Best of 2008: ‘Colbert Report’ named to Guardian’s list of “10 Best US TV shows”
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Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you’ve all been enjoying your holidays; I’ve been gorging myself on leisure reading over my extended holiday break, and it’s been divine. Now that I’m back, I thought I’d bring you this little item illustrating Stephen’s continuing march to global (“Globalls”?) domination.
From The Guardian (U.K., internal links omitted):
The 10 Best US TV shows of 2008
From Mad Men to the Colbert report, these shows have been the cream of the crop in a mixed year for US television. . .
10. Daily Show/Colbert Report
In a year dominated by election coverage, which saw stars made of the witty Rachel Maddow and the quick-thinking Campbell Brown, the best political commentary was still found on Comedy Central where Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert skewed everyone regardless of political affiliation. Since Obama’s victory, The Daily Show has struggled to find a clear voice but Colbert remains the funniest fake host out there. Those who don’t agree should try to catch his Christmas special – festive television programming will never seem the same again.
Way to go, Daily Show and Colbert Report crews! Now, if they can just learn to spell Stephen’s name correctly …
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January 2nd, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Awesome!
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