Comedy Central's Life After Stephen Colbert

[BarbaricGoose]

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That does seem to conflict with this quote:

Late Night TV's status as a perennial Old Boy's Club is notorious, and a female-fronted Colbert successor built on moving the Fox-spoof crosshairs from O'Reilly to Kelly would be pretty damn notable. The obvious ideal host? Daily's Samantha Bee, one of the show's all-time MVPs.

I suppose it could go either way...

 

[Scorpid]

I'm sad he didn't mention Aasif Mandvi. Make it a parody of like foreign new networks or just simply focus on world news. I mean it might be a little... racisty since Mandvi is an american that happens to have brown skin and can pull out a natural accent he gets from his immigrant parents, but I still think it would be funny. Colbert and Stewart had alot overlap in the stuff they cover but with a world view sort of show it would have its own flavor content from Daily Show.

 

[orangeapples]

An hour long Daily show would be nice. First half is the current news bits, the second half is interviews. It might be a bit too tolling on Stewart though.

 

[rasputin0009]

That's a bunch of great ideas well thought out. Great article. I want to add to the whole "make the Daily Show an hour long" thing. They could just give more of a spotlight to all of the correspondents, and divide the opportunity. Comedy Central wouldn't have to pay out the ying-yang for a new host, and all the correspondents can work on their side projects. It's seems like a much safer plan than going for something new. None of these correspondents are on the same level as Colbert was before he got his spin-off. Jessica Williams could be, but it's too early to tell with her.

 

[Callate]

I seem to be the only person who isn't feeling Jessica Williams.

I think she has great potential, certainly; she's clearly witty and charismatic. But something about her timing and delivery has always seemed just a little off to me, just a little flat. I think a few more years of honing her abilities on The Daily Show could make her the equal of a Samantha Bee or a John Oliver, but I don't think she's there yet. Spinning her off now would be a bad idea.

(Remember that Bee has been with the Daily show for eleven years, Oliver was with it for eight, and Carell for fourteen. Williams hasn't yet finished two.)