded the 15 British sailors whom after recently returning from captivity in Iran were seeking to publish accounts of th...Read more

Vali Nasr
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April 11, 2007

Stephen introduced the latest eponymic animal, Stephanie Colburtle, one of the leatherback sea turtles being tracked from Costa Ri...Read more

Dr. Richard Land
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April 12, 2007

Stephen criticized Democratic senator Harry Reid for using "politicizing the war in Iraq" by citing a translation of a recent spee...Read more

John Kerry
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April 16, 2007

Stephen begins by issuing a correction for having called Boyd K. Packer the "Mormon Pope" or "Mope," when he is more of a Mormon C...Read more

Elaine Pagels
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April 17, 2007

Stephen announced that he will be having a metaphor-off with Sean Penn on Thursday's show. Update on Stephanie Colburtle the turtl...Read more

Paulina Porizkova
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April 18, 2007

On Who's NOT honoring me now, Stephen complained that he was not being awarded a Pulitzer Prize in journalism. In "The Word," Step...Read more

Sean Penn
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April 19, 2007

Stephen balks at a scientific study saying that chimpanzees are more evolved than humans in DNA. On "The Word," he talks about Joh...Read more

Russell Simmons
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April 23, 2007

Episode 53 of Season 3 premiered on April 23, 2007

Dr. Andrew Weil
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April 24, 2007

The first act opens with a remembrance of Boris Yeltsin. Stephen continues with a combative interview with Eleanor Holmes Norton r...Read more

David Walker
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April 25, 2007

Colbert decides that a new name is necessary for the long war, and comes up with Freemerican Victernity Made in China. He then bac...Read more

Madeleine Bordallo
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April 26, 2007

Stephen is unhappy at the fact that Stephanie Colburtle The Turtle did not win The Great Turtle Race, after being bested by anothe...Read more

Neil deGrasse Tyson
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April 30, 2007

"It's the last day of April. One more month 'till Speedo season! Do your squats. This is The Colbert Report.

Malcolm Gladwell
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May 1, 2007

Episode 58 of Season 3 premiered on May 1, 2007

Gina Kolata
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May 2, 2007

Episode 59 of Season 3 premiered on May 2, 2007

Conn Iggulden
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May 3, 2007

Episode 60 of Season 3 premiered on May 3, 2007

Richard Preston
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May 7, 2007

Episode 61 of Season 3 premiered on May 7, 2007

Nassi Nicholas Taleb
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May 8, 2007

Episode 62 of Season 3 premiered on May 8, 2007

Salman Rushdie, Jane Fonda
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May 9, 2007

Episode 63 of Season 3 premiered on May 9, 2007

Jann Wenner
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May 10, 2007

Episode 64 of Season 3 premiered on May 10, 2007

William Langewiesche
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May 14, 2007

Episode 65 of Season 3 premiered on May 14, 2007

Walter Isaacson
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May 15, 2007

Episode 66 of Season 3 premiered on May 15, 2007

Howard Dean
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May 16, 2007

Episode 67 of Season 3 premiered on May 16, 2007

Randy Kearse, Rep. Tom Delay
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May 17, 2007

Episode 68 of Season 3 premiered on May 17, 2007

Jared Diamond
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May 21, 2007

Episode 69 of Season 3 premiered on May 21, 2007

John Amaechi
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May 22, 2007

Episode 70 of Season 3 premiered on May 22, 2007

Bay Buchanan, Bob Deans
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May 23, 2007

Episode 71 of Season 3 premiered on May 23, 2007

Jimmy Wales
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May 24, 2007

Episode 72 of Season 3 premiered on May 24, 2007

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Leon Botstein
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June 4, 2007

Episode 73 of Season 3 premiered on June 4, 2007

Jessica Valenti
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June 5, 2007

Episode 74 of Season 3 premiered on June 5, 2007

Carl Bernstein
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June 6, 2007

Episode 75 of Season 3 premiered on June 6, 2007

Cullen Murphy
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June 7, 2007

Episode 76 of Season 3 premiered on June 7, 2007

Dr. Michael D. Gershon
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June 11, 2007

Episode 77 of Season 3 premiered on June 11, 2007

Josh Wolf
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June 12, 2007

Episode 78 of Season 3 premiered on June 12, 2007

Rep. Ron Paul
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June 13, 2007

Episode 79 of Season 3 premiered on June 13, 2007

Daniel B. Smith
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June 14, 2007

Episode 80 of Season 3 premiered on June 14, 2007

Toby Keith
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June 18, 2007

Episode 81 of Season 3 premiered on June 18, 2007

Anne-Marie Slaughter
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June 19, 2007

Episode 82 of Season 3 premiered on June 19, 2007

Will Schwalbe
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June 20, 2007

Episode 83 of Season 3 premiered on June 20, 2007

Vincent Bugliosi
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June 21, 2007

Episode 84 of Season 3 premiered on June 21, 2007

Tom Hayden
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June 25, 2007

Episode 85 of Season 3 premiered on June 25, 2007

David France
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June 26, 2007

Episode 86 of Season 3 premiered on June 26, 2007

Tom Blanton, Daniel Gilbert
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June 27, 2007

Episode 87 of Season 3 premiered on June 27, 2007

Doug Bailey
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June 28, 2007

Episode 88 of Season 3 premiered on June 28, 2007

Richard Florida, Ben Nelson
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July 16, 2007

Episode 89 of Season 3 premiered on July 16, 2007

Mark Moffett
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July 17, 2007

Episode 90 of Season 3 premiered on July 17, 2007

John Mellencamp
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July 18, 2007

Episode 91 of Season 3 premiered on July 18, 2007

Frank Sulloway
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July 19, 2007

Episode 92 of Season 3 premiered on July 19, 2007

Simon Schama
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July 23, 2007

Episode 93 of Season 3 premiered on July 23, 2007

Anthony D. Romero
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July 24, 2007

Episode 94 of Season 3 premiered on July 24, 2007

Charles Kaiser
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July 25, 2007

Episode 95 of Season 3 premiered on July 25, 2007

Robert Shrum
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July 26, 2007

Episode 96 of Season 3 premiered on July 26, 2007

Evan Osnos
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July 30, 2007

Episode 97 of Season 3 premiered on July 30, 2007

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
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July 31, 2007

Episode 98 of Season 3 premiered on July 31, 2007

Michael Beschloss
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August 1, 2007

Episode 99 of Season 3 premiered on August 1, 2007

Michael J. Behe
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August 2, 2007

Episode 100 of Season 3 premiered on August 2, 2007

Ian Bogost
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August 7, 2007

Episode 101 of Season 3 premiered on August 7, 2007

Jim Cramer, Tina Brown
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August 8, 2007

Episode 102 of Season 3 premiered on August 8, 2007

Judd Apatow
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August 9, 2007

Episode 103 of Season 3 premiered on August 9, 2007

Michael Jacobson
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August 13, 2007

Episode 104 of Season 3 premiered on August 13, 2007

Jerry Miller, Spencer Wells
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August 14, 2007

Episode 105 of Season 3 premiered on August 14, 2007

Michael Wallis
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August 15, 2007

From the previous episode, Stephen again mentions the possibility that his ancestors were Jewish. He then discusses perceived infl...Read more

Mike Huckabee
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August 16, 2007

Stephen begins by asking people not to watch his interview with Richard Branson on August 22, which has been reported in the media...Read more

Nathan Sawaya
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August 20, 2007

Stephen continues to attack wrist violence, and says the worst offender in "Wrist snuff" is Steven Seagal. He also announces that ...Read more

Michael Shermer
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August 21, 2007

Stephen starts with the \"Smokin\' Pole: The Fight for Arctic Riches\" segment, where he attacks Canada\'s claim to the Northwest ...Read more

Richard Branson
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August 22, 2007

In \"Colbert Platinum\", he talks about the shutting down of a helipad in Saint-Tropez and the growing demand for champagne. He th...Read more

Thomas E. Ricks
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August 23, 2007

Stephen reviews the Iraq War and Dick Cheney\'s role in advocating it. He then interviews Thomas E. Ricks about the war. Stephen t...Read more

Bjorn Lomborg
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September 10, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the former director of the Environmental Assessment Institute and author of Cool It: The Skeptical Enviro...Read more

Garrison Keillor
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September 11, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes humorist and author of Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keillor.

Joel Klein
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September 12, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chancellor of New York City Schools, Joel Klein.

Ed Begley Jr
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September 13, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and environmental activist and co-author of Grassroots Rising, Ed Begley jr. Also Stephen talks wit...Read more

Susan Sarandon
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September 18, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes actress and activist and the co-star of In the Valley of Elah, Susan Sarandon.

Naomi Wolf
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September 19, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes feminist and author of The End of America: A Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot, Naomi Wolf

Jeffrey Toobin
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September 20, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes legal writer and author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin.

Thomas Friedman
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September 24, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the T...Read more

John Grisham
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September 25, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes retired attorney and author of Playing For Pizza, John Grisham.

Tony Bennett
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September 26, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes opera singer Nathan Gunn, whose new CD is Just Before Sunrise.

David Schwartz
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September 27, 2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chief film curator of the Museum of Moving Image, David Schwartz.

Charlie Savage
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October 1, 2007

Episode 123 of Season 3 premiered on October 1, 2007

John Mearsheimer
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October 2, 2007

Episode 124 of Season 3 premiered on October 2, 2007

Jim Lovell
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October 3, 2007

Episode 125 of Season 3 premiered on October 3, 2007

John Kao
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October 4, 2007

Episode 126 of Season 3 premiered on October 4, 2007

George Saunders
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October 8, 2007

Episode 127 of Season 3 premiered on October 8, 2007

Stephen Colbert
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October 9, 2007

Episode 128 of Season 3 premiered on October 9, 2007

Gen. Wesley Clark
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October 10, 2007

Episode 129 of Season 3 premiered on October 10, 2007

Chris Jordan
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October 11, 2007

Episode 130 of Season 3 premiered on October 11, 2007

Paul Glastris
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October 15, 2007

Episode 131 of Season 3 premiered on October 15, 2007

Bob Drogin
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October 16, 2007

Episode 132 of Season 3 premiered on October 16, 2007

Garry Kasparov
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October 17, 2007

Episode 133 of Season 3 premiered on October 17, 2007

Craig Newmark
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October 18, 2007

Episode 134 of Season 3 premiered on October 18, 2007

Richard Berman
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October 29, 2007

Episode 135 of Season 3 premiered on October 29, 2007

Craig Venter
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October 30, 2007

Episode 136 of Season 3 premiered on October 30, 2007

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
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October 31, 2007

Episode 137 of Season 3 premiered on October 31, 2007

Walter Kirn
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November 1, 2007

Episode 138 of Season 3 premiered on November 1, 2007