'The Colbert Report' to resume regular schedule on Monday

After unexpectedly putting his show on hiatus to deal with an illness in the family, Stephen Colbert will be back to work and slinging satirical jabs on The Colbert Report on Monday.

The New York Times reported that after production was halted without explanation last Wednesday, fans of the show expressed concern over the unprecedented break. Thursday and Friday's episodes of The Report were both repeats, due to "unforeseen circumstances."

Sources close to Colbert and the talk show confirmed later last week that Colbert had taken a brief break from taping the show to take care of his 91-year-old mother, Lorna, who is very ill. Neither Comedy Central nor Colbert himself have made an official statement on the short hiatus, but Colbert reached out via Twitter, to fans who had been sending their support and prayers to Colbert and his family.

"My family and I would like to thank everyone who has offered their thoughts and prayers," he wrote on his Twitter account on Friday. "We are grateful and touched by your concern."

According to the show's website, Colbert Nation, the show will resume its normally scheduled programming on Monday with guest Ann Patchett.

Comedy Central has only canceled the taping of a show at the last minute in extreme circumstances, one being the birth of The Daily Show host Jon Stewart's second child, and once after the death of a Comedy Central staff member.