{"id":127923,"date":"2015-09-10T08:50:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T14:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/10\/the-return-of-the-colbert.html"},"modified":"2015-09-11T19:22:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T01:22:51","slug":"the-return-of-the-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/10\/the-return-of-the-colbert.html","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"

We watched (one night DVR-delayed) the Colbert premiere on the Late Show,<\/i> and enjoyed ourselves appropriately (the article below echoes most of my thoughts). It's going to be interesting to see how Colbert evolves in a more open format than The Colbert Report<\/i> allowed for. It will also be interesting to see if he actually gets me watching a late-night talk show on a semi-regular basis, something no other host has ever done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWelcome Back, Stephen Colbert<\/a><\/span>
\nIn his debut episode, the host looked more than ready to make ‘The Late Show’ his own.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We watched (one night DVR-delayed) the Colbert premiere on the Late Show, and enjoyed ourselves appropriately (the article below echoes most of my thoughts). It's going to be interesting to see how Colbert evolves in a more open format than The Colbert Report allowed for. 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