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Daily Show And Colbert Report Back On-Air In January

by Jarrett Martineau | December 20, 2007 at 03:54 pm | 700 views | 2 comments | 2 recommendations

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carrell

No more re-runs...but new shows minus the writing staffs...? What do you think: do Colbert and Stewart have the chops to pull it off?

First reported by NoFactZone: "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" will be back on the air January 7th. Here's the confirm from Comedy Central, hot off the presses:

"'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' and 'The Colbert Report' will resume production on January 7 with both shows returning to air that night without their respective writing staffs. The January 7 return follows a scheduled two-week, end-of-year hiatus that was previously built into the shows' production calendars. We continue to hold out hope for a swift resolution to the current stalemate that will enable the shows to be complete again."

-- Comedy Central

"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."

-- Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert

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Rob Peters

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at 16:31 on December 20th, 2007

Interesting...it'll be quite a test. A comedian without writers is like a writer without crippling depression, or something like that.

pygar60

at 06:08 on December 23rd, 2007

*** BOYCOTT THE DAILY SHOW AND COLBERT REPORT ***

While I deeply enjoy the satire and wit of The Daily Show and Colbert Report, I am saddened and disappointed that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are crossing the picket lines. They are, first and foremost, excellent writers. They have multiple Emmy awards for their comedy writing skills. Instead of returning to the set, they should be returning to the negotitating table and the picket lines.

We, the viewers and consumers, have power to force Sumner Redstone and the rest of the AMPTP back into good faith negotiations. If we withhould our viewership from the commercials that fund the AMPTP, then the advertisers will pressure Viacom to resolve the strike. This strike is about money, and we should use our economic clout to press for the outcome we want.

** BOYCOTT **