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Comedy Central's Daily Show and Colbert Report get yanked from Hulu
That means no Daily Show and no Colbert Report. Those two news programs are consistently amongst Hulu's most-viewed shows, so losing them is a major blow to the service. In fact, I'd venture to say that there's a not-insignificant demographic that ONLY visits Hulu to see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's comedic takes on the news. The Hulu team knows it's losing some top-shelf material, here, and the official blog post on the subject says as much.
What the post doesn't say is why Viacom (Comedy Central's corporate parent) decided to remove the shows from Hulu. Mashable says, "It's presumably doing so because the income it receives from the online venture isn't good enough." Maybe Comedy Central will make a bigger profit by forcing viewers to visit thedailyshow.com and colbertnation.com, where the shows will still be available online.
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Subscribe to commentsAshTRMar 2nd 2010 7:53PM
I personally was going to Hulu, but stopped going for The Daily Show after I found the streaming quality on the official Daily Show site is much much better.
Karate TortoiseMar 2nd 2010 9:20PM
Really? i found it to be quite the opposite. I watched the daily show and colbert report on hulu because i thought the video player for their own site was atrocious.
Rocket RaccoonMar 2nd 2010 7:56PM
As I'm in Canada I can't watch it anyway. Hulu needs to get moving with international support...
JonnyMar 2nd 2010 8:17PM
Im in Canada and I watch hulu....get internet saavy
Grant RobertsonMar 2nd 2010 8:55PM
Two 'v's, one 'a'. Savvy.
Perhaps I could interest the tech savvy Canadian gentleman in one of the many fine internet dictionaries?
Sorry, the irony was just too great a temptation!
JonnyMar 2nd 2010 9:19PM
Actually it was more unfortunate then ironic, but yeah, that was pretty funny...lol
FredMar 2nd 2010 8:28PM
Props to Hulu for a classy press release. It would have been easy to lay out Comedy Central for this crappy move, but instead Hulu had nothing but great things to say.
michas_piMar 2nd 2010 9:25PM
And nothing of value was lost.
JordanMar 2nd 2010 10:54PM
Be prepared for subscription based Hulu...
Which BTW, I'd be all down for paying like 5 bucks a month for Hulu if it had more content, as it is now - no way.
But as it stands, Netflix Streaming is getting much better content support all the time, and I love how it works on so many devices - always picking up where you left off no matter where you watch it.
Haseeb MumtazMar 2nd 2010 10:57PM
funny you say that, im watching jon stewart on there right now... im guessing its cause its still on there lol
kojo87Mar 2nd 2010 11:25PM
i used to use Hulu but now i just download whatever i want to watch. i feel no guilt in downloading TV shows via torrent. i own a DVR so what is the difference?
BootesMar 3rd 2010 2:07AM
You're not watching the commercials that pay for that show to be made.
kojo87Mar 3rd 2010 2:21AM
and i would be on a DVR or TIVO? and i am doing my best to not watch NBC after what they did to Conan so i torrent all their shows that i usually watch.
RichardMar 3rd 2010 12:47AM
non-insignificant...so does that mean it's significant....LOL
DarthNinjaMar 3rd 2010 12:56AM
Never visited hulu myself, I just go to TDS/CN directly.
Adblockplus for removing the ads ftw.
binaryworxMar 3rd 2010 1:33AM
I hate Viacom.
KeegdnaBMar 3rd 2010 1:41AM
I hate NBC/Universal
Gary RoseMar 3rd 2010 9:02AM
Colbert Report and the Daily show are both available via www.zinc.tv along with hulu. Why bother tracking individual sites when you can find it all on a UI that works with a remote when you connect your PC to your TV.
DeltonMar 3rd 2010 4:46PM
I've been cable TV FREE for about a year now and I don't miss out on anything except commercials. But going to two separate websites to see my nightly line up sounds like a drag and i feel will decrease my viewership. F#*& off viacom, I'm making it a point to NOT visit your sites.