The Colbert Report ROCKS.

[Initech]

Period, end of story!

It was extremely funny, cant wait for tomorrow night's episode!

[Bombtrack]

1. I disagree

It was the American Dad to TDS's Family Guy, and that's putting it charitably

different strokes I guess

[Touchdown]

4. Daily show and Family Guy should not be in the same sentence.

One is high satire, the other is a juvenile display of pop culture cliches, with a little racist bathroom humor thrown in for the unwashed.

[Bombtrack]

7. I'm not trying to equate the Daily Show to

Family Guy. I'm equating the reduction in quality in a "sister show" or whatever. Not that I accept your characterizatin of Family Guy anyway.

[Solar]

2. The "gravitas" part with Stone Phillips

I was in utter stiches laughing so hard! I guess Stephen is going after the media itself while Jon focuses on the events.

[RevCheesehead]

3. I loved it.

I'll be glued to the TV from 10-11 pm (central).

[Beaverhausen]

5. I agree. I hope they can keep it up

the 'character' that Colbert is playing is too funny. Totally satirizing O'Reilly. :rofl:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. i think jon'show should be an hour

with colbert taking 15mins of his own...i dont think its good enough tio be its owns show

[Bombtrack]

8. that would have been a much better idea

get the Daily Show ready for a move to Network when Letterman retires.

[Chovexani]

10. Oh hell no

If TDS ever moved to network TV it would be the death of the show. Seriously. No way in hell would network suits allow Jon & crew to do their thing uncensored, considering Jon & crew make them look like complete asses every night.

Anyone who advocates TDS moving to network TV ought to look at what happened to another hilarious Comedy Central current events show hosted by a smart ass comedian that moved to network TV...hint: its initials are, "P.I."

[TroubleMan]

9. It's fucking hilarious.

I've been laughing my ass off the whole time.

[Qibing Zero]

11. Oh fuck!

This show is just brilliant.

For me, it's better than the daily show, and I was surprised by that. I'm not sure it'll be as popular though, because not everyone gets (or likes) the sarcastic/satiric nature of the show.

[Az]

12. I see a problem with the interview phase of the show

He doesn't seem to know whether to come out of mocking mode. The guest doesn't seem to get whats going on. And so Colbert can't get a rythm going. It needs to be ironed out.

[TroubleMan]

13. All good interviewers fall into a rhythm after a few years or sooner

Jon Stewart wasn't born to be on of the best interviewers ever - it didn't happen overnight. He's been perfecting it for a long time.

For a basically rookie live interviewer (all the reports in the field can be edited), Colbert did very well. He'll get better as it goes on.

[Eric J in MN]

14. Jon Stewart isn't playing a character, and

so he doesn't have an issue of whether to come out of character during an interview like Stephen Colbert does.