The Colbert Report
Chrissie Hynde
TV Flash files “Chrissie Hynde” as hour 1361 of 1447 in the TV Flash guide — The Colbert Report (2005–2014) on Comedy Central, season 2014, episode 74, aired 2014-06-05, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2014E74: listed hour 1361 of 1447 in the The Colbert Report guide, hour 74 of 160 in season 2014. It aired 2014-06-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Jonah Hill” (S2014E73). Next is “Esther Perel” (S2014E75). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Rock legend Chrissie Hynde chats about being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and her status as a citizen of the world.
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Where does Chrissie Hynde sit in the The Colbert Report guide?
S2014E74 is listed hour 1361 of 1447 — hour 74 of 160 in season 2014, season 2014 episode 74.
When did The Colbert Report S2014E74 air?
Chrissie Hynde aired 2014-06-05 and is listed at 30 minutes.
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Helpful context: it spun off in 2005. The Report is its own character-host satire — Colbert playing a pundit until the mask made news.
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Stephen Colbert plays a billowing cable pundit until the mask starts making real news. The Colbert Report coined truthiness, ran Super PAC stunts as performance art, and spun off from Stewart into Emmy-winning character satire that took the bluster more seriously than the bluster did.
Comedy Central spun a correspondent into a full-time pundit mask in 2005 and watched the character leak into real campaigns. The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert with Ben Karlin and Jon Stewart among the architects, ran through 2014 and ended when Colbert moved to network late night. Right-wing blowhard as performance art. Truthiness as Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2006 — **a dictionary metric, not a vibe.** Super PAC stunts as performance art. The mask making actual news. Ten seasons, 1,447 episodes.…
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- Stephen Colbert as Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert farmed correspondent heat on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart — fake newscast as civic classroom, Crossfire-takedown legend — then played a billowing cable pundit on The Colbert Report until the mask made real news.…