The Colbert Report/2012

2012
The Colbert Report
Season Premiere	January 3, 2012
Season Finale	December 13, 2012
Episode Count	157
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2012 is the eighth year of The Colbert Report and began on January 3, 2012.

Episodes

#	#	Title/Guest			Airdate
972	1	Bernie Sanders			January 3, 2012
973	2	John Heilemann			January 4, 2012
974	3	Steve Case			January 5, 2012
975	4	Melissa Harris-Perry			January 9, 2012
976	5	Bill Moyers			January 10, 2012
977	6	George Stephanopoulos			January 11, 2012
978	7	Michael Allen			January 12, 2012
979	8	Scott Douglas			January 16, 2012
980	9	Jennifer Granholm			January 17, 2012
981	10	David Frum			January 18, 2012
982	11	Carrie Rebora Barratt			January 19, 2012
983	12	Bruce Bueno de Mesquita			January 23, 2012
984	13	Andrew Sullivan			January 24, 2012
985	14	Terry Gross			January 25, 2012
986	15	Drew Barrymore			January 26, 2012
987	16	Laurence H. Tribe			January 30, 2012
988	17	Björk			January 31, 2012
989	18	Ameena Matthews			February 1, 2012
990	19	Christiane Amanpour			February 2, 2012
991	20	Bill McKibben			February 13, 2012
992	21	William Broad			February 14, 2012
993	22	Ann Patchett			February 20, 2012
994	23	Robert Kagan			February 21, 2012
995	24	Nancy Pelosi			February 22, 2012
996	25	Placido Domingo			February 23, 2012
997	26	Peggielene Bartels			February 27, 2012
998	27	Ross Eisenbrey			February 28, 2012
999	28	William Shatner			February 29, 2012
1000	29	Claire Danes			March 1, 2012
1001	30	Audra McDonald			March 5, 2012
1002	31	Jonathan Safran Foer			March 6, 2012
1003	32	Willem Dafoe			March 7, 2012
1004	33	Don Fleming, Elvis Costello, & Emmylou Harris			March 8, 2012
1005	34	Katherine Boo			March 12, 2012
1006	35	Andrew Bird			March 13, 2012
1007	36	Mark McKinnon			March 14, 2012
1008	37	Dexter Filkins			March 15, 2012
1009	38	David Page			March 26, 2012
1010	39	Charles Murray			March 27, 2012
1011	40	Mark Ruffalo			March 28, 2012
1012	41	Peter Beinart			March 29, 2012
1013	42	Gary Johnson			April 2, 2012
1014	43	Nikki Haley			April 3, 2012
1015	44	Robert Ballard			April 4, 2012
1016	45	Anne Rice			April 5, 2012
1017	46	Bob Lutz			April 9, 2012
1018	47	Richard Hersh			April 10, 2012
1019	48	Michelle Obama			April 11, 2012
1020	49	James Cameron			April 12, 2012
1021	50	Bonnie Raitt			April 16, 2012
1022	51	Jonah Lehrer			April 17, 2012
1023	52	Arianna Huffington			April 18, 2012
1024	53	Tavis Smiley & Cornel West			April 19, 2012
1025	54	Don McLeroy			April 23, 2012
1026	55	Magnus Carlsen			April 24, 2012
1027	56	Michael Sandel			April 25, 2012
1028	57	Jack White			April 26, 2012
1029	58	Diane Keaton			April 30, 2012
1030	59	Carne Ross			May 1, 2012
1031	60	Jonathan Haidt			May 2, 2012
1032	61	Lena Dunham			May 3, 2012
1033	62	Andy Cohen			May 7, 2012
1034	63	Michelle Alexander			May 8, 2012
1035	64	Anna Wintour			May 9, 2012
1036	65	Richard Hersh			May 10, 2012
1037	66	Charlize Theron			May 29, 2012
1038	67	Alan Alda			May 30, 2012
1039	68	Jack Hitt			May 31, 2012
1040	69	John Lewis			June 4, 2012
1041	70	Jill Biden			June 5, 2012
1042	71	Neil Patrick Harris			June 6, 2012
1043	72	Regina Spektor			June 7, 2012
1044	73	Martin Sheen			June 11, 2012
1045	74	Will Allen			June 12, 2012
1046	75	Gregg Allman			June 13, 2012
1047	76	Steve Coll			June 14, 2012
1048	77	Paul Krugman			June 18, 2012
1049	78	Olivia Wilde			June 19, 2012
1050	79	Daniel Klaidman			June 20, 2012
1051	80	Lawrence Krauss			June 21, 2012
1052	81	Frank Deford			June 25, 2012
1053	82	Richard Ford			June 26, 2012
1054	83	Melinda Gates			June 27, 2012
1055	84	Aaron Sorkin			June 28, 2012
1056	85	Anne-Marie Slaughter			July 16, 2012
1057	86	Nas			July 17, 2012
1058	87	Mayor Annise D. Parker			July 18, 2012
1059	88	Lisa Jackson			July 19, 2012
1060	89	Vikram Gandhi			July 23, 2012
1061	90	James Fallows			July 24, 2012
1062	91	Dan Gross			July 25, 2012
1063	92	Peter Westmacott			July 26, 2012
1064	93	Joan Rivers			July 30, 2012
1065	94	Jeff Koons			July 31, 2012
1066	95	John Grunsfeld			August 1, 2012
1067	96	Chris Hayes			August 2, 2012
1068	97	Pete Seeger			August 6, 2012
1069	98	Mark Shriver			August 7, 2012
1070	99	Liza Mundy			August 8, 2012
1071	100	Woody Harrelson			August 9, 2012
1072	101	fun.			August 13, 2012
1073	102	Grizzly Bear			August 14, 2012
1074	103	Santigold			August 15, 2012
1075	104	The Flaming Lips			August 16, 2012
1076	105	Andrew Sullivan			August 28, 2012
1077	106	Jennifer Burns			August 29, 2012
1078	107	Jon Huntsman			August 30, 2012
1079	108	James Carville			August 31, 2012
1080	109	Reihan Salam			September 4, 2012
1081	110	Michael Grunwald			September 5, 2012
1082	111	Bill Richardson			September 6, 2012
1083	112	Ed Rendell			September 7, 2012
1084	113	Drew Faust			September 17, 2012
1085	114	Jeffrey Toobin			September 18, 2012
1086	115	Itzhak Perlman			September 19, 2012
1087	116	Errol Morris			September 20, 2012
1088	117	Claressa Shields			September 25, 2012
1089	118	Jim Holt			September 26, 2012
1090	119	Vince Gilligan			September 27, 2012
1091	120	Ben Folds Five			October 1, 2012
1092	121	Jorge Ramos			October 2, 2012
1093	122	Kenny Rogers			October 3, 2012
1094	123	George Church			October 4, 2012
1095	124	Mark Kelly			October 8, 2012
1096	125	Morrissey			October 9, 2012
1097	126	Naomi Wolf			October 10, 2012
1098	127	Chrystia Freeland			October 11, 2012
1099	128	Evan Thomas			October 15, 2012
1100	129	Cory Booker			October 16, 2012
1101	130	Tyler Perry			October 17, 2012
1102	131	The Killers			October 18, 2012
1103	132	Donald Sadoway			October 22, 2012
1104	133	John Grisham			October 23, 2012
1105	134	Anthony Everitt			October 24, 2012
1106	135	Mitch Daniels			October 25, 2012
1107	136	Lily Ledbetter			October 31, 2012
1108	137	David Byrne & St. Vincent			November 1, 2012
1109	138	Nate Silver			November 5, 2012
1110	139	Andrew Sullivan			November 6, 2012
1111	140	Doris Kearns Goodwin			November 7, 2012
1112	141	Rachel Maddow			November 8, 2012
1113	142	Ken Burns			November 12, 2012
1114	143	Newt Gingrich			November 13, 2012
1115	144	Tony Kushner			November 14, 2012
1116	145	Chris Stringer			November 15, 2012
1117	146	Jake Tapper			November 26, 2012
1118	147	Dolly Parton			November 27, 2012
1119	148	Frank Oz			November 28, 2012
1120	149	Sean Carroll			November 29, 2012
1121	150	Ian McKellen			December 3, 2012
1122	151	Martin Freeman			December 4, 2012
1123	152	Andy Serkis			December 5, 2012
1124	153	Peter Jackson			December 6, 2012
1125	154	Diana Krall			December 10, 2012
1126	155	Malcolm Gladwell			December 11, 2012
1127	156	Mandy Patinkin			December 12, 2012
1128	157	Simone Campbell			December 13, 2012