The BEST episodes written by Peter Gwinn

Tim Robbins
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9.00
29 votes

#1 - Tim Robbins

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 20

Stephen Colbert welcomes star of "Zathura", Tim Robbins!

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Ruby Shoals
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8.39
155 votes

#2 - Ruby Shoals

Alpha House - Season 1 - Episode 8

While on the campaign trail through North Carolina, Gil John blows off a meeting with the governor to visit Ruby Shoals where he becomes re-inspired about his campaign. Robert's pro-fracking visit to a constituent's home in Pennsylvania does not go as planned.

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Matt Taibbi
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8.00
29 votes

#3 - Matt Taibbi

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 19

Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spanking the Donkey", Matt Taibbi!

Katrina vanden Heuvel
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8.00
29 votes

#4 - Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 23

Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "The Dictionary of Republicanisms", Katrina vanden Heuvel!

Richard Clarke
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8.00
29 votes

#5 - Richard Clarke

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 24

Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Scorpion's Gate", Richard Clarke!

Ken Burns
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7.94
31 votes

#6 - Ken Burns

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 10

Stephen Colbert welcomes filmmaker & author, Ken Burns!

Cokie Roberts
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7.94
31 votes

#7 - Cokie Roberts

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 16

Stephen Colbert welcomes anchor and newswoman, Cokie Roberts!

Rev. Al Sharpton
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7.94
31 votes

#8 - Rev. Al Sharpton

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 18

Stephen Colbert welcomes Reverend Al Sharpton!

Sen. Bob Kerrey
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7.90
31 votes

#9 - Sen. Bob Kerrey

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 17

Stephen Colbert welcomes former Senator Bob Kerrey!

Eliot Spitzer
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7.88
32 votes

#10 - Eliot Spitzer

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 13

Stephen Colbert welcomes the New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer!

Jim Cramer
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7.85
34 votes

#11 - Jim Cramer

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 4

Stephen Colbert welcomes host of "Mad Money", Jim Cramer!

Lesley Stahl
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7.60
67 votes

#12 - Lesley Stahl

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 2

Stephen Colbert welcomes "60 Minutes" correspondent, Lesley Stahl!

Al Franken
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7.50
4 votes

#13 - Al Franken

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 34

Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "The Al Franken Show", Al Franken!

Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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7.35
63 votes

#14 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 7

Stephen Colbert welcomes astrophysicist and author of "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", Neil DeGrasse Tyson!

Nancy Grace
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7.33
3 votes

#15 - Nancy Grace

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 1

Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of CNN's "Nancy Grace", Nancy Grace.

Stone Phillips
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7.25
104 votes

#16 - Stone Phillips

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 1

In the premiere episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen starts off the show with a segment called The Word coining the term "Truthiness". Other segments include: The Threat Down rating avian flu, basketball, babies, hurricanes and James Brady. Stephen interviews Stone Phillips, an Emmy award winning journalist and host of Dateline NBC. At the end of the interview, Stephen and Stone Phillips have a competition of gravitas.

Jeff Daniels
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7.09
34 votes

#17 - Jeff Daniels

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 8

Stephen Colbert welcomes actor, Jeff Daniels!

Bruce Feiler
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7.03
33 votes

#18 - Bruce Feiler

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 11

Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion", Bruce Feiler!

Mary Roach
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7.00
31 votes

#19 - Mary Roach

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 15

Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife", Mary Roach!

Brian Greene
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7.00
31 votes

#20 - Brian Greene

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 21

Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality", Brian Greene!

Richard Preston
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7.00
31 votes

#21 - Richard Preston

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 22

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

Markos Moulitsas
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7.00
2 votes

#22 - Markos Moulitsas

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 47

Stephen Colbert welcomes the owner of TheDailyKos.com and the co-author of "Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics", Markos Moulitsas!

Ralph Nader
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7.00
2 votes

#23 - Ralph Nader

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 51

Stephen Colbert welcomes author and activist, Ralph Nader!

Hugh Hewitt
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7.00
2 votes

#24 - Hugh Hewitt

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 52

Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority", Hugh Hewitt!

Sebastian Junger
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7.00
2 votes

#25 - Sebastian Junger

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 54

Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "A Death in Belmont", Sebastian Junger!

Bill Kristol
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7.00
2 votes

#26 - Bill Kristol

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 55

Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of "The Weekly Standard", Bill Kristol!

Gov. Mike Huckabee
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7.00
2 votes

#27 - Gov. Mike Huckabee

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 57

Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle" and the Governor of Arkansas, Gov. Mike Huckabee!

Rick Reilly
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7.00
2 votes

#28 - Rick Reilly

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 59

Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Shanks For Nothing", Rick Reilly!

Shere Hite
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7.00
2 votes

#29 - Shere Hite

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 60

Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Shere Hite Reader", Shere Hite!

Frank Rich
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7.00
2 votes

#30 - Frank Rich

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 61

Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the "New York Times", Frank Rich!

Bill Bastone
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7.00
2 votes

#31 - Bill Bastone

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 62

Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!

Madeleine Albright
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7.00
2 votes

#32 - Madeleine Albright

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 63

Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!

Douglas Brinkley
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7.00
2 votes

#33 - Douglas Brinkley

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 79

Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of "The Great Deluge", Douglas Brinkley.

Barry Scheck
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7.00
2 votes

#34 - Barry Scheck

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 131

Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.

Dean Kamen
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7.00
2 votes

#35 - Dean Kamen

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 142

Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of "FIRST" and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.

Lou Dobbs
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6.97
34 votes

#36 - Lou Dobbs

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 5

Stephen Colbert welcomes host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight", Lou Dobbs!

Bradley Whitford
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6.97
31 votes

#37 - Bradley Whitford

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 12

Stephen Colbert welcomes star of "The West Wing", Bradley Whitford!

Catherine Crier
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6.97
31 votes

#38 - Catherine Crier

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 14

Stephen Colbert welcomes CourtTV anchor, Catherine Crier!

Greg Behrendt
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6.92
63 votes

#39 - Greg Behrendt

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 6

Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy", Greg Behrendt!

Fareed Zakaria
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6.69
94 votes

#40 - Fareed Zakaria

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 3

Stephen Colbert welcomes journalist, Fareed Zakaria!

Carl Bernstein
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6.67
3 votes

#41 - Carl Bernstein

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 2

Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat",Carl Bernstein.

Michael Brown
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6.67
3 votes

#42 - Michael Brown

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 41

Stephen Colbert welcomes former FEMA director, Michael Brown!

Dermot Mulroney
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6.50
2 votes

#43 - Dermot Mulroney

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 31

Stephen Colbert welcomes actor and star of "The Family Stone", Dermot Mulroney!

Monica Crowley
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6.02
63 votes

#44 - Monica Crowley

The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 9

Stephen Colbert welcomes co-host of "Connected: Coast to Coast", Monica Crowley!

Senator Byron Dorgan
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0.00
0 votes

#45 - Senator Byron Dorgan

The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 125

Tonight Stephen welcomes North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, author of "Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed And Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America".

Toby Keith
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#46 - Toby Keith

The Colbert Report - Season 4 - Episode 95

Tonight Stephen welcomes country music superstar Toby Keith and star of Beer for My Horses, plus Keith performs the song of the same name.

Scott McClellan
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0 votes

#47 - Scott McClellan

The Colbert Report - Season 4 - Episode 107

Tonight Stephen welcomes former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, author of What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Scott McClellan. Also, Stephen talks with former Georgia Representative and Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr about the Libertarian party's "green" efforts.