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'Daily Show' Funnyman Colbert Gets Show

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'Daily Show' Funnyman Colbert Gets Show
May 3, 5:07 PM EST

Associated Press

If Comedy Central's Jon Stewart is the comic version of Peter Jennings or Brian Williams, Stephen Colbert promises to be the same for Bill O'Reilly and others like him.

"The Daily Show" regular will star each night in "The Colbert Report," likely starting in September. Comedy Central is revamping its schedule, recognizing that late-night programming is essentially prime time for its youthful audience.

"It's as if my character on 'The Daily Show' got promoted," Colbert told The Associated Press.

He'll be a "very well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot, not unlike some people who have these shows in the real world," he said.
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Dave Chappell's in rehab. Jews are up in arms as their newest Sammy Davis Jr. checked himself into Betty Ford earlier today. Said Chappell, "don't you fvcking give my time slot to Colbert!"