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Mar 25 2013 01:29 PM ET

Stephen Colbert to interview Bill Clinton

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It looks like former president Bill Clinton is a fan of truthiness.

Stephen Colbert will host the closing session of the six annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University and interview Clinton as part of the event. The closing session will take place Saturday, April 6 at Washington University, but if you can’t make it to St. Louis the CGI U-themed episode of The Colbert Report will air the week of April 8 (no official date was announced). This will be Clinton’s first appearance on the show.

In a press release Colbert joked, “I am thrilled and honored to be interviewing President Clinton, and I assume he is aware this is happening.”

One thing we know for certain, Bill Clinton is great on talk shows.

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Nov 29 2012 05:53 PM ET

'The Colbert Report' sets 'Hobbit'-themed week of shows -- EXCLUSIVE

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Stephen Colbert has never been afraid to show off his passion for J.R.R. Tolkien on The Colbert Report (see: this James Franco interview and this dissection of John McCain’s Lord of the Rings debt ceiling analogy) but next week he will take that love to new nerdy levels. Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report will present four nights of Hobbit-themed programming (Dec. 3 to Dec. 6), pegged to the Dec. 14 release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, EW has learned. Guests will include stars Ian McKellan (Dec. 3), Martin Freeman (Dec. 4) and Andy Serkis (Dec. 6), along with director Peter Jackson (Dec. 5). READ FULL STORY »

Nov 1 2012 12:59 PM ET

'Daily Show' and 'Colbert Report' announce live election-night plans

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The Daily Show and The Colbert Report were a day late during the political debates, taping their shows before the evening festivities. But they’re not playing around when it comes to Election Day. Both shows will air live on Tuesday night, as the election results come in. The Daily Show is promoting their 11 p.m. ET coverage as “Election Night 2012: This Ends Now,” with Stewart leading his team in analyzing the state-by-state returns. At 11:30, The Colbert Report’s “Election 2012: A Nation Votes, Ohio Decides; The Re-Presidenting of America: Who Will Replace Obama? ‘012!” will welcome political pundit Andrew Sullivan for his take on the election results.

Both shows will also be simulcast on MTV’s Times Square JumboTron, stream live on comedycentral.com, iOS and Android enabled devices, Xbox consoles and through The Daily Show Headlines App.

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Oct 29 2012 02:58 PM ET

Sandy shuts down Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert

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Mitt Romney can breathe a little easier tonight. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report will not tape Monday evening.

The Frankenstorm has claimed both shows, the latest New York City-based TV productions to shutter today. The Comedy Central faux-newscasts have been in full-blast election mode in recent weeks. But with the media obsessed with Hurricane Sandy, it’s not like there’s a ton of on-air election coverage gaffes to mock right now anyway.

Comedy Central is taking a “wait and see” approach before deciding on whether to resume taping of both shows on Tuesday, or later in the week. Repeats will air instead. Here’s several other TV productions being shut down.

Oct 16 2012 02:25 PM ET

'Daily Show,' 'SNL,' 'Colbert,' and 'Fallon' writers assemble for New York Television Festival panel

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“Live from New York…” is Saturday Night Live‘s proprietary catchprase, but those four iconic words might just as easily more broadly describe the best and brightest of American comedy — period. Within a three-block radius in midtown Manhattan lies the home bases for Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. So it only makes sense that during the comically fertile election season, the New York Television Festival is celebrating the talent behind those shows with a special discussion panel, “Long Day’s Journey Into Late Night: 2012 Election Edition – The Politics of Funny.”

Next Tuesday night at the 92Y Tribeca, NBC’s Willie Geist will welcome a Barry Julien (head writer, The Colbert Report), Steve Bodow (co-executive producer and former head writer, The Daily Show), Colin Jost (co-head writer, Saturday Night Live), and A.D. Miles (head writer, Late Night) for a lively discussion about their favorite moments from the 2012 campaign so far and their take on the current state of the late-night genre. (Tickets are free but will surely “sell out.”) READ FULL STORY »

Jul 25 2012 10:46 AM ET

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert extend their contracts with Comedy Central

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Comedy Central’s late-night political-satire duo will stick around at least through the next midterm elections. According to a statement released by the cable network this morning, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have both extended their contracts with Comedy Central for the next couple of years. Colbert’s contract extension runs through the end of 2014; Stewart’s runs a bit further, up to the middle of 2015.

Both will continue to serve as multi-hyphenate host/writer/producers for their respective series, which have both experienced ratings growth this year, due in no small part to ongoing three ring circus that is the 2012 presidential election.

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Feb 19 2012 04:36 PM ET

New episodes of 'The Colbert Report' returning this week

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After taking an abrupt hiatus last week, The Colbert Report will be returning this week with new episodes, EW has confirmed with Comedy Central. Last Wednesday, audience members who had planned to attend a new taping of the show were surprised with an email informing them that the taping was canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances.” The network later announced no new episodes would be filmed for the remainder of the week.

Comedy Central is keeping mum about why The Colbert Report went dark last week, but reports had claimed that the series suspended production because host Stephen Colbert’s 91-year-old mother was ailing. (The host himself is keeping quiet as well, but tweeted Friday, “My family and I would like to thank everyone who has offered their thoughts and prayers. We are grateful and touched by your concern.” Guests scheduled to appear on The Colbert Report this week are Ann Patchett (Feb. 20), Robert Kagan (Feb. 21), Nancy Pelosi (Feb. 22), and Placido Domingo (Feb. 23).

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Feb 16 2012 11:41 AM ET

Stephen Colbert shuts down 'Report' for rest of the week

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Stephen Colbert has suspended taping of The Colbert Report for the rest of the week. Viewers expecting a new episode of The Colbert Report last night were disappointed to turn on a rerun instead, and audience members had been sent an e-mail earlier in the day reading, “Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have canceled our taping for the date of your ticket reservation, Feb. 15, 2012. We are very sorry for any inconvenience.” [UPDATE 1:49 p.m.: Report writer Pete Dominick tweeted that he didn't know why the shows had been canceled, but the Wall Street Journal cited sources familiar with the Report when it reported that there had been an "emergency in Mr. Colbert's family."]

In a statement, the show said it would “air repeat episodes on Wednesday, Feb. 15, and Thursday, Feb. 16.” (The Comedy Central show does not tape on Fridays.)

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