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Media manipulation Satirical news Political absurdity Politics critique Media satire Political comedy Social commentary Character study Your best matches Ranked against what The Colbert Report is actually about, not its genre labels.
69% Reverina match Top pick 1996 · Series · Comedy · News
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same media manipulation and social commentary Also satirical news and political comedy at heart More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Told the same way, mockumentary
Shares its wry and cathartic register What's different Not really character study Not about media satire or politics critique Darkness Fairly light
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Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against The Colbert Report.
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2015 · Series · Comedy · Talk
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Shares its saturated and high contrast look Told the same way, epistolary Shares its playful and wry register What's different Not really character study or satirical news Not about media satire or politics critique Where it streams Paramount Plus Premium Paramount Plus Essential Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against The Colbert Report.
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1989 · Series · Animation · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: satirical comedy Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Shares its saturated and stylised look Told the same way, epistolary What's different Not really character study or satirical news Not about media satire or politics critique Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Colbert Report.
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Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Shares its saturated and high contrast look South Park 1997
Watched for the same thing: satirical comedy Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Veep 2012
Shares its saturated look Centres on the same antihero figure 30 Rock 2006
Also about media satire Told the same way, mockumentary Superstore 2015
Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Also character study at heart Conan 2010
Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Shares its saturated and high contrast look Animaniacs 2020
Watched for the same thing: satirical comedy Centres on the same antihero figure The Office 2005
Told the same way, mockumentary and epistolary Shares its saturated look 
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