Showtime is looking to partner with Stephen Colbert to give election night viewers an alternative to news coverage.
The network is in talks to air a live election special hosted by the host from sister CBS’ “The Late Show.”
“Stephen wants to do it, I want to do it, the studio wants to do it,” Showtime president David Nevins told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour. “It will be Colbert unfettered. He’s promised to say a few curse words, which is important. It’s something I’ve been trying to get him to do for a while. I think it will be great.”
The special will be shot on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” set and produced by the “Late Show” staff.
Nevins said the idea for the live election night special came out of the success of Showtime’s political series “The Circus,” which...
The network is in talks to air a live election special hosted by the host from sister CBS’ “The Late Show.”
“Stephen wants to do it, I want to do it, the studio wants to do it,” Showtime president David Nevins told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour. “It will be Colbert unfettered. He’s promised to say a few curse words, which is important. It’s something I’ve been trying to get him to do for a while. I think it will be great.”
The special will be shot on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” set and produced by the “Late Show” staff.
Nevins said the idea for the live election night special came out of the success of Showtime’s political series “The Circus,” which...
- 8/11/2016
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
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- 2/2/2016
- ScreenDaily
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