Steven Colbert will be on "Whose Line Is It Anyway" all next week!

http://www.orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=2325

In return, Disney gets a cable network with more than 80 million subscribers. That includes the Fox Family Channel -- formerly just the Family Channel -- plus Saban Entertainment and its animation library, as well as 76 percent of Fox Kids Europe and Fox Kids Latin America.

Oh, and one other thing: Two mandatory daily broadcasts of Robertson's Christian-broadcasting staple, The 700 Club.

This requirement is a carry-over from Murdoch and Saban's negotiations with the Family Channel's original owner: Rev. Robertson. You see, way back in 1997, Roberston agreed to sell off the Family Channel's parent company for $1.9 billion, with one condition: Murdoch & Saban could run whatever programming they wanted 22 hours a day. But at 10 a.m. and again at 11 p.m. Monday-Friday, the channel would have to air an episode of "The 700 Club."

This particular provision apparently was not negotiable. (Nor was the condition that required "The 700 Club" to be renewed in five-year increments, rather than year-to-year.) So firm was Roberston's resolve that he even rejected Disney's larger bid of $2.2 billion at the time, because Disney made it clear that "The 700 Club" broadcasts would end as soon as Disney took over.