The Daily Show and The Colbert Report offered brief but powerful messages last night to those affected by the bombings at the Boston Marathon Monday.

"Once again having to start under just horrific events," Jon Stewart said in his opening to The Daily Show, in reference to his shows following 9/11 and the school shootings in Newtown, "Here in this country I really hate the fact that I can cross-reference my thoughts to other events that occurred over the years of a similar ilk.

"So I'm not going to, I'm just going to say this to Boston: Thank you for showing once again, in the face of gro...

Stephen Colbert has always been very vocal about his love for the upcoming The Hobbit movie series, and now he is using his fame and influence to bring the stories to the world.

"Comedy Central's The Colbert Report will present four nights of Hobbit-themed programming , pegged to the Dec. 14 release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," said Entertainment Weekly. "Guests will include stars Ian McKellen , Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis , along with director Peter Jackson ."

Colbert spent time on the set of The Hobbit, and there is a rumor he will be making a cameo in one of the films. In...

When Stephen Colbert needed some help for his "Stephen Ghoulbert’s Spooky Time Halloween Fun Guide" on The Colbert Report, he turned to Tom Hanks for some helpful tips on inexpensive costumes.

Hanks claimed he wasn't on the show to promote his new film, Cloud Atlas: "I'm here for the kids, with some great inexpensive costumes that will make for a great 'spooktacular' Halloween."

Despite that, the costumes he was presented sure looked familiar to Colbert. A cowboy was up first who said "There's a snake in my boot!" After Colbert claimed that was a line from Toy Story, Hanks said "Is it? Th...

Television host Stephen Colbert agreed to turn his TV studio and green room into a meat-free zone on Tuesday after landing a rare chat with vegetarian Morrissey.

The British rocker insists all venues he visits on tour are veggie-friendly and Colbert chose to honor the Meat is Murder star's stance when he agreed to be a guest on his nightly show.

However, the comedian still teased Morrissey about his "militant" vegetarianism, joking, "If I'm a little woozy right now it's because I haven't had my bacon."

Explaining his serious anti-meat stance, the former The Smiths frontman said, "Anim...

Wikipedia is the encyclopedia of the new generation. But when you mix wikipedia, a presidential nominee and Stephen Colbert, hilarity can ensue.

It is the age of Wikipedia, and for comedians, this election will be one to remember. Until someone else changes it with the click of a mouse. Tuesday night on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert suggested that his audience choose Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential candidate.

Fox News said that because Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia page was edited 68 times the day before John McCain announced her as his running mate in 2008, we may be able to guess Romney...

The Colbert Report host commonly makes up words, but some researchers have turned his technique into a whole language. Stephen Colbert has been known to make up a word or two. Often this is to make fun of someone, but it seems that more than most, his words actually make it into the English language.

Colbert coined the term “truthiness” during his debut episode of The Colbert Report in 2005, and according to Dictionary.com, the word has been defined as “The quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the li...

Considering how much time Stephen Colbert spends trying to protect democracy from the sinister forces of democracy, you wouldn't think he'd have time to do much else.

Luckily, the self-proclaimed defender of liberty is also good at multi-tasking, which is how The Hollywood Reporter is able to report today that the star of "The Colbert Report" has just signed on to provide one of the voices in the upcoming animated feature "Mr. Peabody & Sherman."

The WABAC Machine, in the hands of Colbert? America really is in trouble good hands now.

A quick refresher on "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" for those...

These days we know Sean Penn as the serious angry guy, from his outspoken political protests and dramatic roles in films like 21 Grams and Mystic River. Discussing his views on Haiti he has even acknowledged his own temper. He has shown his lighter side every once in a while though, and you need not go back to his immortal role as stoner Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High to remember.

In 2007, Penn made a hilarious self-deprecating appearance on The Colbert Report, engaging in a Metaphor-off debate with Colbert. Playing it deadpan, Penn repeatedly quoted his own speech against Ge...

New Hulk star Mark Ruffalo is raging about contaminated waters in America - he's launching a new campaign to protect them from natural gas.

The kind-hearted actor and green campaigner will front a launch on March 28th on late-night TV show The Colbert Report to highlight the ramifications of natural gas in America's water supply.

In a post on Twitter.com, he writes, "I'll be on the Colbert Report Wed March 28 launching Water Defense's campaign to protect our water from nat gas. Fossil fuels have been poisoning America's water for too long."

Late last year, Ruffalo brought salvation to...

Last week, many TV viewers were confused when they tuned to Comedy Central to watch a new episode of the Colbert Report - only to be shown a repeat. It's the first time since 2005 that Stephen Colbert has taken an unannounced leave of absence. Last night, in his return, he responded to rumors of why he was off the air.

"Some people said that my show was canceled by the Federal Communications Commission at the request of the Federal Election Commission because I was about to announce my presidential candidacy," Colbert mused. "Not gonna happen."

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Stephen Colbert was mysteriously missing from the taping of The Colbert Report on Feb. 15. Find out the reason behind the sudden cancellation.

Fans with tickets to the Feb. 15 taping of The Colbert Report were disappointed when they were turned away at the doors. The host, Stephen Colbert, was supposed to resume live shows on Wednesday after a week of vacation, but those plans were canceled.

"Due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, Feb. 15 and Thursday, Feb. 16," Comedy Central spokesman Steve Albani wrote in emailed statement.

So, what gives? Som...

Steven Spielberg has won praise from officials at the Humane Society of the United States - his movie War Horse has landed a top nomination at the group's annual Genesis Awards.

The film, set during World War One, has been recognized in the Feature Film category alongside Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dolphin Tale and animated family movie Rio.

TV series Hawaii Five-O and The Glades have received nods for Dramatic Series, while the Sid Caesar Comedy Award nominees include news show The Colbert Report, cartoon The Cleveland Show and Melissa Joan Hart's family sitcom Melissa & Joey.

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After teasing a big announcement Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert used his time on the Colbert Report to close a loophole that would have kept him from running for President.

Current rules dictate that a candidate cannot also be the head of a Political Action Committee, nor can he or she tell the committee how to spend its money. Thanks to Citizens United, PACs can take infinite amounts of donations from corporations because they are now considered "people "in the eyes of American law, so having a PAC supporting you means big cash as a candidate.

So, Colbert simply tra...

Stephen Colbert has made South Carolina an offer they can't refuse -- except they did, but he's not taking no for an answer.

Stephen Colbert's political shtick is meant to be taken with a grain of salt -- but one state says he is taking it too far.

Colbert offered to help close the funding gap for the South Carolina GOP primary -- the first GOP presidential primary to be held in the south -- by donating $400,000 to the cause. The catch? He wants the ballot renamed "The Colbert Super PAC South Carolina Republican Primary."

So is it happening? Colbert says the South Carolina GOP accepted h...

Sarah Clarke became part of the TV consciousness when she starred in the first season of 24. Since then, she's rightfully built an impressive career. You might have heard of this thing called Twilight...?

To Twilight fans, she's Bella Swan's mom, Renee. Yet the St. Louis native has made a lasting impression in many other projects, including strong guest appearances on shows like House, Las Vegas, and The Cleaner. When I caught up with her, it had just been announced that she'll be appearing on the hit CW series Nikita, which stars her husband, Xander Berkeley (who is himself a fantasti...

The Federal Election Commission has approved comedian Stephen Colbert's application to set up a Super PAC, according to USA Today.

The host of The Colbert Report vyed to start the Political Action Committee to put a spotlight on new campaign finance laws. Due to a "media exemption," Colbert can now talk about his own committee on his show, as well as accept large donations from corporations and the wealthy to spend on his own agendas.

The idea began due to various FOX News correspondents, including Karl Rove and Sarah Palin, mentioning PACs they were working with while appearing on news p...

James Franco has asked funnyman Stephen Colbert for a job on his hit late night comedy show.

The star, who most recently announced plans to become a professor at New York University in 2012, has set his sights on a new gig - working for "The Colbert Report."

Franco, who is a big fan of the program, offered up his talents and nominated himself for an art consultant position during an appearance on the show on Tuesday.

He says, "You rule. I want to work with you."

The funnyman liked the idea and pronounced him hired.

Representatives for Comedy Central, which produces "The Colbert Report,...

Comedy Central hasn't released any details yet on this weekend's event in Washington D.C. "The Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear," but a permit was issued by the National Park Service and made available to the public. In an article by the Christian Science Monitor, they have put together a partial schedule of events from the permit but there are still lots of unknown guests.

Questions have risen that Jon Stewart may "jump the shark" sort of speak, by crossing the line of comedic political commentator to actually participating. Stewart and Colbert are way too smart to fall into th...

Stephen Colbert was called to testify at a Capital Hill hearing on migrant farm workers today for a congressional legislation session. Colbert had taken part in a project entitled Take Our Jobs, a United Farm Workers (UFW) initiative that offered agricultural jobs to Americans. The UFW has reported that millions have visited their website for the program, but only 16 people have taken jobs in the industry. The program was created to display how Americans do not want the jobs migrant workers are performing.

Stephen Colbert worked one day under the program for his television show, The Colber...

Mad Men and 30 Rock are all set to repeat as TV winners at the Producers Guild Awards in 2010.

The two TV hits lead the nominations for the 21st PGA prizegiving, which takes place at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on January 24.

30 Rock will fight for the coveted Danny Thomas episodic comedy series category with Californication, Weeds, Entourage and The Office.

Meanwhile, "Mad Men" is the favorite to claim the Norman Felton episodic drama category. The show, starring Jon Hamm and January Jones, is up against Breaking Bad, Dexter, Lost and True Blood.

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"Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursdays" returns tonight and in the words of co-anchors Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler, all we can say is 'Really?!?!' Last year's brief inaugural run of the show at least made some sense as the country was in the midst of an election, and with controversial candidates like Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, there was a goldmine of controversy for the writers to feed off (not to mention any reason to bring Tina Fey around is a good reason).

Now, however, there will only be one night in between "WUT" and "SNL" and how much could possibly happen during t...

There's a scene in Back to the Future Part II where Marty McFly's future son walks up to his massive 2015 wall mounted television and watches six channels at once ("OK, I want channels 18, 24, 63, 109, 87 and the Weather Channel"). Twenty years ago, with the rise of cable television, this is how we imagined television of the future: all at once with too many channels to choose from. But like most of the future tech in 2015 Hill Valley, real technology didn't quite go in that direction.

Here in 2009, the way we watch television is developing around a collective desire to trim some fat fr...

Late night will soon be up for grabs. With Jay Leno leaving the Tonight Show and moving into primetime, late night talk show hosts are going to be battling it out to have the number one show in late night. From Jimmy Kimmel to Jimmy Fallon, there will be competition amongst late night talk show hosts to attain viewers, create stronger monologues, and land A-list celebrities. But out of all of these talk show hosts, who will rule late night?

Conan O'Brien

If you didn't know already, beginning in June Conan O'Brien will be the new Tonight Show host following in the footsteps of J...

It's one thing to be hired, right there, on the spot for a job. A strange combination of joy for getting the position and fear because, well, they want you to start right now. Now, imagine the same scenario but it involved going on television in front of a live studio audience and millions of people at home. This is what happened to current Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi the day he auditioned for his job. Aasif discusses in depth his experience on The Daily Show and why he is such a supporter of Kal Penn's recent career change.

Mike: You were born in Bombay, now Mumbai, right?

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We are now a few weeks into the Jimmy Fallon era of late night network programming -- his absence this week was allegedly a planned vacation, not a result from his argument/possible fight at a New York City pizza restaurant -- and, well, I have mixed feelings. Now, I've made it clear I've always kind of enjoyed Jimmy Fallon so I am certainly not one looking to see him fail. At the same time, though, there's something about his show, so far, that has annoyed me. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, though. I almost feel the show is trying to be "too cool": Hey, look, we have bloggers (I can...

While there are plenty of amusing web videos out there making fun of Christian Bale's rant on the set of Terminator Salvation (listen to it here), how many of them feature Steve Martin?

Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen is taping his show when a certain white-haired actor keeps interrupting him by walking in front of the camera and asking questions. Stephen responds in a way that would make Mr. Bale proud.

Stephen Verbally Thrashes Steve Martin:

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Music legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Paul McCartney will appear as a guest on Comedy Central's Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning The Colbert Report on Wednesday, January 28 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. McCartney's appearance will be his first and only scheduled U.S. late-night appearance in support of the new album, Electric Arguments, released under The Fireman alias used by McCartney and producer/musician Youth.

Other musicians who have previously appeared on the show include Neil Young, Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson, R.E.M., The Roots, John Legend, Barry Manilow, John Mellencam...

Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush has announced details of the upcoming third volume in its continuing compilation series. "Retrospective III (1989-2008)" arrives in stores on March 3rd.

The collection - available as both individual CD and two-disc CD/DVD set - features tracks culled from the legendary trio's two decades with Atlantic Records, spanning such acclaimed studio works as 1989's Presto, 1991's Roll The Bones, 1993's Counterparts, 1996's Test For Echo, 2002's Vapor Trails, and 2007's Snakes & Arrows. In addition, Retrospective III features a previously unreleased live ve...

With 2009 finally here, Comedy Central has put together some great videos from everyone’s favorite ‘fake’ news anchors. Below you’ll find a Hanukkah mash-up from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the entire WristStrong saga from Stephen Colbert’s The Colbert Report.

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert light up the Jewish holiday over the years with their own special tributes.

"The Daily Show" Hanukkah Mash-Up:

Relive the entire WristStrong saga from fracture to phenomenon.

Stephen Colbert’s WristStrong Saga:

About “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”: ...