“The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report,” a 2009 study in the International Journal of Press/Politics that its authors ...

Stephen Colbert on the political targets of satire. Even though it has been a few years since Stephen Colbert stepped out of the blowhard conservative-pundit role that he played for nearly a ...

After nine years of biting political satire, Stephen Colbert is headed to CBS, taking over David Letterman's spot next year. The final "Colbert Report" airs Thursday night on Comedy Central.

The host of “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central has spent months riffing on the notion of a political committee dedicated to his own enrichment, part of a broad satire poking fun at the ...

Political satire outlets have risen in popularity considerably in recent years. In fact, Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” were the two most-watched late night talk ...

Has satire lost its political influence? When Stewart and Colbert held their pre-midterm election rally on the National Mall, they attracted a live audience of over 200,000 and 2.5 million viewers.

From Ramy Youssef’s latest to a long-running series from Seth MacFarlane, these shows tackle the hot topics of their time.

Political satire is heady, entertaining ... powerful effects of humor in charismatically engaging voters. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart both received prestigious George Foster Peabody Awards ...

Don’t you know what satire is? Yes. The Colbert Report was satire--brilliantly ecuted, committed satire, with political chops and a backbone and, for lack of a less corny term, a motherfucking ...

We already were living in a sort of golden age as it were between Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert and ["Real Time With Bill Maher"], which is not really satire, it's more political commentary.

You have watched "Saturday Night Live" and you tune in to Comedy Central every night for "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report." But when it comes to satire, you haven't seen the real thing ...

Stephen Colbert recently went after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest campaign blunder on his show, pointing out the independent candidate’s inability to qualify for the upcoming CNN debate with ...