Colbert Report Suspends Production For The Week, Reasons Unknown

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Colbert Report Suspends Production For The Week, Reasons Unknown

If you just flipped over to Comedy Central to catch Stephen Colbert after a new episode of the Daily Show, you may have been surprised to catch Colbert talking about Herman Cain. Yes, there is a rerun of the show tonight, and it appears to be a new development, as those who had tickets to tonight’s taping received word that, due to “unforeseen reasons,” the show will be off for at least the week.

The website Third Beat notes that those in the audience on Twitter tweeted out the email they received confirming that there would be no taping today. “Due to unforseen circumstances, we have canceled our taping for the date of your ticket reservation, February 15, 2012,” reads the email. ColbertNation.com has a repeat scheduled for tomorrow, as well.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/colbert-report-suspends-production-for-the-week-reasons-unknown/

[hunter]

1. I hope everyone is okay.

[Marie Marie]

2. Hope that everything is OK with Stephen and his family

Funny that this happened so suddenly.

[nobodyspecial]

3. That doesn't sound good.

Must be really bad to totally halt show.

[gateley]

4. Adding my hopes that all is okay. :-( nt

[RainDog]

5. me too n/t

[K8-EEE]

6. Ugh! That really worries me....hope it's just the stomach flu or something!

Good vibes to Colbert & Colbert Nation!

[boxman15]

7. I hope all is OK.

Colbert fights through even the toughest illnesses to do his shows, so this must be pretty serious. Come to think of it, I don't remember him ever stopping production. Stewart only missed shows for the birth of his kids and for when he hosted the Oscars or SNL, and usually a correspondent just took over.

Hope all is well.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Was wondering why a rerun tonight. Hope it's nothing bad.

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9. No news on his twitter feed.

http://twitter.com/#!/StephenAtHome

[a kennedy]

10. Was shocked to see a rerun.....

Was waiting for Claire Danes appearance when he started talking about the Florida caucus and I knew it was a rerun.......sure hope everything is ok. D*mn.

[glinda]

11. Had the freakiest thing happen when I went to Wikipedia just now.

First sentence stated he was found dead in his apartment of an apparent heart attack. Said they took him to some hospital? Then I refreshed the page and it was gone. I am really upset! Was someone trying to be funny? Horrible horrible horrible.

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12. That's awful.

Some people are just idiotic.

No official word yet - still just speculation on the web. Hoping for the best.

[marlakay]

13. I don't believe that because

Jon was funny last night and joking on letterman last night. He loves Stephen like a best friend if it was Stephen personally I don't think he could do that...he would cancel too.

I wonder more likely if it was Stephens mom....

[glinda]

14. Hoping it was just a sick joke that was quickly removed. Found it interesting

that both he and Mauer were on shows last night. Something defiantly has happened though. Yes, Jon was upbeat so hopefully a good sign.

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Per WSJ, emergency in his family...

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/02/16/stephen-colbert-suspends-production-of-his-show/?mod=google_news_blog

Stephen Colbert has suspended production of his satirical comedy show temporarily because of an emergency in Mr. Colbert’s family, according to people familiar with the show.

The show is expected to resume production soon, perhaps as early as next week, the people added.
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16. Thanks for the update.