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The Times today looks at Comedy Central's forthcoming Colbert Report, which debuts Monday, and considers the tough terrain faced by television spinoffs:

For it to succeed on a permanent basis, "The Colbert Report" will have to show that it can overcome numerous challenges, not least that it can avoid the stumbles of other progeny (like "After M*A*S*H" and, thus far, "Joey") that were spawned by hit series but never quite reached the same heights, creative or otherwise.

Which prompts us to make perhaps the easiest prediction we've ever ventured: Yes, The Colbert Report will be better than Joey.

See, at least we're better at this than Jeff Zucker.

The News Is Funny, as a Correspondent Gets His Own Show [NYT]
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