I agree....but this has been on the negotiation table for months. Jon Stewart, I think, asked for a heck of a lot of money. Colbert...maybe half that much (my hunch).
Here’s the thing...his gimmick of I’m-a-Republican-pretender act....has a limit, and won’t fit for the Late Night Show. His numbers will start to fall within six weeks, and after a year...there will be talk of him going away. He might get between two and three years out of this deal.
He might be a hit with college kids....but beyond Chicago and New York? No.