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YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - ‘Drunk History’ is BACK: ‘If you make someone laugh, you can also make them listen’

Comedy Central’s beloved ‘Drunk History’ is back after a 7-year hiatus. Co-creators Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner join Jacob Soboroff to talk about how the show’s goal isn’t just to make audiences laugh, it’s to make them listen. “We’re getting to what the story’s really about and what people were actually feeling and experiencing,” said Jeremy Konner. “It’s sad that it’s true that history is written by the victors,” added Derek Waters.

AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Trey Parker and Matt Stone rebrand 'South Park' as 'South America' to mock Trump's renaming push

The creators of "South Park" announced they are temporarily renaming their long-running animated series "South America", a satirical swipe at President Trump's geographic renaming orders and the tech companies that rushed to comply. Trey Parker and Matt Stone posted the announcement on the show's official social media accounts just one week before the 29th season […] The post Trey Parker and Matt Stone rebrand 'South Park' as 'South America' to mock Trump's renaming push appeared first on American Almanac .

The creators of "South Park" announced they are temporarily renaming their long-running animated series "South America", a satirical swipe at President Trump's geographic renaming orders and the tech companies that rushed to comply. Trey Parker and Matt Stone posted the announcement on the show's official social media accounts just one week before the 29th season premiere, calling out Apple and Google by name for adopting Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on their mapping platforms. The statement also took a shot at their own parent company, Paramount, over its merger with Skydance. The full statement, reported by the Associated Press , read: "Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we…Open

YOUTUBE (CNN) - ‘South Park’ pokes fun at Trump. Rebrands as ‘South America’

Comedy Central's "South Park" is rebranding as "South America" for its 29th season and taking yet another satirical swipe at President Donald Trump. The announcement comes a day after Trump suggested renaming New Mexico as "New America."

NYTIMES (Wesley Morris and Jason Zinoman) - ‘Colbert’ Is Done. ‘SNL’ is Stale. Where Does Late-Night TV Go From Here? | Cannonball

Maybe “Saturday Night Live” should go instead.

NYTIMES (Rylee Kirk, Alexandra E. Petri and Graham Dickie) - Outside Colbert’s Final Show, Fans From Near and Far Line Up for a Farewell

Hundreds of people, including a pope, staked out the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, hoping to get in, or just get a glimpse.

THEFEDERALIST (Eddie Scarry) - Stephen Colbert Wasn’t Funny. Even Worse, He Wasn’t Interesting

Stephen Colbert’s character on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report was funny and interesting. The real-life Stephen Colbert, or whatever iteration of Colbert it is on CBS’s The Late Show, is neither. And more than anything, that’s why his show is now canceled. The very corny narrative that the dying news media like to tell is […]

HUFFPOST - Wanda Sykes Has A Wild Idea For Colbert’s Last-Ever Guest: ‘He Got To Burn This Bitch Down'

"You got to go the hell off the last show," the actor and comedian urged "The Late Show" host.