161 episodes · 4th January 2006
TONIGHT: Author of The Assassins' Gate : America in Iraq, George Packer!
TONIGHT: Actor, Pierce Brosnan! Also, Jason Jones with "Spear Pressure."
TONIGHT: NY Times reporter and author of State of War, James Risen!
TONIGHT: Star of Finding Comedy in the Muslim World, actor and filmmaker, Albert Brooks!
TONIGHT: CNN's terrorism analyst, Peter Bergen!
TONIGHT: Author of Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court, Edward Lazarus!
TONIGHT: Documentary film maker, Eugene Jarecki! Also, Rob Corddry with "This Week in God."
TONIGHT: Author of My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope and former Head of Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer!
TONIGHT: Former CIA Director, James Woolsey!
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Glory Road, Josh Lucas! Also, Nate Corddry with an American Resolution.
TONIGHT: Author of Rebel-in-Chief: How George W. Bush Is Redefining the Conservative Movement and Transforming America, Fred Barnes!
TONIGHT: Author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Reza Aslan!
TONIGHT: Actor and star of The World's Fastest Indian, Anthony Hopkins! Plus "New Year's Resolution" with Ed Helms!
TONIGHT: Author of American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville, Bernard-Henri Levy!
TONIGHT: Judge on American Idol, Randy Jackson!
TONIGHT: Retired NBA Star, Charles Barkley!
TONIGHT: Author and historian, Michael Beschloss!
TONIGHT: Author of No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society, Robert O'Harrow, Jr.! Plus, "New Year's Resolution" with Dan Bakkedahl!
TONIGHT: Former Assistant Defense Secretary for Public Affairs, Torie Clarke! Plus, Rob Corddry with "This Week In God!"
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Firewall, Harrison Ford! Also, the first installment of "Klassic Kolbert."
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Arrested Development, Will Arnett!
TONIGHT: Astronaut, Mike Mullane!
TONIGHT: Author of A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World, Peter Tertzakian!
TONIGHT: Actress and star of Freedomland, Julianne Moore! Plus, "Trendspotting" with Demetri Martin.
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Winter Passing, Ed Harris! Plus, Lewis Black with "Back in Black."
TONIGHT: Author of Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell! Also, Nate and Rob Corddry with "Brother vs. Brother."
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Lost, Matthew Fox!
TONIGHT: Movie critic, Roger Ebert! Also, Lewis Black with "Back in Black."
TONIGHT: The author of The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations, Eugene Linden!
TONIGHT: Musician and composer, Neil Young!
TONIGHT: The author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, Bruce Bartlett!
TONIGHT: The author of Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism, Eric Burns!
TONIGHT: The author of Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, Bart Ehrman! Plus "This Week in God" with Rob Corddry.
TONIGHT: Actress and star of V for Vendetta, Natalie Portman!
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Find Me Guilty, Vin Diesel!
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Inside Man, Clive Owen!
TONIGHT: Author of Saddam's Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied And Survived Saddam Hussein, General Georges Sada! Also, "Trendspotting" with Demetri Martin!
TONIGHT: Wisconsin Senator, Russ Feingold!
TONIGHT: Author of The Case For Goliath: How America Acts As The World's Government in the Twenty-first Century, Michael Mandelbaum
TONIGHT: Author of Cobra II : The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, Michael Gordon!
TONIGHT: Newsweek International editor, Fareed Zakaria!
TONIGHT: Actress and star of Ice Age: The Meltdown, Queen Latifah!
TONIGHT: Actress and star of Basic Instinct 2, Sharon Stone!
TONIGHT: Actor and podcast host of "The Ricky Gervais Show", Ricky Gervais! Also, Ed Helms with "This Week In God".
TONIGHT: Broadcaster and author of "And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey", Studs Terkel! Also, Senator John McCain stops by to defend his decision to talk in front of Liberty University students.
TONIGHT: Retired Marine General and author of "The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose", Gen. Tony Zinni!
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Lucky Number Slevin, Josh Hartnett! Also, Dan Bakkedahl learns about "Beach Ploys".
TONIGHT: The author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham! Also, Ed Helms travels to Alaska to find out about the enormous population of bald eagles in one small town.
TONIGHT: The author of Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit, Ryan Nerz!
TONIGHT: Actor and star of American Dreamz, Dennis Quaid!
TONIGHT: Senator from Massachusetts, Sen. Ted Kennedy! Also, Jason Jones with Not In Your Front Yard.
TONIGHT: The author of Man in the Shadows: Inside the Middle East Crisis with a Man Who Led the Mossad, Efraim Halevy!
TONIGHT: Wall Street Journal editor, Kimberley Strassel!
TONIGHT: Actor and star of R.V., Robin Williams!
TONIGHT: The author of The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine, Matthew Continetti!
TONIGHT: The author of The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs, Madeleine Albright!
TONIGHT: The author of Open Target: Where America Is Vulnerable To Attack, Clark Kent Ervin!
TONIGHT: Actor John Malkovich!
TONIGHT: The author of Reporting: Writings from the New Yorker, David Remnick!
TONIGHT: Author of The U.N. Exposed: How the United Nations Sabotages America's Security and Fails the World, Eric Shawn!
TONIGHT: Stand-up comedian Billy Connolly!
TONIGHT: Author of America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy, Francis Fukuyama!
TONIGHT: The Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean!
TONIGHT: Actor and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary!
TONIGHT: A senior editor for National Review, Ramesh Ponnuru! Plus, Lewis Black: Back in Black.
TONIGHT: Legendary country musician and performer of You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker, Willie Nelson!
TONIGHT: Caroline Kennedy, founder of the Profiles In Courage Award.
TONIGHT: Former Secretary of Education and author of America, Bill Bennett.
TONIGHT: Actress Bonnie Hunt from the movie Cars. Plus, Lewis Black reports in Back in Black!
TONIGHT: Legendary comedian Lily Tomlin!
TONIGHT: The author of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Thomas L. Friedman!
TONIGHT: The chair of the Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman!
TONIGHT: The Host of NBC's Meet the Press and the author of Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons, Tim Russert!
TONIGHT: The star of the new series Lucky Louie, Louis C.K.!
TONIGHT: American journalist, humorist, and author of Messages from My Father!, Calvin Trillin!
Tonight: Washington Post reporter Juliet Eilperin, author of Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship is Poisoning the House of Representatives.
TONIGHT: Host of CNN's Anderson Cooper: 360, Anderson Cooper.
Tonight former U.S. Marine and co-author of <I>Warlord: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy</I>, Illario Pantano.
Tonight: Former Nixon legal counsel and author of <I>Conservatives Without Conscience</I>, John Dean.
Tonight: Actor and one of the stars of <I>You, Me and Dupree</I>, Owen Wilson.
Tonight: Gordon Chang, author of <I>Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On The World</I>.
Tonight: Director of the movie <I>Lady in the Water</I>, M. Night Shaymalan.
Tonight: The author of <I>American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds</I>, James Maguire.
Tonight: Actor and star of the movie <I>Lady in the Water</I>, Paul Giamatti.
TONIGHT: actor, writer and director of <I>The Groomsman</I>, Ed Burns.
TONIGHT: Defense reporter and author of <I>Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld</I>, Sharon Weinberger. Also, Lewis Black in "Back in Black.
TONIGHT: NYU Professor, Dr. Alon Ben-Meir.
TONIGHT: Professor of Middle East and South Asia politics and author of <I>The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future</I>, Vali Nasr.
TONIGHT: Writer and director of the documentary <I>Who Killed The Electric Car?</I>, Chris Paine.
TONIGHT: Actor and star of <I>It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia</I>, Danny DeVito.
TONIGHT: Famous NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
TONIGHT: The author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, Thomas E. Ricks.
TONIGHT: The star of the movie Snakes on a Plane, Samuel L. Jackson.
Tonight, author and scholar of comparative religions, Reza Aslan.
Tonight former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, author of <I>Dragon Fire</I>.
Tonight Frederick Lane, author of <I>The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture</I>.
Tonight actor and comedian Martin Short.
Tonight actress and star of <I>sherrybaby</I>, Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Tonight former U.S.
Tonight political advisor and author of <I>Winning Right: Campaign Politics and Conservative Policies</I>, Ed Gillespie.
Tonight comedian Norm MacDonald.
Tonight actor and star of <I>Hollywoodland</I> Ben Affleck.
Tonight actor and star of <I>Jackass Number Two</I>, Johnny Knoxville.
Tonight founder of Sweet Pea Films and producer of the documentary <I>Mr. Conservative: Goldwater On Goldwater</I>, CC Goldwater.
Tonight conservative pundit Pat Buchanan.
Tonight comedian Al Franken.
Tonight, former Governor of New Jersey and author of <I>The Confession</I>, Jim McGreevey.
Tonight Mississippi Senator Trent Lott, author of <I>Herding Cats: A Life in Politics</I>.
Tonight comedian Dennis Miller.
Tonight the President of the Eurasia Group and author of <I>The J Curve: A New Way To Understand Why Nations Rise And Fall</I>, Ian Bremmer.
Tonight former Secretary of State and author of <I>Work Hard, Study...
Tonight comedian and star of <I>Freak Show</I>, David Cross.
Tonight the host of CNN's <I>Lou Dobbs Tonight</I>, Lou Dobbs.
Tonight David Mark, author of <I>Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning</I>.
Tonight <I>New York Times</I> columnist Frank Rich, author of <I>The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina</I>.
Tonight actress Amy Sedaris, author of <I>I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence</I>.
Tonight fromer U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.
Tonight NBA superstar LeBron James.
Tonight Ohio State policy analyst and author of <I>Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Securty Threats and Why We Believe Them</I>, John Meuller.
Tonight John Oliver talks to people who were wooed in 2004. Also Demitri Martin reports on the clubs at Ohio State.
Tonight comedian and star of <I>Borat</I>, Sacha Baron Cohen.
Combined with The Colbert Report, Dan Rather stops by.
Tonight chairman of the Democratic National Committe, Howard Dean.
Tonight actor and co-star of <I>Stranger Than Fiction</I>, Dustin Hoffman.
Tonight writer, actress and star of <I>30 Rock</I>, Tina Fey.
Tonight former Senator from North Carolina and author of <I>Home: Blueprints of Our Lives</I>, John Edwards.
Tonight former anchor of <I>Nightline</I>, Ted Koppel.
Tonight professor of economics and founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yumus.
TONIGHT: Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D, Rep-ILL, chair of the Congressional Campaign Committee for 2006 elections.
Tonight's Guest: Musician Tom Waits.
Tonight's guests: Jack Black and Kyle Gass, collectively known as Tenacious D.Black and Gass star in the new film Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny.
Tonight actor and Broadway star Nathan Lane.
Tonight the director of public policy research at the Genetics Policy Institute and author of <I>Stem Cell War: Inside Stories from the Frontlines</I>, Eve Herold.
Tonight mountain climber and author of <I>No Shortcut to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Hightest Peaks</I>, Ed Viesturs.
Tonight the editor for <I>Newsweek International</I>, Fareed Zakaria.
Tonight actor and star of <I>Extras</I>, Ricky Gervais.
Tonight the assistant managing editor for the <I>Washington Post</I> and author of <I>Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone</I>, Rajiv Chandraeskaran.
Tonight Iowa Governor and 2008 Presidential candidate, Tom Vilsack.
Tonight actor and star of <I>Night at the Museum</I>, Ben Stiller.
