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‘Colbert Report’ Stays through 2007

Published on November 03, 2005 | Email this article
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The Colbert Report, the new half-hour Daily Show spin-off on Comedy Central, has received a full-year order, E! Online reports. The satire of cable news talking heads like Bill O’Reilly has averaged 1.2 million viewers across its first four nights, and keeps 86 percent of The Daily Show Viewers. Plus, The Daily Show recently posted its second-most watched week ever in the week The Colbert Report debuted, at least partially thanks to the increased attention garnered from the new show.

 

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart may appear on The Colbert Report at some point, but Colbert joked to the New York Times that he didn’t particularly want Stewart. “His shadow is dark enough. I don’t want to ask the source of darkness for help. I’m not interested in that same liberal claptrap. That meow, meow, meow, ironic detachment.”

He added, “We’re going to deal with truth on my show.”

While Stewart plays himself on The Daily Show, Colbert acts the part of a pompous news anchor.

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