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:

All the news our sponsors approve of.

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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

Ed Helms left the show in 2006 to become a regular cast member on The Office, along with "Daily Show" cast-mate Steve Carell. He returned to "The Daily Show" on December 12 to report on the confirmation of new Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and made an allusion to his stint on "The Office" by telling the audience he was working undercover in Scranton.

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Quotes

Jon Stewart: There you have it, folks. Finally, there is a place in the world where the US government can't do whatever it wants to do... and it's in Cuba!

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Connections

Referenced in After Lately: A-list BFF (2011)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Dubya: "I was not elected to one party--"; John Stewart: "You were not elected."

When the show premiered in 1996, it was good. Craig Kilborn and his staff of oddball reporters showed signs of comedic genius. Five questions were always a pleasure, and the highlight for me had to be the scene from LEGEND OF RICKY in that segment's video opening.

But when John Stewart came, so did the greatness. Mo Rocca, Vance DeGeneres, Stephen Colbert, Nancy Walls, and Steve Corral, as well as the always funny Lewis Black and hilarious Frank DeCaro replaced the correspondence team--and have done very, very well. THE DAILY SHOW has grown from the small, mock news program/night show it once was into something completely new and fun. During the conventions last year, THE DAILY SHOW broke coverage of our current president with an erection while hearing his name nominated. Now this is crude, but in the context of the event, and the fact that it is pretty hard to doctor something like that, this six minute segment was perhaps the funniest in the show's history.

And it just keeps getting better. Its correspondents are better than ever (Colbert especially), and it is gradually gaining respect as a real news program. A reward for anyone interested in news and comedy--I wholeheartedly recommend you check this gem out if you haven't already!