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After Stephen Colbert left Comedy Central to be replaced by omedian Larry Wilmore, critics were exultant. But three months after taking over, Wilmore’s ratings have taken a serious tumble.

Daily Show successor Trevor Noah has been scrutinized for his joke choices since an announcement he would take over for Jon Stewart later this year, but now he is being accused of stealing his material, altogether. Channel NewsAsia recently sat

The only thing keeping Jon Stewart and Comedy Central relevant are carriage fees and a mainstream media that loves Stewart’s socialist ways. Ratings-wise, The Daily Show is a disaster. Last month only 1.25 million total viewers tuned in. In a

Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld said that he isn’t offended by new “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah’s controversial tweets, but doubts that Noah would still have a job if he was a conservative on Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Five.”

The left-wing Comedy Central released a statement Tuesday in defense of Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” replacement Trevor Noah and a series of jokes that the likes of a Comedy Central would immediately condemn as racist if they were told by

Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart’s already embattled replacement as host of the left-wing Daily Show, used his verified Twitter account to respond the firestorm over a series of his older tweets that mocked Jews, Asians, women, and gays. The tweet read,

South African comedian Timothy Noah has been named to succeed Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Noah is talented and funny, and as a fellow native son of South Africa, I wish him well. Unfortunately, Noah is a mismatch for the show. Stewart would be a tough act to follow in any circumstances, but Noah lacks any obvious fluency in American politics or media, and his specialty in racial and ethnic humor suggest that his repertoire will remain limited.

Comedy Central has announced the March 30 airing of the Roast of Justin Bieber will not include jokes at the expense of late actor Paul Walker.

While B-list celebrities blasted pop star Justin Bieber for his errant ways at Saturday night’s Comedy Central Roast, the former teen sensation ended his evening on a note of humility.

On March 3, Comedy Central’s The Nighty Show with Larry Wilmore mocked Nevada Assemblywoman Michle Fiore (R) for wanting to arm women against sexual assault.

Dr. Christina Greer, a professor of Political Science at Fordham University said that the US is ” a patriarchal, white supremacist country” on Thursday’s “Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” on Comedy Central. In a discussion on black women being called

Shares of Viacom, the parent company of Comedy Central, slid 1.5% on Wednesday after The Daily Show host Jon Stewart announced he would leave the program later this year.

Jon Stewart announced Tuesday that he will be leaving The Daily Show he has hosted on Comedy Central since 1999. The reaction from the media has been a gushing geyser of praise and, occasionally, an acknowledgement that his comedy mostly appealed to the far left.

Erstwhile comedian Jon Stewart will no longer helm Comedy Central’s flagship late-night program The Daily Show, the network has confirmed.

Jim Norton cites success and sponsors as reasons Comedy Central became more politically correct.

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart became the latest celebrity to climb aboard the anti-Rupert Murdoch bandwagon Monday night by referring to the media magnate as “his excellency from the republic of Media Conglomistad.”

On Thursday, Comedy Central aired the final episode of “The Colbert Report,” the 30-minute follow-up program to the network’s signature “The Daily Show” that had aired going back nine years. As part of the finale, a number of celebrities sent

In an appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” on Monday, President Barack Obama appeared as outgoing host Stephen Colbert’s guest from a live set in Washington, D.C. Obama used the segment sometimes reserved for Colbert’s “The Word” monologue, deemed

A local district attorney has taken Comedy Central host Jon Stewart to task for his comments in the wake of the Ferguson controversy, in which Stewart implied that police killed black suspects out of racial motives. San Bernadino County D.A.

Rosewater, the feature film directorial debut of Comedy Central’s Daily Show host Jon Stewart, is off to a good start both critically and commercially. The film tells the true story of Maziar Bahari, a London-based Iranian-Canadian journalist who traveled to

On Wednesday, comedian Arte Lange made a career-altering decision to go off on a sexually explicit Twitter tirade about what he wants to do to ESPN reporter Cari Champion. The tweets got him banned from ESPN and fired from his

Until racially-tinged Twitter jokes aimed at ESPN First Take host Cari Champion caused an uproar,comedian Artie Lange was scheduled to appear on Comedy Central’s @Midnight. He will now be sitting home Thursday night. Lange tweeted a sexual fantasy involving himself as

In an excerpt from an upcoming interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour aired Tuesday afternoon, Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart offered his predictions for the midterm elections. “We are talking as Americans go to an election, the midterms,

The stars of Key & Peele rejected President Obama’s proposal to advertise ObamaCare on their show because they were too busy. The President tried to wrangle more supporters for his flawed healthcare program and asked comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele if

From the Washington Post: The four die-hard Redskins fans thought the opportunity was as golden as the vintage helmets of their favorite football team: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” wanted them to appear on the Comedy Central program to

Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert plugged Hillary Clinton’s book “Hard Choices” during her appearance on his show on Tuesday night.   Clinton and Colbert engaged in a “name-dropping contest” after an intro monologue where Colbert pointed out the number of world

Any political humorist would be itching to interview Hillary Clinton at this point. Not only is the former Secretary of State wrapping up a disastrous book tour, her repeated claims about being financially troubled is prime comic fodder. Just ask

On his Tuesday broadcast, Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart took aim at what appears to be a back-and-forth between former Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden, two of the prospective candidates for the 2016 Democratic nomination

On his Monday night Comedy Central show, “The Daily Show” anchor Jon Stewart opened the program by responding to the latest revelations involving the Department of Veterans Affairs and its shortcoming in tending to veterans needing medical care. Stewart took

‘Colbert Report’: Leftist Comic to Replace Leftist Comic Leaving to Replace Leftist Comic The cultural and political conformity at Comedy Central and CBS lives on now that the rotation is complete. Left-wing Stephen Colbert is leaving Comedy Central to replace

NEW YORK (AP) — Comic Larry Wilmore of the “Daily Show” has earned Stephen Colbert’s coveted Comedy Central timeslot following Jon Stewart each night. Comedy Central said Friday that Wilmore will host “The Minority Report” at 11:30 each week night.

On Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” on Tuesday night, Washington Post columnist George Will made an appearance to promote his book “A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred.” In that appearance, Will explained what

On Tuesday, Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” host Stephen Colbert made his first appearance on CBS’s “Late Show” since the network had announced Colbert would be taking David Letterman’s spot following his pending retirement. Colbert did not appear in his

On Monday’s “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy made an appearance to tout the agency’s efforts to reduce carbon pollution and what she called both the biggest public health and economic challenge the country faces. Follow

CBS announced a radical change in late night TV today with the hiring of Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert to take over for David Letterman upon the latter’s retirement. With many wondering whether Colbert’s conservative cable news host persona will get

The Colbert ReportGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook On Comedy Central’s Tuesday broadcast of “The Colbert Report,” anchor Stephen Colbert mocked those who are wise to liberal indoctrination in school textbooks and classes, but