“The Daily Show” & “The Colbert Report” Return to Hulu

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Hulu announced that it has closed a major deal with Viacom, the owner of Comedy Central, VH1, BET and TV Land. As part of the arrangement, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will be making their triumphant return to Hulu.

Terms of the deal were not announced.

“As part of the agreement, a selection of great current programming from MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, TV Land, BET and other Viacom channel brands will also be added to Hulu Plus,” CEO Jason Kilar said in a blog post. “Each episode of leading shows like Jersey Shore, Teen Mom 2, and Tosh.0 will be available starting 21 days after their on-air premiere, and all episodes will remain on the service through the end of their respective season.”

The Daily Show and The Colbert Report were Hulu’s top two shows respectively before Viacom yanked them from Hulu’s line-up in March 2010.

What’s changed? The answer is Hulu Plus, the company’s subscription-based service. With a more viable income stream in place, Viacom was more inclined to bring its content back to Hulu. In November, Hulu announced that it had surpassed 30 million users and would generate $240 million in revenue in 2010.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/johncorfee John Corfee

    This makes me want to buy Hulu Plus.

  • http://twitter.com/MixMastaKooz Kooz

    I also wonder how much online viewership of TCR and DS went down as a result of moving away from Hulu.

  • http://twitter.com/MixMastaKooz Kooz

    I also wonder how much online viewership of TCR and DS went down as a result of moving away from Hulu.

  • http://twitter.com/MixMastaKooz Kooz

    I also wonder how much online viewership of TCR and DS went down as a result of moving away from Hulu.

  • http://twitter.com/MixMastaKooz Kooz

    I also wonder how much online viewership of TCR and DS went down as a result of moving away from Hulu.

  • http://twitter.com/MixMastaKooz Kooz

    I also wonder how much online viewership of TCR and DS went down as a result of moving away from Hulu.

  • http://twitter.com/MixMastaKooz Kooz

    I also wonder how much online viewership of TCR and DS went down as a result of moving away from Hulu.

  • http://twitter.com/MixMastaKooz Kooz

    I also wonder how much online viewership of TCR and DS went down as a result of moving away from Hulu.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=508107745 Kyle Schee

    So I assume the most recent daily show episodes wont be hulu plus only, airing 21 days later. That would be insane. If that’s not the case then I am really excited. Stewart is the best journalist on the air! Which is sad, seeing as he’s not a journalist.

  • Douwe Mik

    when will Hulu make it to Europe?

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    Looks like The Daily Show (http://www.hulu.com/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart) and Colbert (http://www.hulu.com/the-colbert-report) are part of regular Hulu and are able to be viewed the day after airing. At least that is how they are on there currently…

    Woohoo… I hated the comedy central website video viewer!

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