MTV and Comedy Central are part of the same Viacom family, but Daft Punk's appearance on The Colbert Report was cancelled because of the Video Music Awards and demands made by Daft Punk.
Patch reports the assembly was canceled after district officials were denied a copy of the former GOP presidential hopeful's speech.
Diet Prada, an Instagram account that covers fashion controversy, and Business of Fashion, an industry news website, reported the show was canceled by the Chinese government.
Mr. Thompson, who left the BBC in September and will become the president and chief executive of The New York Times Company on Monday, said he had not been aware of the report until after it was canceled.
And several newspapers in Portugal and England, as well as the TMZ Web site, have reported that the show was canceled because of disappointing ticket sales.
The NBC drama about well-heeled women in New York, starring Brooke Shields, was shuffled off to Friday nights two weeks ago amid reports that the show was canceled and that the remaining episodes would not be shown.
Audience members who planned to attend Wednesday's taping of Stephen Colbert's satirical news show wrote online that they had been sent notices from "The Colbert Report," telling them the taping was canceled and that they would have to make reservations for a new date.
He was to have come in April 2002, but the visit was canceled amid reports of poor advance ticket sales for some appearances.
Many were quick to point fingers at the two-person Whitefish Energy company, which had worked on the very line that broke down before its controversial $300 million contract was canceled, Buzzfeed reported.
A radio show picked up by Shell Oil, Shell Goess to a Party," was canceled after Mr. Linkletter, reporting on a nighttime beach party, fell over some driftwood and lost his microphone.
FOR AIDS IS CANCELED In a major disappointment for AIDS research, a new trial of a microbicide gel to protect women from infection with H.I.V. was canceled after researchers reported that it was not working.
