Posted: Monday 4th January 2010 at 11:08pm by Paul
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report both return to Comedy Central with brand new episodes tonight – the first new shows since the Christmas break. Both shows will now be broadcast in high definition for the first time.
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″
Posted: Wednesday 18th November 2009 at 3:21pm by Paul
The Colbert Report has been missing from UK TV since FX UK abruptly dropped it. Now the show has been added to the UK iTunes store.
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.
Posted: Saturday 25th July 2009 at 9:46pm by Paul
We’ve started a new group on Facebook which will act as a petition. The aim is to get The Colbert Report back on UK television – it’s not been available on UK TV for several months.
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.
Please visit our Petitions page for details on all our campaigns – past and present.
Posted: Friday 24th July 2009 at 10:01am by Paul
The nominations for the 2009 Emmy Awards have been announced.
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Posted: Sunday 14th June 2009 at 8:50pm by Paul
Operation Iraqi Stephen
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.
Click here to watch videos from The Colbert Report’s week in Iraq
Posted: Saturday 2nd May 2009 at 1:09am by Paul
The Colbert Report is no longer in the FX UK schedules. FX UK’s contract for The Colbert Report was up for renewal on the 1st May this year, so it seems it’s not being renewed.
I’ll try to get the official word from FX themselves and let you know if we have any further news, but at this stage it looks as though it’s been dropped from the channel altogether.
If it has been axed from FX, perhaps it’s the ideal time for More 4 to purchase The Daily Show spin-off, or maybe the newly-launched Comedy Central channel in the UK (formerly Paramount Comedy).
Posted: Monday 12th January 2009 at 11:47am by Paul
Vote for the “Indecision 2008″ blog from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report teams. The Comedy Central blog is nominated in the (rather oddly named) “Best Very Large Blog” category in The 2008 Weblog Awards. Click here to cast your vote. Polls close tomorrow (13th January) at 10pm GMT (UK) so head on over there now before it’s too late.
Posted: Tuesday 6th January 2009 at 10:32pm by Paul
You’ll need to stay up later (or set your V+/Sky+ box) to watch The Colbert Report on FX UK as it now airs at around midnight (it used to air at around 11pm) Monday-Friday. This can vary.
For example, Wednesday’s edition airs at 12am, Thursday’s edition airs at 12.05am, Friday’s edition airs at 12am. On Monday next week, The Colbert Report Global Edition will be on at 12.15am.
They also now appear to be airing The Colbert Report at midnight on Saturdays as well, and the usual repeats airing in the early hours of Sunday morning (from around 2am).
Check your TV’s electronic programme guide for more information.
