SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford, MA, USA - During the 2004 U.S. presidential election, 21 percent of voters under age 30 cited "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" as a major source of campaign news, according to a Pew Research Center poll.

So when the Programming Committee at UMass Dartmouth set out to plan the campus calendar this election year, they immediately thought of the Comedy Central hit.

John Oliver, political commentator and British-born stand-up comedian on "The Daily Show," performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the main auditorium.

Doors open at 7, and the public is invited.

"I love 'The Daily Show.' If it didn't exist, I don't know what I'd

U.S. News & World Report - Washington, DC, USA - Funny guys Conan O'Brien and Stephen Colbert have been warring over the airwaves over who first discovered and "made" Mike Huckabee, the once obscure former Arkansas governor, into the popular Republican presidential candidate he is today.

Colbert first claimed to have made Huckabee by giving him an appearance on his TV show. O'Brien argued that he made Huckabee by featuring unintentionally funny clips of Huckabee supporter Chuck Norris on his show. Then Jon Stewart got involved, arguing that he made Conan O'Brien — dusting off an old tape in which he interviewed O'Brien on his short-lived talk show from the mid-1990s.

In

Multichannel News - New York, NY, USA - If the Writers Guild of America strike isn’t settled in time for the Academy Awards ceremony Feb. 24, will Jon Stewart still show up to host the event?

The question surfaced Thursday because Stewart tonight, Feb. 7, had been slated to host an event honoring Viacom and CBS chairman Sumner Redstone in New York City. But Stewart cancelled, and now the gala, sponsored by the Paley Center for the Media, is set to be emceed by Charlie Rose.

There’s been speculation that Comedy Central’s Stewart stepped down to spite his masters at media conglomerate Viacom, which is one of the entities the

PageOneQ.com - USA - For his inaugural "Better Know A Lobbyist" segment, Stephen Colbert brought out his faux-condescending inner pundit to interview HRC president Joe Solomonese.

"I thought you worked for homosexual rights," Colbert says, on learning that "HRC" indeed stands for "Human Rights Campaign," as opposed to "Homosexual Rights Campaign."

"Are you saying that only homosexuals are humans and that straight people aren't humans? That's what you're implying with that name."

"No," rebuts Solomonese, "we're implying that gay rights are human rights."

"Well, I'm straight," counters Colbert. "I can make other humans. Doesn't that give me a leg up?"

"I can make other humans too," Solomonese responds.

"But you

TheCelebrityCafe.com - Valley Stream, NY, USA - Breast cancer survivor and GMA anchor, Robin Roberts, strolled a New York runway, modeling one of Isaac Mizrahi’s Fall 2008 designs without her wig.

Wearing a shimmering deep red gown, Roberts made her fellow Good Morning America anchors proud, as she took their dare one step further and bravely went on the air live – and bald.

“This is who I am,“ Roberts said with a smile about her decision to ditch the wig, according to ABC News. "I'm on the air without the wig and without underwear as well … totally commando."

Roberts strutted her stuff during the show for New York

SHU Spectrum - Fairfield, CT, USA - After a lull in the heavy traffic of politics, the nation has received a breath of fresh sarcasm as Comedy Central's satirist Stephen Colbert releases his debut book "I Am America (And So Can You!)."

Colbert's book hits on major, edgy political topics and government policies discussed in campaign debates.

The tone of the book holds true to the underlying criticism and humor that carry shows like "The Colbert Report" and Jon Stewart's, "The Daily Show."

The book is broken down into three sections, each one playing off the role of Colbert's childhood, adolescence, and maturity as an American.

Within each chapter, issues such

Editor & Publisher - USA - NEW YORK Late night TV host Craig Ferguson was not the first choice to host this year's White House Correspondents Association dinner. But WHCA President Ann Compton, who picked Ferguson, still expects his appearance to bring a fresh take on issues to Washington's top politicians and press.

"I picked him because he is somebody sort of outside the system," says Compton, who spoke Wednesday from a train that was taking her back to D.C. after a week of covering Hillary Clinton. "I had been Tivoing him for months. There is something younger and fresher about him."

Compton said she first offered the

About - News & Issues - New York, NY, USA - Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart resorted to fisticuffs while appearing on each other's shows to settle a mock feud over who made Mike Huckabee.

The fight began a few weeks ago when O'Brien claimed he was responsible for Huckabee's success in the presidential primaries because he made Chuck Norris, who, in turn, made Huckabee. Therefore O'Brien made Huckabee. Colbert, for his part, claimed that Huckabee's success was due to the "Colbert bump" Huckabee received after appearing on his show.

Conan O'Brien vs. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert O'Brien and Colbert sniped back and forth, and later Stewart got into the

UB News Center - Buffalo, NY, USA - The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Craig Ferguson at 8 p.m. on Oct. 5 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by the Student Association. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on July 13.

Ferguson entered the world of late night comedy following a diverse and eclectic career that encompasses film, television and the stage. Since taking the helm of the "Late, Late Show" on Jan. 3, 2005, the show has set all-time viewer records. Additionally, Ferguson recently received his

Broadcasting & Cable (subscription) - New York, NY, USA - If you've noticed Dr. Keith Ablow popping up on various Fox News shows (Fox & Friends, Your World With Neil Cavuto), that's because he's been added to the top-rated cable news network's stable of contributors.

Ablow was one of asmattering of self-help TV hosts who landed talk shows in the wake of Oprah pal Dr. Phil’s success on daytime TV. But Ablow’s syndicated show, The Dr. Keith Ablow Show, was canceled earlier this year after one season.

An author of self-help tomes, Ablow has also written several crime novels and waded into the criminal profiling arena with Inside the Mind of Scott

San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA - It took a while, but NBC finally seems to have realized they've got something in Keith Olbermann, the heat-seeking missile of MSNBC.

Since its debut in 2003, "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" (5 and 9 p.m. weekdays on the West Coast) has evolved into television's most entertaining and unpredictable newscast, mixing slightly skewed takes on the day's top stories with knowing pop culture references and the host's periodic rants about the state of the nation in general and the Bush administration in particular. (Timing in television is everything; "Countdown" hit its stride just as support for President Bush and the war in

San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA - In April, NBC announced that Keith Olbermann would cozy up to the fireplace with Bob Costas, Peter King, Tiki Barber and Jerome Bettis — and thankfully NOT Sterling Sharpe — for “Football Night in America.” On a conference call then, I asked if it would be an odd fit given his standing on the political left and the NFL’s embrace of the military and White House.

“If you are thinking that this is going to be some sort of venue for promoting or criticizing a political viewpoint, I don’t see it happening,” he said then.

On Monday, NBC announced that “Countdown with

Spinner - New York, NY, USA - Queen Latifah is a woman of many crowns: Grammy-winning rapper, Ocscar-nominated actress and celebrity spokesperson, among them. The hip-hop icon is adding yet another: jazz diva. To that end, Latifah -- born Dana Owens -- will launch a U.S. tour in support of her Sept. 25-due jazz album, 'Trav'lin' Light,' on Sept. 29 in Dallas, Texas. The hefty 34-date jaunt wraps just before Thanksgiving on Nov. 20, in Palm Desert, Calif.

'Trav'lin' Light' -- the followup to 2004's Grammy-nominated 'The Dana Owens Album' -- finds the Queen offering up her sultry take on classic tunes and hidden gems by jazz legends

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA - Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine welcomes as contributors Daisy Martinez and Evette Rios, who share Rachael's can-do approach to life. Martinez and Rios will introduce two new columns, "Mucho Gusto" and "Kitchen Fix," to help readers spice up their kitchens and their lives, effective with the September 2007 issue.

Martinez, whom Ray refers to as her "spicy, saucy amiga," will celebrate her Hispanic roots--and America's growing Hispanic community--in "Mucho Gusto," a column dedicated to Latin food and flavors, and to the importance of dining with family and friends. Martinez's recipes will be available in English and Spanish on RachaelRayMag.com. Prior