Steven Colbert will be on "Whose Line Is It Anyway" all next week!

[tridim]

It's French, Bitch!

Check your local listings. It's on ABC Family Channel here.

[NMDemDist2]

1. I love that show but am boycotting the Family Channel cuz of the 700 club

I just won't watch it.

I wrote them a letter and told them I wasn't gonna watch as long as Robertson was on their network and I'm sticking to it.

[Salviati]

3. I'm afraid you're going to be waiting a long time:

They air it because they have to, hence the disclaimer that runs before it disavowing it's views...

http://www.orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=2325

In return, Disney gets a cable network with more than 80 million subscribers. That includes the Fox Family Channel -- formerly just the Family Channel -- plus Saban Entertainment and its animation library, as well as 76 percent of Fox Kids Europe and Fox Kids Latin America.

Oh, and one other thing: Two mandatory daily broadcasts of Robertson's Christian-broadcasting staple, The 700 Club.

This requirement is a carry-over from Murdoch and Saban's negotiations with the Family Channel's original owner: Rev. Robertson. You see, way back in 1997, Roberston agreed to sell off the Family Channel's parent company for $1.9 billion, with one condition: Murdoch & Saban could run whatever programming they wanted 22 hours a day. But at 10 a.m. and again at 11 p.m. Monday-Friday, the channel would have to air an episode of "The 700 Club."

This particular provision apparently was not negotiable. (Nor was the condition that required "The 700 Club" to be renewed in five-year increments, rather than year-to-year.) So firm was Roberston's resolve that he even rejected Disney's larger bid of $2.2 billion at the time, because Disney made it clear that "The 700 Club" broadcasts would end as soon as Disney took over.

[TomInTib]

2. We saw him on that show not long ago and...

he was just killer.

Thanks for the heads-up.

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4. They still make this show? I thought they quit making the shows years ago.

[PatrioticLeftie]

5. That's what I thought, too

Perhaps they were stored for just such an occasion?

[RazzleDazzle]

6. Remind us again -- next week?