On October 21, during the appearance of Patrick Henry College chancellor, Michael Farris, Stephen was presented with the hon

tstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program.[84]
In 2009, the Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program category was eliminated.
On August 21, 2010, it was announced that The Colbert Report won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program for its episodes broadcast from Iraq.[85]
In 2012, The Colbert Report won a second Peabody Award for its Super PAC-related coverage.[86]
In 2013, The Colbert Report won two Emmys, one for Outstanding Variety Series and one for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. The Colbert Report winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series broke the longest winning streak in Emmy history, beating The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, which dominated the Best Variety Series competition from 2003 to 2012.[87]
Other honors[edit]
See also: Stephen Colbert#Awards and honors
Colbert has received several other honors and distinctions.
Titles[edit]
Colbert received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Knox College, Illinois on June 3, 2006;[88] his credit as producer has been listed since that time as "Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A."[89] (later changed in April 2009 to "Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A." after Colbert was knighted by Queen Noor of Jordan in exchange for his support of the Global Zero Campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons).[90]
On October 21, during the appearance of Patrick Henry College chancellor, Michael Farris, Stephen was presented with the honorary title of Arbiter of American Morality and Defender of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.[91]
Animals named for Stephen Colbert[edit]
Colbert announced on his March 28, 2006 show that he had been contacted by San Francisco Zoo officials seeking his permission to name an unhatched bald eagle after him.[92] The eagle, affectionately dubbed Stephen Jr. on The Report, was bred to be reintroduced into the wild, as a part of the zoo's California Bald Eagle Breeding Program. Colbert celebrated the chick's birth on the April 17, 2006, program, and has since given updates on the bird's development. He has criticized the bird for migrating to Canada, and has attempted to lure him back to the U.S. On December 24, 2008, Stephen Jr. (tag A-46) was photographed at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge on the California/Oregon border.[93]
On September 30, 2006, the Saginaw Spirit, an OHL hockey team in Saginaw, Michigan, named its co-mascot Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle in honor of Colbert, despite the fact that it was spotted holding a Canadian flag during the anthem.[94] Before the introduction of the mascot, the team record was 0–3–0–1, but once the Steagle was introduced, the team improved their record to 44–21–0–3 by the season's end,[95] before losing in the first round of the playoffs.[96] On January 27, 2007, Oshawa, Ontario declared March 20 of that year (John Gray's birthday) Stephen Colbert Day after mayor John Gray bet Colbert that the Oshawa Generals would beat the Spirit, and Saginaw won 5–4.[97]
In the latter part of March 2007, Drexel University named a leatherback turtle in honor of Colbert in their Great Turtle Race.[98] "Stephanie Colburtle the Leatherback Turtle" came in second place, losing to a turtle named Billie.[99]
On June 24, 2008, Dr. Jason Bond, an associate professor with the Department of Biology at East Carolina University, appeared on the show because he agreed to nam