Main article: Cultural impact of The Colbert Report See also: Vandalism on Wikipedia#Seigenthaler_incident On Wikipedia, Stephen Colbert has been accused for editing the Elephant article. He has asked his fans to edit articles many times, and state

 named the number one television series of that year by Entertainment Weekly.
In 2010 Colbert won the Golden Tweet Award.
Arts[edit]
On October 17, 2008, it was announced that the portrait of Stephen from his second year of The Colbert Report was accepted into the national portrait collection at the National Museum of American History for its November reopening.
Athletics[edit]
On November 2, 2009, Colbert, representing the Colbert Nation, signed an on-air sponsorship agreement with U.S. speedskating executive director Robert Crowley.[107] Fundraising via The Colbert Report ultimately raised $300,000 for the US Winter Olympics speedskating team.[108] Coverage of the show's efforts also led to Colbert personally being invited to be the official ombudsman at the oval for the Olympics,[109] appointed as the official assistant sports psychologist for the US olympics speed skating team, and as such is now an official member of the team,[110][111] and invited by Dick Ebersol, to be part of NBC's 2010 Winter Olympics coverage team.[112]
Cultural impact[edit]

Main article: Cultural impact of The Colbert Report
See also: Vandalism on Wikipedia#Seigenthaler_incident
On Wikipedia, Stephen Colbert has been accused for editing the Elephant article. He has asked his fans to edit articles many times, and stated facts he knew wasn't true.
International distribution[edit]

Outside of the United States, The Colbert Report is shown in Canada on The Comedy Network. It airs on The Comedy Channel in Australia, Comedy Central in New Zealand, and on Maxxx in the Philippines. As of 2012, The Colbert Report has also been broadcast in Africa on DSTV's version of Comedy Central. It aired on FX in the United Kingdom until they decided not to renew their contract in May 2009.[113] The show also has a strong following in Ireland.[citation needed] In Portugal, it airs on Sic Radical.
Beginning June 3, 2008, The Colbert Report also aired on the ShowComedy channel of Showtime Arabia (Currently OSNComedy), a channel which broadcasts in the Middle East and North Africa.[114] The show is transmitted on a one-day delay from original transmission in the US.
The show was shown during prime time on Australia's free-to-air ABC2 in 2010, however the channel was outbid for rights for 2011.[115][116] The show was available directly on the colbernation.com website for part of 2011, with Australian advertisements, however Australian access is now blocked.
Several international markets also air The Colbert Report Global Edition, which shows highlights from the previous week's shows and includes a special introduction by Stephen Colbert at the start of the program. This means a new or newly repackaged episode can be screened every weekday.
In addition most recent episodes (usually 3 weeks back) are available in full length on colbertnation.com. However some international audiences are unable to view the videos o