# Mondays on TDS and Colbert

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondays-on-tds-and-colbert/370754>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 30, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondays-on-tds-and-colbert/370754 "2006-08-30T03:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondays-on-tds-and-colbert/370754/1 "2006-08-30T03:56:00Z")

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I have my DVR set to record all first-run episodes of The Daily Show and the Colbert Report from 11pm-midnight east coast time. For the past several weeks, it hasn’t recorded any Monday episodes.

Are the shows running only Tuesday through Thursday? Or is there some weird glitch in my system?

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondays-on-tds-and-colbert/370754/2 "2006-08-30T04:03:56Z")

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It is in reruns this week (and next). There was a stray Monday rerun a couple of weeks ago, but I don’t recall any other Monday reruns during the past month.

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**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondays-on-tds-and-colbert/370754/3 "2006-08-30T04:20:47Z")

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you aren’t alone, my DVR’s been doing the same thing. But have no fear, they often have 3 episode weeks, with Mondays as reruns. Cuz, you know, having 3 day weekends just ain’t enough for those hardworking guys on cable…

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondays-on-tds-and-colbert/370754/4 "2006-08-30T04:27:21Z")

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It seems to be all reruns so far this week.

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**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondays-on-tds-and-colbert/370754/5 "2006-08-30T07:42:33Z")

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Which makes sense, as they usually take a week of reruns after the Emmys and other weekend industry events in LA.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondays-on-tds-and-colbert/370754/6 "2006-08-30T17:31:06Z")

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Rerun weeks are obvious. And boy do they take a lot of rerun weeks for a show on only four nights a week. Jon and Stephen must make a fortune on personal appearances on weekends.

It’s those missing Mondays on otherwise active weeks that goof me up. I’m glad that **fusoya** is seeing the same effect.