Imagine a world in which Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart were on the big three television networks. That might have happened, or at least NBC wanted it to happen. Reports say NBC was so hyped on the idea of Stewart hosting Meet the Press it would have offered him "anything."
We're happy with where Jon Stewart is right now, sitting atop the throne at Comedy Central. But what if he would have made the switch? With Stewart, Colbert, and John Oliver all gone Comedy Central's offices would look like this:
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Jon Stewart would look like this:
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CBS' Face the Nation and ABC's This Week, which are both beating Meet The Press in the ratings currently, would look like this:
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And us, the viewers, would look like this:
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[via Page Six]
