NEW DAILY SHOW MESSAGE BOARDS!

Hey folks! This blog is no longer the place to interact with TheDailyShow.com dev team. We now have a new full-featured forum in which to discuss many topics with other users. And we have created a set of boards specifically to address tech issues. We look forward to hearing from you there!

Problems with Full Episode and Clip Players

Have you had problems with the full episode player?  Are the clip players not working for you either?  Please email TheDailyShowInfo@ComedyCentral.com and include the following information:

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We're sorry for the inconvenience.  Thanks for taking the time to provide us with the information above.

Daily Show & Colbert Report Full Episode Player

Our Daily Show and Colbert Report sites have a special new feature -- full episodes!

When you arrive at each show's respective full episode landing page, the most recent episode will start playing. There are two buttons on the right: Episode Info enables a synopsis of the episode you are watching to pop up while the Share button enables the user to send the episode URL along with a message to one or more friends. The user can rate the episode with the "thumbs" system after logging in.

When you scroll over the bottom of the screen, a pop-up bar will appear featuring a Pause button, a Volume lever and a Full-Screen Mode option. The Menu contains the Episode Info and Share features found on the right of the screen, but you'll also find a Settings feature. This was created in order to optimize your machine for episode play according to the speed of your Internet connection. You can set it yourself, or you can use the Auto-Detect option.

The tabs below the screen enable you to browse by week -- the last four weeks of episodes will appear. The images contain date and guest info, but you can scroll over these images to receive additional show information.

A lot of the reaction has been very positive so far and we thank everyone for the nice comments. Let us know what YOU think!

Sneak Peek at the New Daily Show Boards

Yes ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, you CAN believe. And as proof that you CAN believe, here is a sneak peek at the ALL NEW DAILY SHOW BOARDS! [thunderous applause] We really can't wait to open up this new forum, with vastly improved stability and support. But... Well, we have to actually. This must be properly integrated and tested, and the actual launch date is super top secret. But rest assured, it's on its way...

Oh No Canada!

Recently we’ve received numerous complaints from people who wish to view The Daily Show online, yet can’t seem to properly receive the content. This is due to the fact that these fans are located in Canada.

In June of 2007, a content licensing deal was announced between Comedy Central and Canada’s CTV network, giving CTV exclusive rights to a broad range of Comedy Central content, in Canada. The terms of this agreement prohibit Comedy Central from serving any online content to people located in Canada.

Of course, the agreement does not prohibit Comedy Central from serving ads to Canadians. This is why citizens of Toronto, while unable to view Mo Rocca talking about politics, are able to see him talking about Blackberries. Obviously it would be preferable to explain this to Canadians more efficiently so they don’t view it as a malfunction of the player app. We will be examining possible means of accomplishing this.