Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert both extend their contracts with Comedy Central for 2 more years.



Jon Stewart of The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report both on Comedy Central (DStv 122), have extended their contracts with the satellite comedy TV channel to 2015 and 2014 respectively.

Jon Stewart will remain the executive producer, writer and host of The Daily Show until the middle of 2015 in a further 2 year extension. Stephen Colbert will remain the executive producer, writer and host of The Colbert Report until 2014 in a further 2 year contract extension. The Colbert Report is also produced by Jon Stewart's company.

Both shows have just received four Emmy nominations.