{"id":11,"date":"2010-01-04T17:38:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T22:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/facesofamerica\/profiles\/stephen-colbert\/11\/"},"modified":"2010-01-25T12:26:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T17:26:50","slug":"stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/facesofamerica\/profiles\/stephen-colbert\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>(Comedian)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/facesofamerica\/files\/2010\/01\/colbert-hpthumb1.jpg\" alt=\"colbert-hpthumb\" width=\"154\" height=\"154\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/facesofamerica\/files\/2010\/01\/colbert-hpthumb1.jpg 154w, https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/facesofamerica\/files\/2010\/01\/colbert-hpthumb1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/>Stephen Colbert is the host and executive producer of <em>The Colbert Report<\/em>, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series on Comedy Central. Touted by <em>The New York Times<\/em> as \u201cone of the best television shows of the year\u201d and praised by <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> as \u201cthe best show of the year,\u201d the program has garnered ratings and critical acclaim since its 2005 launch. Before the success of his own program, Colbert was the much-beloved and longest-tenured correspondent on <em>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart<\/em>. His performance career began in Chicago with the famed Second City improv troupe and has spanned sketch comedy, television drama, animated film and live-action narrative. In 2006, Colbert was named one of Time Magazine\u2019s \u201c100 Most Influential People.\u201d His 2007 book,<em> I Am America (And So Can You!)<\/em>, reached number one on <em>The New York Times Best Seller List<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Washington, DC and raised near Charleston, South Carolina, Colbert graduated from Northwestern University. His Irish ancestors immigrated to the U.S. throughout the 19th century. Stephen\u2019s great-great-grandfather, Michael Garin, arrived with the massive wave triggered by Ireland\u2019s Great Famine, but a number of his ancestors came earlier still. Colbert\u2019s German ancestors arrived in the American colonies in the mid-18th century. The youngest of eleven children, he now lives with his wife Evelyn and their three children in the New York metropolitan area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Comedian) Stephen Colbert is the host and executive producer of The Colbert Report, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series on Comedy Central. 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