6.2.1 Titles 6.2.3 Places and Things Named for Stephen Colbert 6.2.4 Honors Bestowed by Media Organizations

5 Presented as non-satirical journalism
5.1 Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust
5.2 Robert Wexler
6 Awards
6.1 Arts honors
6.2 Other honors
6.2.1 Titles
6.2.2 Animals named for Stephen Colbert
6.2.3 Places and Things Named for Stephen Colbert
6.2.4 Honors Bestowed by Media Organizations
6.2.5 Arts
6.2.6 Athletics
7 Cultural impact
8 International distribution
9 Related multimedia
9.1 DVD
9.2 Music
9.3 I Am America (And So Can You!)
9.4 I Am A Pole (And So Can You!)
9.5 America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't
10 See also
11 Further reading
12 Notes
13 References
14 External links
Production[edit]

In 2005, The Daily Show won Primetime Emmy Awards, and Comedy Central wanted to expand the franchise.[9] Producers were also looking for a way to hold on to Colbert, Daily Show correspondent and co-writer for six seasons, after the show's other breakout star, Steve Carell, left the program to pursue a career in film and network television. Jon Stewart and Ben Karlin (The Daily Show's executive producer) supposedly came up with the idea for The Colbert Report after watching coverage of the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Bill O'Reilly. Jon Stewart's production company, Busboy Productions, developed The Report. Colbert, Stewart, and Karlin pitched the idea of the sh