Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert first became well-known as a correspondent on Comedy Central's news-parody series The Daily Show. In 2005, he left The Daily Show to host The Colbert Report. Following The Daily Show's news-parody concept, The Colbert Report styles itself as a parody of such personality-driven political opinion shows, particularly Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor.

Since its debut the series has been hugely successful, establishing itself as one of Comedy Central's highest-rated series, earning Colbert three Emmy nods and an invitation to perform as featured entertainer at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in 2006. Colbert was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2006, and in 2007 by the Time online community. He was voted 2007 Associated Press Celebrity of the Year.

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