Stephen Colbert Joins ‘This Week with Jake Tapper’ Chorus

Stephen Colbert interviewed George Stephanopoulos last night, and in between needling George about cooking segments as a path to the evening news anchor chair, he put in a good word for Jake Tapper as the next host of “This Week.”

Colbert isn’t the only fundit® to weigh in on the subject recently. Seth Meyers, anchor of the resurgent SNL Weekend Update, also lent his support to the tenacious White House reporter. Whether ABC News taps Tapper or not, though, it’s about time they make up their minds.

Here’s Colbert’s interview with Stephanopoulos:

Stephanopoulos cleverly deflected Colbert’s rec, consistent with the company line. ABC News has been rather tight-lipped about the search for a replacement, which has so far focused on Tapper and Terry Moran. While the pair match up pretty evenly in terms of qualifications, Tapper has enjoyed a ratings advantage over Moran, and brings demo-friendly new media street cred to the table.

Whichever way they go, it would behoove ABC News (and who doesn’t enjoy being behooved?) to make up their minds, already. They’ve been using a rotation of guest-hosts since December, and every week they delay is a missed opportunity for the new host to build an audience, as well as allowing This Week‘s competitors to press the advantage.

This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.

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