The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1996– )
"The Daily Show" (original title)

America's top fake news show.

Creators:

Madeleine Smithberg, Lizz Winstead

Stars:

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Craig Kilborn

Won 18 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 wins & 64 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jon Stewart	...	Himself - Host (2259 episodes, 1996-2013)

Storyline

Providing comedy/news in the tradition of TV Nation and SNL's Weekend Update, Comedy Central's Daily Show reports on the foibles and of the real world with a satirical edge. In addition to news stories, the Daily Show also has celebrities (and semi-celebrities) on for interviews with the host, Jon Stewart. Lampooning everything from televangelists to Charlton Heston ("I did not play a homo in Ben-Hur"), and shamelessly assigning faux-news epithets ("Newt Gingrich: Giant Toddler") Kilborn, Winstead, and the crew actually manage to report some real news from time to time.

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Plot Keywords:

interview | celebrity | fake news report | actor playing himself | live audience | 

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Taglines:

Third rate reporters giving the first degree the second news happens.

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Genres:

Comedy | News | Talk-Show

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 July 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Filming Locations:

733 11th Avenue, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mad Cow Productions, Comedy Central, Comedy Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The show has won the Emmy for "Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series" every year since 2003.

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Quotes

Jon Stewart: Bush followed his poll numbers and went south.

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Connections

Featured in De wereld draait door: Episode #4.91 (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Dog on Fire"
Composed by Bob Mould
Performed by They Might Be Giants

User Reviews

Easily the funniest late night talk show on the air

This is a great show. Stewart has the perfect sense of humor to deal with the outrageness of his correspondents. He remains the center of sanity as reporters like Colbert, Carrell, and Rocca act in the strangest of ways. The seriousness that their interviewing subjects show is absolutely amazing. They pick on everyone equally. If the Onion had a TV show, this would be it. The only area were the show could slightly improve is Jon's interviewing technique. He doesn't match up with Conan as far as getting funny stuff out of the celebrities, but he is better than most. This show is absolutely incredible and I hope it lasts forever.