Episode
The Colbert Report: Newt Gingrich
Overview
The media weighs presidential nominees for 2016, Sonia Sotomayor crushes girlish pipe dreams, and Newt Gingrich admits he guessed wrong about the election.
Details
- Series
- The Colbert Report
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 2012-11-13
Episode context
Newt Gingrich is Episode 24 in Season 9 of The Colbert Report. It aired on 2012-11-13.
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