Stephen Colbert abruptly suspended production on the Colbert Report this week due to his ailing, 91-year-old mother, according to sources. Rumors ran rampant yesterday after Comedy Central announced that the shows would be suspended due to “unforeseen circumstances.” The network simply said, “Due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, Feb. [...]

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Stephen Colbert buying up some TV ad time in South Carolina. On his Comedy Central show the Colbert Report last night, Colbert announced “an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork” for his “possible candidacy for president of the United States of South Carolina.” He also handed control of the Colbert Super PAC, “Citizens for a [...]

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The Federal Election Commission approved comedian Stephen Colbert‘s bid to set up a Super PAC today. “You may form your super PAC and proceed,” the panel told Colbert. The host of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report wanted to start the Political Action Committee to put a spotlight on new campaign finance laws. Due to a “media [...]

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As you may recall, earlier this week we told you about how Jon Stewart slammed Sen. Jon Kyl for his comment made on the Senate floor about how 90 percent of Planned Parenthood’s services go to abortions. A member of his staff later pointed out that Sen. Kyl’s comment was “was not intended to be [...]

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Looks like good news for Conan O’Brien as the debut of Conan on TBS pulled in some nice ratings. The hour-long show was watched by 2.45 million viewers in the 18-34 demographic and 3.28 million in the 18-49 category. In total, just over 4 million viewers tuned in for the big show. That puts Conan [...]

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Comedy Central television host Stephen Colbert appeared before Congress today to discuss immigration during a hearing called “Protecting America’s Harvest”. Colbert appeared with United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Last month, Colbert spent a day working at a corn and [...]

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Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, is going to be  testifying before a House subcommittee on immigration Friday morning. Colbert is slated to appear alongside United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez, who initiated a program called “Take Our Jobs”, which challenges American citizens to attempt to replace immigrants in the area of [...]

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Last night on the Colbert Report, Leslie Kean, a renowned UFO expert and author of a brand new book, talked with  Stephen Colbert about UFO sightings and potential cover-ups. Colbert didn’t really give her an opportunity to make her case and just sort of made her look like a nut job, particularly when discussing the [...]

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Wow, who saw that one coming?  Not me. So it sounds like “the prophet” Glenn Beck has been contacted by God.  The Big Man wants him to sponsor a new and improved Martin Luther King, Jr.-esque rally…for white people.  Yes, really. It’s obviously a critical matter too as a mysterious Vatican spokesperson told Beck that [...]

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UPDATE: Shani Davis has won a gold medal in the men’s 100-meter. Stephen Colbert is a jerk – at least according to Shani Davis. The speedskater and Olympic gold medal winner called Colbert, a U.S. Speedskating patron, “a jerk” on Thursday. Davis was answering a question asked by the Canadian Press about the Colbert Report‘s [...]

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