President Bill Clinton to Appear on THE COLBERT REPORT Tonight

For the first time, Stephen Colbert interviewed former President Bill Clinton and hosted the closing session of the sixth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) this past weekend at Washington University in St. Louis .

The closing session featured an interview with President Clinton taped before an audience of 1,000 CGI U students to air in a special CGI U-themed episode of COMEDY CENTRAL's "The Colbert Report" tonight at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL. It will mark President Clinton's first appearance on the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series.

"The Colbert Report" airs Monday-Thursday at 11:30 p.m. and repeats at 1:30 a.m. the same night and at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The Following day (all times ET/PT).

About The Colbert Report:

Stephen Colbert is best known as the host, writer and executive producer of the long-running Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central. Colbert is also a best-selling author and accomplished actor.

"The Colbert Report" launched on October 17, 2005 and has garnered ratings and critical success as one of the top shows on television. The show received its second Peabody Award this year after first receiving the prestigious award in 2008. Since the shows inception, it has received 18 Primetime Emmy nominations and, in 2010, Colbert and his writing team won the show's second Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program. The extraordinary platform of the show and Stephens unique persona have allowed Stephen Colbert to impact cultural discourse in profound ways:

Photo credit: "Paul Morse/Clinton Global Initiative"