Media | Jon Stewart Stewart, Colbert Renew Through 2012 Comedy Central desperate to have duo through election By Kevin Spak Posted Apr 20, 2010 7:26 AM CDT Copied Stephen Colbert, left, and Jon Stewart make an award presentation at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Conan O'Brien may be coming to cable, but Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert aren't going anywhere. Comedy Central has re-signed its late night stars to a new contract that'll keep them on through the next presidential election. “That's a big deal for us,” network exec Doug Herzog tells the New York Times. “For us, election years are like Olympic years.” Herzog said he wasn't worried about competition from the red-haired one. “We're big admirers of Conan,” he said, but “Jon and Stephen do something different from what Conan does. … I think of myself as the manager of the '61 Yankees. I just want to keep writing Mantle and Maris into the lineup as many seasons as I can.” Read These Next That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. The Bezos-Sanchez wedding: guest list, cost, the dress, and more. The DOJ just fired 3 prosecutors tied to Capitol riot criminal cases. Report an error