The Daily Show correspondent Stephen Colbert gets his own show

http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/05/03/1024158-ap.html

NEW YORK (AP) - If Comedy Central's Jon Stewart is the comic version of Peter Jennings or Brian Williams, Stephen Colbert promises to be the same for Bill O'Reilly and others like him. The Daily Show regular will star each night in The Colbert Report, likely starting in September. Comedy Central is revamping its schedule, recognizing that late-night programming is essentially prime time for its youthful audience.

... Besides lampooning O'Reilly, the king of the cable TV opinion shows, he's sending up people such as Sean Hannity, Joe Scarborough and Anderson Cooper, he said.

One segment of his show, Worthy Opponent, will feature Colbert debating Colbert.

"I always wanted to do more with this character," he said. While The Daily Show skewers reporters, its primary focus is on newsmakers. The Colbert Report will look full time at the news process, with a backstage look at his character and interview subjects.

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its COlbert colbert colbert

NOT COLBEAR

I cant stand when people do that

He knows how to pronounce his own FRENCH name I think.

But we can always settle this over a cold beer :toast:

I can't wait.

I tivo'd it on the rerun yesterday. He spoofed the first lady in her "comedy routine." He was out of control. Absolutely hilarious.

THAT'S AWESOME!:D:D:D:D:D:D

"The Colbert Report - It's French, Bitch."

What a tag line : 'It's FRENCH, Bitch ! ' ....

That's fucking hilarious ....

I hope he brings Steve Correll on to do a few "Even Steven" segments.

I like him on there. :) Will he still be on the Daily show? He and Samantha Bee are my favorite's on there (next to Jon of course).

I can't wait for September! :)

Congratulations to the Steves!

Jon still has a lot of talent to help him skewer whatever!

wing bull shit started.

He's too important to lose. But it's great to have another good show. I sure hope The Daily Show doesn't suffer for it.

Colbert- the beady eyed genius.

is my favorite of Colbert's. We're going to see Jon this Saturday night in Indy!!! :bounce:

is my favorite bit too. Man I hope they repeat the show at 1:30 after the 1:00 showing of TDS so I can see it on nights I get off at midnight.

Otherwise, I may have to get TIVO.

offers recording of programs much like TIVO. It's great to have, the only drawback is you have to watch what's being recorded...can't change channels and watch something else, but it works for shows like DS that come on late and I have to get up early for work,so I watch them a day later, but who cares.

Remember the VCR? :)

:)

Right? Funny, funny fucker! I love "This Week in God."

He gets around.

One of the great villian lawyers of all time, on one of the funniest cartoons to air. It's the fastest 15 minutes on TV. And I really like Reducto's Shrinky Ray gun - where can I get one of those? I've got some big egos around here who need skrinking...

...from the Robert Smigel cartoon on SNL.

The voice is unmistakable.

Gary and Ace.

Well, do ya?

Too funny.

I wouldn't mind seeing steve carrel come back- my wife and i saw him in a pretty funny play(well, he was funny- playing several roles) with a now defunct theatre company in chicago about a dozen years or so ago...wisdom bridge theatre, formerly up on Howard st, by the juneway jungle.

He's just so funny. "No, it's the separation and powers."

That kind of Sucks:evilfrown:

"...The extra workload means he'll sharply curtail appearances on The Daily Show, he said.

The series will air four nights a week, as will an untitled show with Adam Carolla that pokes fun at pop culture events of the day. Carolla's show will have a celebrity guest and viewer participation.

The two shows will directly follow The Daily Show, which airs Monday through Thursday at 11 p.m. Comedy Central hasn't decided which will come first, spokesman Tony Fox said..."
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"...Comedy Central usually gets as many viewers during the late-night hours as it does during traditional network prime time (8-to-11 p.m.). It will often have as many viewers at 4 a.m. as it does at 6 p.m., network researchers said..."

(I guess the "Adam Carolla Show" is to bring in the NON-intellectual elites?)

I have never found him funny..

I am happy for Colbert, BUT, I hate to see the really funny guys leaving The daily Show..

I would have preferred that they make the Daily show a 90 minute show with extended segments ... Sometimes the lamest part of TDS is the "guest segment".. They could ditch that completely ..

Looming ahead though.. When Dave Letterman retires, I think Jon Stewart will be the heir apparent..and when he leaves TDS, there will be a huge void because he cannot do on CBS, what he does now..

*dances*

I can hardly wait....

Just in case y'all hadn't heard...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136797/

:kick:

Go Steve baby, kick some media whore arse!

Isn't that the character who rips of his glasses and says something like, "IF you've got the BALLS. Well? Do ya?"

I hope he still works on the daily show though.

lewis black the best. i WILL watch his new show. js has some good talent on his show.

ellen fl

Put Black on every night; don't even have to come up with original material for each show. Just have him say the first sarcastic thing that pops into his head, and I'll laugh my ass off, guaranteed!

:rofl:

...is that nothing he ever does can possibly be as perfect as his Daily Show work. The Colbert Report bits have been terrific, but I do worry about how well that schtick will fill a half-hour.

I acted with Colbert a few times in college and community theater. He was obviously destined for show business, and I'm delighted that he's come so far. Go Stephen!

Al Franken said on his show that during the correspondent dinner, he chatted with Stephen Colbert and found him to be a fundamentalist Christian who doesn't believe the poor should get government benefits.

So, in short, I'm preparing myself for a nasty suprise.

about Colbert. Al was yanking listeners' chains.

(BTW, Colbert is a Catholic.)

i believe i heard the same segment, al mentioned that he and steven colbert (who al mentioned is a christian) went to talk to Focus on the Family's James Dobson who claims that government should not attempt to help the poor.

in short, it was Al and Stephen who catted with james dobson who doesn't believe the poor should get government benefits.\

:shrug:

Read an interview with Colbert somewhere before the election (It may have been Rolling Stone or Entertainment Weekly, I can't remember), and he said he generally voted liberal.
Maybe Al was joking or something.

Now it will be just in two 30 minute (sic) segments.

I love Stephen Colbert, and this sounds great on a surface-level. But many spinoffs fail. His comedy routine works great in segments and when he's playing off someone else like Jon. Would it work as well if it were just him? I do hope he has others on the cast and I hope he has a taped audience.

They will keep me up all night at this rate! I hope he still finds time to do TDS too, other than Jon, he's the funniest thing on the show. I wonder if this means TDS will hire a new anchor.... I'd do it. ;)

The only negative I see here is having to wait until September to see this show! I don't think I can wait that long...

I don't think this will hurt the Daily Show at all. Rob Corddry, Samantha Bee, and even Ed Helms do a wonderful job as it is.

Steve Colbert rules.

His show needs to be a CALL-IN show. That would kick major amounts of ass.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/arts/television/04come.html?

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That "The Daily Show" has reached the point that it is considered ripe for a spinoff is something of a milestone for the program and for Comedy Central, which is owned by Viacom. But in moving Mr. Colbert off "The Daily Show" - he is expected to make only intermittent return visits - the network is also risking diluting a recipe that has made it so popular.

To that end, Comedy Central is considering ripping an actual page from the cable news networks it so often mocks, and having Mr. Stewart, at the end of his half-hour show, share a split-screen with Mr. Colbert, in what is known in the news business as a "throw" or "toss."

"It could be kind of seamless," said Doug Herzog, president of Comedy Central and Spike TV, who presided over the debut of "The Daily Show" in 1996. "It would have the effect of extending 'The Daily Show' to a full hour."

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A full-hour of The Daily Show... this is exactly what we've been waiting for, for so long. I only hope Stephen's new show doesn't turn out to be another 'Crossballs.'

Excellent

That's right 24/7. We need a Daily Show News Channel.

He is HILARIOUS on that show, especially when he does THIS WEEK IN GOD. It wont be the same without him. Anyone know who will take his place?

like Crossballs which was so fake it was stupid to watch. What makes the Daily Show funny is not because it's fake news, it is actual real news just being mad fun of.

I seriously can NOT wait. :)

I was just saying a couple nights ago that the best parts of TDS are when they concentrate on the media.

I heard him a while back on The Al Franken show. He definitely knows what hes talking about. He was also great on Strangers with Candy.

http://www.dumdumgoestothecircus.com

The "original" laura bush horse joke?

My guess is about 4:50pm EDT heres the link

'Daily Show' Correspondent Readies 'The Colbert Report'

On-line audio replay for this story will be available at approx. 7:30 p.m. ET

All Things Considered, May 4, 2005 · Robert Siegel talks with the Daily Show's Stephen Colbert about his new program, which is scheduled to air on Comedy Central this September. The Colbert Report will be fashioned as a satire of TV talk shows such as The O'Reilly Factor.
:bounce:

I need my Back in Black fix. I could easily OD on his humor.