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Stephen Colbert will return to "The Colbert Report" have a sudden hiatus.

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 “The Colbert Report” is scheduled to return Monday night after a sudden and mysterious break last week.

 It turns out that the break was due to the ailing health of Stephen Colbert’s mother.But at the time, when live shows were suddenly yanked from broadcast and repeats substituted, the Comedy Central network said that the cancellations were because of “unforeseen circumstances,” an explanation that sent the Internet into a pother.Colbert is expected to address his absence on Monday. His 91-year-old mother, Lorna Colbert, is ill.Colbert's father, James Colbert, and two of his brothers were killed in an airplane crash in 1974.Earlier, Colbert broke his unexpected silence on Twitter.“My family and I would like to thank everyone who has offered their thoughts and prayers,” he typed. “We are grateful and touched by your concern.”

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Stephen Colbert Suddenly Disappears, Taping Of Series Ends Indefinitely

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Comedy Central has mysteriously suspended production on the ” The Colbert Report,” the biting political satire hosted by comedian Stephen Colbert.
Ticketholders to Wednesday night’s show, many of whom were already at the New York City studio, received a last-minute email cancelling the taping “due to unforeseen circumstances.”
The network aired a rerun Wednesday night, leading with out-of-date news about onetime presidential candidate Herman Cain.
Network spokesman Steve Albani said the show would suspend production for at least the remainder of the week.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 16,” Albani said in a statement to ABC News.
On Wednesday morning, the show promoted what would have been on that night’s program.
“Watch Stephen help shape the message of Colbert Super PAC with the help of political strategist Frank Luntz,” read the last tweet from the Colbert Report Twitter account, suggesting the cancellation was sudden.
Colbert himself, who routinely tweets, has not updated his account since Tuesday.


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