Making an appearance on a broadcast of "The Colbert Report" via satellite, President Barak Obama gives the order for U.S. Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander, Multinational Force Iraq, to cut show host Stephen Colbert's trademark hair in the traditional military "buzz cut." Colbert broadcast the show from Al Faw Palace, Baghdad, June 6, 2009, while visiting to boost troops' morale as part of a USO tour. U.S. Army photo by Lee Craker

After a deal between video-sharing site Hulu and Viacom-owned Comedy Central fell through, viewers will not longer be able to watch the immensely popular Daily Show or The Colbert Report, effective 10 March.

Hulu viewers had about two years of the popular shows, but Hulu announced, via a blog post on Tuesday, that the honeymoon was over: “After a series of discussions with the team at Comedy Central, though, we ultimately were unable to secure the rights to extend these shows for a much longer period of time.” Comedy Central says fans of the shows – and they are legion – can catch them directly on their respective websites.

Hulu, which stands behind only YouTube as the Internet’s most popular video-sharing site, is not available outside the US; it’s also a joint venture of NBC, ABC and Fox.