The Colbert Report is all about the French this week — from French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy, to Fen Montaigne, who sounds pretty French and Chris Hughes, who founded a new social network for causes, which is kind of a French thing to do, don't you think? Also Kevin Spacey will be on the show. Regardez-vous!

Monday, January 10

Fen Montaigne: Journalist and travel writer who wrote a book about penguins and the future.

Tuesday, January 11

Chris Hughes: Co-founder of Facebook and creator of JUMO.com, a new website on the Internet.

Wednesday, January 12

Bernard Henri-Levy: French public intellectual. Unbeatable when it comes to thinkin' about French stuff.

Thursday, January 13

Kevin Spacey: Academy Award-winning actor whose latest film is Casino Jack, the best Adjective Jack movie ever made.

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm/10:30c.

It's veterans week on The Daily Show as Jon hosts four returning guests. Tim Pawlenty makes his third appearance on the show in three years this Tuesday. Ron Howard stops by Thursday for his fourth time. And Denis Leary sits down with Jon for the 12th time tonight, which means he's halfway toward getting a sandwich named after him in the Daily Show cafeteria.

Monday, January 10

Denis Leary: The actor, writer and comedian returns to the show to promote his new stand-up special after wrapping the 147th season of Rescue Me.

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2011 has already been a banner year for Stephen Colbert. After completing all 57 of his New Year's resolutions, he hand-picked four incredible guests for his first week of all-new episodes. Take a look!

Monday, January 3

Ed Rendell: Outgoing governor of Pennsylvania who will talk about his final days in office and the end of his free cheesesteak privileges.

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You know what I like? Listening to music. Strange, but true.

You know what's also pretty good? Listening to musicians talk about music. It's interesting.

And you can do both of those things this week by tuning into The Colbert Report to see the following people in action:

Monday, December 13

Patti Smith: Rock star, songwriter and author who wrote a book about her friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe, back when New York was a whole lot cooler than it is now, according to your uncle Stefan from Palo Alto.

Tuesday, December 14

Stephen Sondheim: Legendary musical theater composer and lyricist whose new book, Finishing the Hat, takes its title from the iconic number in Sunday in the Park with George, a musical about making a really sweet hat.

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The final week of new Daily Shows in 2010 features four outstanding guests. Read about them now in the rest of this weblog posting!

Monday, December 13

Gordon Brown: Former prime minister of the U.K. whose new book about the financial crisis, Beyond the Crash, reinforces the widely-held expert opinion that the global economic meltdown was a pretty bad thing to have happen.

Tuesday, December 14

Ricky Gervais: Creator of The Office, Extras and the Flanimals series of children's books, whose latest stand-up special, Out of England 2, strongly suggests that he is British.

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Is it really next week already? It feels like it was last week just three days ago. Oh well. At least we've got another week of all-new Daily Shows to momentarily distract us from the fact that time will continue to march forward mercilessly and unrelentingly until we all die. Let's hear it for small victories!

Monday, December 6

Hugh Shelton: Retired Army general whose new memoir, Without Hesitation, recounts pivotal events from his 40 years in the service, with only the slightest, occasional hesitation.*

*Just kidding. General Hugh Shelton does not hesitate AT ALL, you stupids.

Tuesday, December 7

Seth Green: Actor, writer and creator of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, best known for its elaborate parodies of an obscure 70s sci-fi movie.

Wednesday, December 8

Michelle Williams: Academy Award-nominated actor whose latest film, Blue Valentine, charts the course of a contemporary marriage over several years — like 500 Days of Summer, but without the horseshit understanding of space-time.

Thursday, December 9

James Franco: Actor, director and screenwriter currently starring in 127 Hours, the best movie about a dude sawing through his own arm you'll see all year.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

Like most Americans and Garfields, I usually hate Mondays. But knowing that I have an all-new Colbert Report to look forward to tonight makes the work day fly by. So, incidentally, does blogging from a Coast Guard helicopter. Apologies for the jerky text!

Monday, December 6

Garry Trudeau: Creator of the iconic comic strip Doonesbury, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Congratulations, Doonesbury! In your honor, I present you with this extremely dry joke.

Tuesday, December 7

David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon Eisenhower: Grandson and granddaughter-in-law of Dwight D. Eisenhower who wrote a book about the 34th president's life after leaving office that finally exposes the former Commander in Chief for who he really was — a complex, but fundamentally decent human being.

Wednesday, December 8

Steve Martin: Legendary comedian, actor, novelist and banjo player whose new book, An Object of Beauty, satirizes the New York art world which, until now, I assumed was perfect.

Thursday, December 9

Julie Taymor: Prolific stage and film director whose latest projects are the long-gestating Broadway musical Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark and a big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.  Tune in to watch her interview with 800 flying Stephens!

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm/10:30c.

The Colbert Report is back from its Thanksgiving break with a week of all-new shows. Here's a taste of what you can expect as you choke down that last turkey sandwich you swore you will ever eat.

Monday, November 29

Dan Savage: Nationally syndicated advice columnist who founded the It Gets Better Project to combat the effects of anti-LGBT bullying. If you can watch any of these videos without weeping uncontrollably, you are officially the worst person.

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Good news, consumers! This week's Daily Show guests are hawking the perfect holiday gifts for the surfer, Egyptologist, classic rock/classical musical crossover enthusiast, or ninja in your life. Check them out!

Monday, November 29

Judah Friedlander: Comedian and actor whose new book, How to Beat Up Anybody explains how, with just a little bit of determination and a lot of karate, you can kick anyone's ass.

Tuesday, November 30

Susan Casey: Editor-in-chief of O magazine who wrote a book about hunting down huge waves. Get it now before she releases the significantly less-exciting sequel about trying to find the world's suckiest undertow.

Wednesday, December 1

Sting – World-famous rock star who recently recorded an album with a live symphony orchestra, forever settling the debate over what Fields of Gold would sound like "cello'd up."

Thursday, December 2

Stacy Schiff – Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of a new biography of Cleopatra — Egypt's original Mama Grizzly, but smart and with actual power.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

Little known fact: The lyrics to Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind: "New York: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of," pay tribute to the original draft of the lyrics to Kander and Ebb's Theme from New York, New York, "If I can make of it here/I can make of it anywhere." Watch HOVA himself on The Daily Show this Wednesday for more facts just like that, only not made up!

Monday, November 15

Marion Jones – Former Olympic gold medalist who was stripped of her title after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs and author of a new memoir about her fall from grace, redemption and ability to outrun a cheetah, but only if no one's watching.

Tuesday, November 16

Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera – Acclaimed business journalists whose hidden history of the financial crisis, All the Devils Are Here, takes its title from a speech in Shakespeare's The Tempest, following in the footsteps of such classic works of financial writing as, A Little More than Kin and Less Than Kind: Deductions for Dependent Nephews/Step-Sons Made Simple, and A Horse, A Horse, My Kingdom for a Horse: How Not to Barter Like a F**king Idiot, Even if It Is the 15th Century.

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