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Stephen Colbert To Be Letterman's Successor

Posted by samzenpus on from the next-in-line dept.

ralphart (70342) writes "CBS has announced Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman on The Late Show, after Letterman retires in 2015. 'Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career,' Colbert said in a press release from CBS. 'I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave’s lead.'"

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  1. Genuine? by multi+io · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career"

    Wait...he really meant that. It's kinda creepy when Colbert makes out-of-character statements. And now there's gonna be a whole show full of those? Ugh...

  2. Will he still be an egomaniac? by damn_registrars · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They said he is dropping the conservative character he portrays on The Colbert Report, but they didn't say if he will stop being the egomaniac part. That could make for good television. He could, after all, still be a liberal egomaniac...

    (and I know, the slashdot chorus will chime in and declare that to be redundant)

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