Check out all our lists for BuddyTV's Top 7 of '07 to relive the best and the worst of the year in television.


Gina Scarpa ranked The Colbert Report and The Daily Show 4th.  She says...

It's been said many times that The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are where many college students go to get their news. Well, I'm not in college anymore but I still get my news from them. Jon Stewart has been giving me my news since 1998 and I've never looked back. You can't pay me to watch MSNBC or FOX News.

In October of this year, Stephen Colbert pulled one of the greatest publicity stunts ever: he announced that he would be running for president. He got himself a sponsor (Doritos) and launched a website, colbert08.org. On Facebook, he had over one million supporters for his presidency. It all came to end when the state of South Carolina, Colbert's home state, rejected his application by a vote of 13-3 and refunded his $2500 filing fee.

The best part about these shows is that they're ones that politicians and influential businessmen have decided to take seriously and get on in order to let their voices be heard to a young generation of voters. Everyone from Bill Gates to Bill Clinton to General Wesley Clark has graced the desks of Stewart and Colbert. These two shows are the ones I miss the most as the WGA strike continues with no end in sight. Without a new episode since November, the end of my year is very much lacking “truthiness."

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John Kubicek ranked The Colbert Report 3rd.  He says...

There are many, many reasons The Colbert Report was one of the best shows of 2007. Stephen's failed presidential run, sponsored by Doritos. Wrist strong bracelets. The train wreck interview with Richard Branson. But really, there are two memorable segments that made me laugh harder than anything else all year, and for those two reasons alone, it's one of the best.

The first came when Stephen did a story on a monkey that had broken free and escaped police capture. And thus, “Monkey on the Lam” was born. The comic genius comes from the graphic the show puts up every time Stephen uses this phrase: a monkey, on the back of a lamb, is shooting back at the cops chasing him.

The second reason came on June 13, 2007, during the nightly Threat Down. Number five was robots, a typical entry for the Threat Down. Four was bears, another common enemy. Three was robots, again. Two was bears, again. This led to the ultimate battle: which is worse, robots or bears? That night, the number one threat was…ROBOT BEARS! If that doesn't make you laugh, you may be dead inside.

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Debbie Chang ranked The Colbert Report 5th.  She says...

I find Stephen Colbert insanely hot. And how can I not? He's a true American: tall, proud, with truthiness to spare.

One of my favorite interviews he had this year was when Jane Fonda came on the show in May to promote her movie Georgia Rule. Usually, Colbert stares his guests down with a steely gaze, daring them to lose their cool. But Fonda turned the tables, and ended up making Colbert squirm in his seat. She climbed into his lap, where she stayed for the entirety of the segment, even kissing him on the lips. It's nice to see that despite being a relative of the bald eagle, he's still human too.

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