Midterms: Rather, Stewart, & Colbert

By Brian 

“Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, whose colorful Dan-isms attained collectible status over his four decades of covering politics at CBS News, won’t be sitting out this midterm election night. He’ll sit in during the first half-hour of Comedy Central’s hour of election coverage featuring The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert,” TV Week reports.

“Titled Indecision 2006: The Midterm Midtacular, the show, which will be live at 11 p.m. on the East Coast and tape-delayed on the West Coast, will be, Comedy Central has promised, ‘unburdened by objectivity or even accuracy..'”

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