Creators and fans have come to learn all too well what it feels like when an old show or film that used to be available through streaming is suddenly gone , even as we’ve been sold the idea of infinite choice and endless libraries at our fingertips. Now though even older examples of TV history are disappearing in the blink of an eye. Paramount this week has quietly purged much of the content being hosted on several of its cable channels, including Comedy Central , Paramount Network, TV Land, and CMT, all as of Wednesday afternoon.
And on Monday, MTVNews.com was completely removed from the web, with it erasing years of music news articles, columns, and features. As a result, you can no longer find full episodes or clips of classic Comedy Central late night shows such as “The Colbert Report,” “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,” or “The Opposition with Jordan Klepper” available for online streaming.
Full episodes of sketch comedy show “Key & Peele” are also gone, and even vintage episodes of “The Daily Show” from before 2016 are nowhere to be found. The blog LateNighter first noticed the websites had been wiped . YouTube offers a few answers, but finding specific clips, let alone full episodes, can be more of a challenge.
In their place, websites for each of the above-mentioned cable channels features a pop-up window saying, “While episodes of most Comedy Central series are no longer available on this website, you can watch Comedy Central through your .
