EVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Showtime is in talks with Stephen Colbert to host a live election-night comedy special, the channel’s chief executive said. “I think it’s going to happen,” […]
BEVERLY HILLS (AP) — Stephen Colbert, who capitalized on the political conventions with live airings of his late-night show, will do the same for the presidential and vice presidential debates. […]
Lawyers representing Late Show host Stephen Colbert’s old employer Comedy Central complained to CBS after he revived the character he played under his own name on The Colbert Report — a clueless, full-of-himself cable news host. They said that the character “Stephen Colbert” was their intellectual property, “which is surprising, since I never considered that guy much of an intellect,” Colbert said on the Late Show on Wednesday.
Stephen Colbert Crashes RNC Stage In Prank
CLEVELAND (AP) — A video posted online shows “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert taking over the microphone on stage in Cleveland in a “Hunger Games” themed prank at the site […]
Talent and timing can be a formidable combination. Throw in media savvy and a get-along attitude, and Stephen Colbert is increasingly looking like the potential answer to CBS’s latenight prayers.
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Stephen Colbert is approaching his own transformative moment, when he will become the second person to host The Late Show, CBS’s marquee late-night franchise, succeeding David Letterman, for whom it was created. Can he shed the ironist’s mask he wore on The Colbert Report and turn himself into the genial master of ceremonies that an 11:35 p.m. network show requires? And can he do it without sacrificing the irreverence and erudition that made his Comedy Central series a welcome antidote to a poisonous political era?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush will be an opening-night guest on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show. In a tweet posted Tuesday, the former “Colbert Report” host said […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Money from the auction of the desk and set of “The Colbert Report” will help thousands of school kids in comedian Stephen Colbert’s native South Carolina. […]
Nine years of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report came to an end Thursday night along with its mythical presiding pundit, as the real-life Stephen Colbert bade the audience farewell. He was last seen gliding through the clouds in the backseat of Santa’s sleigh beside Alex Trebek (don’t ask).
After nine years nurturing his TV persona of a conservative talk show host, Stephen Colbert will bid farewell to the other Stephen Colbert on Thursday.
CBS will be eligible to receive at least $11 million in tax credits over five years for continuing to broadcast The Late Show from New York and will have access to $5 million in grants for renovations to the Ed Sullivan Theatre. In turn, the network has committed to providing 200 jobs.
David Letterman’s successor says the CBS show will continue to broadcast from The Ed Sullivan Theater. The network is eligible for up to $11 million in tax credits for keeping the show in New York.
NEW YORK (AP) – Philip Roth, one of the world’s eminent men of letters, is apparently confused about the meaning of the word “retirement.” All it took to upend his […]
Stephen Colbert, the Comedy Central host, visited the Late Show for the first time since it was announced earlier this month that he will replace David Letterman sometime next year. He was greeted warmly, with Letterman introducing him as “very talented” and “always entertaining,” and the two men posed for the obligatory selfie.
Why CBS Picked Colbert For ‘Late Show’
When David Letterman announced his retirement a few weeks ago, there was a huge amount of speculation over who would succeed him. But CBS named his replacement within a week, picking Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report. Brian Hughes, SVP and audience analysis practice lead at Magna Global, talks about why CBS made its choice, how it could play out in the ratings and whether The Late Late Show will be getting a new host, too.
In a meeting that could be celebratory or even awkward, Stephen Colbert will meet the man whose duties he is set to assume. Colbert will sit down with David Letterman on his Late Show on April 22.
David Letterman’s successor will leave his “Stephen Colbert” persona behind when he heads to CBS sometime in 2015, taking over for the retiring Late Show host (who has not yet specified an exit date). But in lieu of “Stephen Colbert,” who will Colbert offer up to his audience instead? Who is behind the “Stephen Colbert” mask?
One week after David Letterman announced he was leaving his longtime job as host of The Late Show on CBS, the network has found his replacement. Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, will take over for Letterman sometime next year. Mayors of New York and Los Angeles have already publicly urged the new Late Show host to choose their city.
NEW YORK (AP) – Stephen Colbert is done with the “Colbert Report” Twitter account. He teamed with one of Twitter’s founders, Biz Stone, on Monday’s show to symbolically blow up […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert and the cast of “Modern Family” are the next substitutes for Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America.” Roberts is scheduled to undergo her bone […]
NEW YORK — With a nod of tribute to his ailing mother, Stephen Colbert returned to the air Monday. Colbert was back hosting “The Colbert Report,” which last week mysteriously […]
The comedian disclosed today that his Americans for a Better Tomorrow “super” political action committee has raised a staggering $1.02 million. PACs were required to submit their financial reports to the Federal Election Commission today. In a letter to the commission, Colbert was quoted as saying, “How you like me now, FEC?”
This year’s New Establishment list identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies, and entrepreneurs — The Age of Information gives way to a burgeoning Age of Technology. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg claims the top spot, while South Park‘s Trey Parker and Matt Stone are also on board.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Election Commission said Thursday that comedian Stephen Colbert can use his TV show’s resources to boost his political action committee, but he must disclose some […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedy Central’s tongue-in-check commentator Stephen Colbert is expected to raise serious questions at next week’s meeting of the Federal Election Commission. “The Colbert Report” star is launching […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central says two million viewers watched its live coverage of Saturday’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. The network says that audience was more than […]
