Sometimes, as we navigate our way through the daily bulletin of doom that is our current news cycle, it’s nice to step back and remember how it used to be. It was exhausting back then, but a distraction is still a distraction. One of my favorite ways to look back was to go through old clips The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report about Comedy Central website.
Paramount went on a content teardown this week, pulling old clips and episodes of its signature satire shows from the Comedy Central website, as well as cable channels like TV Land, CMT and the Paramount Network. The Hollywood Reporter. Those sites now have a notice saying the clips aren’t available there, but they can “subscribe to Paramount+ to watch multiple seasons of Comedy Central shows.”
It’s a strange move, since most of the older episodes aren’t available on its Paramount+ streaming service. In fact, there is no longer a free, legal means to consume the archive of these shows. It wouldn’t be so offensive if you couldn’t watch it either all from Carlos Mencia’s special comedies on the platform.
If you’re itching to catch up on some of Comedy Central’s older shows, some are available on the streaming service and you can still catch some episodes. The Colbert Report about AppleTV or iTunes store. If you’re like me and still use DVDs, you can buy used copies The Best of The Colbert Report and The Daily Show Indecision 2004 presidential election coverage from online retailers. Paramount can’t take away physical media…yet. But apparently, part of these shows – as well the entire MTVNews archive – now they effectively waste time for no good reason.
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