Stephen Colbert said on The Colbert Report he needed to use the bathroom but couldn’t find the key. He said Letterman must still have it, so he rushed on across to the Ed Sullivan Theatre during a Late Show taping and found it.

Katie Couric also made a guest appearance.

The gag was used primarily to promote donations to the Red Cross for the recent natural disasters in the US.

What viewers of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central saw;

What viewers of the Late Show With David Letterman on CBS saw;

The now defunct NBC show is nominated for “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series” against The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live and Real Time With Bill Maher.

Conan tweeted “Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations. This bodes well for the future of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien”.

Jay Leno spoke about the nominations for The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien on his show this week, saying “the big show business news is that the Emmy nominations were announced today… the good news: The Tonight Show got four nominations! The bad news: I didn’t get one of them… remember there’s no ‘me’ in Emmy”.

Saturday Night Live is also nominated in the “Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” category for Betty White and Tina Fey’s appearances on the show.

TV Squad – “Emmy Awards 2010 Nominees List”
TV Guide – “Jay Leno Pokes Fun at Losing Emmy Nominations to Conan O’Brien”
The Associated Press – “Reactions to the 62nd annual Emmy nominations”

Colbert hosted the show in a robe and “nana’s blanket” – he joked “she put up quite a fight when I took it”. He made it through the show but said “I have a fever and there is nothing left in my stomach”.

Click here to watch a clip from the show.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report will remain on Comedy Central to cover the next US election and beyond.

The Associated Press reports “Comedy Central said Tuesday that in separate agreements, Stewart agreed to host “The Daily Show” through June 2013 and Colbert will stick with “The Colbert Report” until the end of 2012. The two shows air in the 11 p.m. Eastern to midnight block”.

The Associated Press – “New Comedy Central deals for Stewart and Colbert”

This is the first time it’s been possible to download episodes through iTunes UK.

Thanks to Olivia Coghlan at Comedy Central UK for the headsup.

Go to www.comedycentral.co.uk/downloads for details on how to download the shows, or if you already have iTunes installed click the links below to open iTunes:

iTunes UK – The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
iTunes UK – The Colbert Report

Comedy Central’s US channel first went HD in early 2008 but The Daily Show and The Colbert Report stayed in SD. It’s taken a while for the shows to make the transition to HD because all the control rooms had to be updated. Broadcasting Cable says the upgrades we carried out “while continuing to put on a program four times a week”.

Broadcasting Cable – “‘Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ Going HD In Jan. 2010″

The cost is £9.99 for a “multipass” (15 episodes) or £1.89 per episode. The direct iTunes link for The Colbert Report is available on the official Comedy Central UK website – click here.

There’s no word yet on if The Colbert Report will be coming to the Comedy Central UK TV channel any time soon, but this new Comedy Central iTunes deal is a step in the right direction.

Click here to go directly to the Facebook group – you just need to join it to show your support and leave a message if you wish. Thank you. Once we have enough group members we will contact various television channels to present it to them.

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The Colbert Report’s special Christmas episode (“A Colbert Christmas”) is nominated for “Outstanding Art Direction For Variety, Music Or Nonfiction Programming”.

Late Show With David Letterman, Real Time With Bill Maher, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report are all up for the “Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series” award.

Saturday Night Live and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon are nominated for “Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media”.

Late Show With David Letterman, Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Kimmel Live are nominated for “Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For Variety, Music Or Comedy Programming”.

Saturday Night Live is up for the “Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)” award.

The Colbert Report’s Christmas episode (“A Colbert Christmas) and Saturday Night Live are both nominated for “Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics”.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart is nominated for “Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing” and The Colbert Report (“A Colbert Christmas”) is nominated for “Outstanding Picture Editing For A Special (Single Or Multi-Camera)”.

Jay Leno’s Garage on NBC.com is up for the “Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Nonfiction Programs” award.

Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Show With David Letterman and Saturday Night Live are nominated for “Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series”.

Late Show With David Letterman, Real Time With Bill Maher, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart are nominated for “Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series”.

Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Late Show With David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart are nominated for Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series”.

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday 20th September. Read the nominations in full.

The Colbert Report has been coming from Iraq all of this week. Stephen Colbert has been out there entertaining the troops and reporting on the latest from the Iraq military operations.

The week’s worth of shows dubbed “Operation Iraqi Stephen” saw Stephen make it in to the news headlines on various occasions, including for his army-style haircut which was “ordered” by President Barack Obama over a video feed.

No Fact Zone has been providing excellent reports on The Colbert Report’s week in Iraq – go to www.nofactzone.net for more.

Week In Review From Iraq – 8th to 12th June 2009;

Clip from The Today Show showing Stephen getting a new haircut;