A Daily Show veteran, Colbert really took off with
The Colbert Report , in which he played a fictionalised version of himself in a parody of former Fox News pundit and host Bill O'Reilly.
Final Letterman interview 36.1% Jimmy Fallon's "Slow Jam the News" 20.4% "The Decree" on "
The Colbert Report" 14.7% Mean Tweets on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" 13.6% Final Jon Stewart interview 12.1% Other 3.1% Note: Table made from pie chart.
Summary: Stephen Colbert became famous for playing a fictional version of himself on
the Colbert Report in a bit called "The Word" (you can watch the ...
While Fallon resumed his usual late-night dominance beginning with Colbert's second night, CBS is still thrilled with Colbert, who is drawing a younger, more advertiser-friendly audience than predecessor David Letterman (median age of
the Colbert Report's audience was 42 last year, a full 18 years younger than Letterman's Late Show median age before he stepped down in May) and is embracing brands in a way that his predecessor never did: Colbert's opening show featured a witty integration with Sabra hummus.
There are several others who have followed in Stewart's footsteps:
The Colbert Report with Steven Colbert and John Oliver's Last Week Tonight are excellent examples of satirical television.
The announcement came after Comedy Central's other big name, former "Daily Show" contributor Stephen Colbert, ended his tenure as star of companion show "
The Colbert Report" and left the network in December to succeed the retiring David Letterman as host of the "Late Show" on CBS.
At the top of the show, Colbert greeted his followers and set straight any newcomers: "If this is your first time tuning into '
The Colbert Report,' I have some terrible news.
She's not only a designer for the company, she told party attendees, but "I'm their biggest customer." And then she apologized--she had to leave the party because she was appearing on
The Colbert Report.
Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic's literary editor, appeared on
The Colbert Report last night to mark the magazine's 100th anniversary and promote their new collection of essays from the past century, and he accomplished a rare feat: he made Stephen Colbert laugh, temporarily breaking character.
Since then, he's displayed his work around the world and been featured on The Today Show, Late Night with David Letterman and
the Colbert Report.