“Daily Show” and “Colbert Report” Return to TV in January
posted by RichmanVA
It is being reported that both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will be returning to the air on January 7th. No other information was given.
UPDATE: Colbert and Stewart released a joint statement explaining the return: “We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.”
The WGA also issued a statement saying: “Comedy Central forcing Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert back on the air will not give the viewers the quality shows they’ve come to expect. The only way to get the writing staffs back on the job is for the AMPTP companies to come back to the table prepared to negotiate a fair deal with the Writers Guild.”
Trendspotting with Demetri Martin (from The Daily Show)