Jon Stewart has promised* to keep paying the salaries of all the crew members of both
The Daily Show and
The Colbert Report for at least the next two weeks while the writers are on strike.
*
Maybe--one source from inside the show is adamant that it is true, while his PR rep says it is false. But he
would need to keep it on the down-low to avoid being accused by fellow unionized producers of supporting the strike, so I choose to believe it is true.