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| | show_name = The Daily Show | |||
| | image = ] | |||
| | caption = ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' logo | |||
| | format = ] | |||
| | runtime = 22 minutes | |||
| | creator = ]<br />] | |||
| | starring = ] (1999 - present)<br />] (1996–1998)<br />] | |||
| | country = {{USA}} | |||
| | network = ] | |||
| | first_aired = ], ] | |||
| | last_aired = present | |||
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| | website = http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml | |||
| | imdb_id = 0115147 | |||
| | tv_com_id = 1293 | |||
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| '''''The Daily Show''''' (currently '''''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''''') is a ] and ]-winning half-hour ] ] ] ] produced by and run on the ] ] network. The show premiered on Monday, ], ], and was hosted by ], who acted as an ]. In 1998, Kilborn left the show and was replaced by ] in early ]. | |||
| Providing news-related comedy in the tradition of '']'''s "]" segment, ]'s '']'', and the long-running ] series '']'', ''The Daily Show'' reports on the foibles and ] of the real world with a satirical edge. Since Stewart's entrance, the show has also developed a reputation as one of the sharpest ] commentary shows on American television. | |||
| == Studio == | |||
| The program originates "from Comedy Central's world news headquarters in ]" (as is announced in the opening of each show), where Stewart is joined on-screen by a group of correspondents who provide humorous reports and commentary. On ], ], the show moved its "World News Headquarters" to ] at 733 11th Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets. The set changed along with the move, gaining a sleeker, more formal look, including a backdrop of three large television panels which at first was not well-received by many fans of the show. The set change immediately spawned a backlash among fans and served as impetus for a as it was not a part of the new set. The campaign was subsequently ] by Stewart and ] by ''Daily Show'' contributor ]. The couch was eventually made the prize in a ''Daily Show '' sweepstakes in which the winner got the couch, round-trip tickets to New York, tickets to the show and a small sum of money. Their old studio is now used for '']'', a ''Daily Show'' ] starring former correspondent ]. | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| According to an ], ], '']'' article, the show is pulled together by researchers scanning major newspapers, the ], and ] news channels. Then, they give possible topics to the ten writers. The writers meet to discuss headline material for the lead news segment. By 11:15 AM they meet with Jon Stewart, and by 12:30 PM they have come up with jokes for the day's show. | |||
| ''The Daily Show'' tapes four new episodes a week, Monday through Thursday, in studios located at 733 11th Avenue, New York City. Taping of the program begins in front of the audience at 6:30 PM; the show is then broadcast at 11 PM ]/10 PM ], a time when local television stations show their real news reports, and about half an hour before most other late-night comedy programs begin to go on the air. | |||
| While the studio capacity is limited, tickets to attend tapings are free and can be obtained if requested far enough in advance. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| ===With Craig Kilborn (1996–1998)=== | |||
| ''The Daily Show'' was created by ] and ]. Searching for a weeknight staple to replace '']'' (a Comedy Central program that moved to ABC), Comedy Central premiered ''The Daily Show'' in the summer of 1996. A fake news program originally hosted by ], the show featured a humorous take on contemporary news events. Aimed to parody conventional newscasts, the show featured a comedic monologue of the day's headlines, mockumentary styled on-location reports, in-studio segments, guest commentary, and debates. The show also took advantage of its visual medium, littering episodes with small touches like in-screen images labeled with their own gags, and presenting absurd bits of trivia coming back and going into commercials. Such segments included: "This Day in ] History", "Last Weekend's Top-Grossing Films, Converted into ]", and "Trivial Compromise" in which Winstead's mother, Ginny, would ask and answer various trivia questions. Originally the show was done without a studio audience, and would just prompt the laughs of its own off-camera staff members. A studio audience was incorporated into the show for its second season, and has remained since. | |||
| Under Winstead and Kilborn the show had a much more relaxed atmosphere, with not all contributors wearing suits. Kilborn often made personal asides to the audience taking on the character of an "enlightened ]". Kilborn would also often dance for the audience, especially on Thursdays as a celebration of the end of the week. In each show Kilborn would conduct very informal celebrity interviews that would end with a segment called "]" in which Kilborn would ask a sequence of five questions that often had irrelevant answers. The routine was derived from a ] of Kilborn's invention, which Winstead thought would make good material for the show. | |||
| ] | |||
| Regular correspondents included ], ], and ]. ] joined the cast a year after it premiered and was referred to as "The New Guy" for the remainder of Kilborn's three year tenure. Lizz Winstead herself also acted as a contributor as well as a writer in a weekly spot called "He Said, Winstead" in which she and Kilborn would ad lib a point-counterpoint style argument. | |||
| Each show was capped off with a segment called "]" that often showed random video clips of humorous and sometimes morbid interest such as a ] pulling a snake out of his throat via his nostril. A controversy arose due to one clip in which Asian men and women were shown throwing live baby chicks at alligators as feed. Winstead reacted to complaints by creating a similar video in which she threw fake chicks into a pond from a row boat. | |||
| Tensions often flared behind the scenes between Kilborn and female cast, leading Beth Littleford (a once-crew-leading member of the Daily Show) to comment later that Kilborn was as "dumb as a post". In a 1997 '']'' magazine interview, Kilborn made sexually explicit comments about his female coworkers. This led to a two week suspension without pay. Co-creator Winstead quit one month later. | |||
| In 1998 Kilborn left ''The Daily Show'' in order to replace ] on CBS's '']''. He was able to take the interview segment "Five Questions" and for a brief period, his "Moment for Us" segment with him to the new show, disallowing any new ''TDS'' hosts from using it in their interviews. Correspondents Brian Unger and A. Whitney Brown left the show shortly before him. Unger returned for a single show in which he was supposedly killed on assignment by an incoming cruise missile. | |||
| Kilborn's last new show was aired on ], ]. Reruns were shown until Jon Stewart's debut 4 weeks later. | |||
| A ] released by Comedy Central titled ''The Daily Show: Five Questions'' (ISBN 0-8362-5325-6) was released in 1998, and highlights many of the best interview moments from ]'s stint as host. | |||
| ===With Jon Stewart (1999–present)=== | |||
| ] | |||
| ] took over as host on Monday, January 11, 1999. Stewart had previously hosted two shows on ] ('']'' and an ] ]) and been cast in films and television. His first guest was '']'''s ], who quipped, "I've been on this show more than you have!" | |||
| Unlike Kilborn, whose dialogue and character were written entirely by others, Stewart served not only as host but also as a writer and co-executive producer of the series. His influence is noted for heading a significant shift in the way the show handled news. Stewart had a markedly different style, bringing a sharper political focus to the humor than the show previously exhibited. This satirical edge, combined with the show's ] coverage, dubbed "]", helped to catapult Stewart and ''The Daily Show'' to new levels of popularity and critical respect. With Stewart on board, the show has won nine ]s and two ]s, and its ratings more than doubled according to a ] ] article. By ], the show had emerged into a pop culture hit and one of the most popular programs on ]. | |||
| Stewart took over hosting from Kilborn retaining much of the same staff and on-air talent, allowing many pieces to transition without much trouble, while other features like "]", with ] presenting an assortment of actual clips from various televangelists, and "]", an in-studio debate between Brian Unger and A. Whitney Brown, evolved into the similar pieces of ]'s "]" and Colbert and ]'s "]". Since the change, a number of new features have been, and continue to be, developed as well. The ending segment "]" developed from a random selection of humorous videos to often being recaps or extended versions of news clips shown earlier in the show (though sometimes are completely unrelated to any previous segment). The show's theme music, "Dog on Fire" by ], was re-recorded by ]. | |||
| ====Current format==== | |||
| ]]] | |||
| The show's format has remained relatively stable throughout the years. Each episode opens with the introduction, "From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''." This used to be followed by the statement "The most important television program ever," but this was eliminated from the introduction following the ] when the show resumed on Thursday, September 20. The show's format generally begins with the host's ] of news headlines. ''The Daily Show'' runs this portion for the first segment, and may include "on location" reports. However, the correspondents are usually just standing in the studio with an obviously ]ed backdrop. While generally no note is made of this fact, it is occasionally the subject of jokes, such as having a correspondent report from a press base on ] (this joke was used when the first ] landed), or a correspondent report from ] of the videogame '']''. Once, this was parodied when two correspondents filed consecutive "live reports" from Washington: one during the day and the other suddenly during the night. On another occasion, two reporters supposedly in distant cities and reporting simultaneously broke the fourth wall when one became cold and the other threw her his coat, which the first caught. A few reports are actually done on location; for example, Jason Jones was actually in Denmark for a ], ] report, which he proved by shoving the person behind him (an uncredited passerby). Introductions and on-screen graphics always label the same four reporters as "senior" specialists in the subject at hand, sometimes with absurdly specific expertise. A given reporter may be "Senior Palestinian Analyst" one day, "Senior Agricultural Reporter" a few days later, "Senior Papal Vacancy Expert" the next week, and for the ], "Senior Jackologist" then "Senior ] Expert". The show formerly split the news into segments known as "]", "]", and "]", though these titles were dropped sometime around 2003. Stewart and company have fine-tuned the technique of intercutting commentary with footage, in which the host or correspondent can stop the action at a telling moment, and register skeptical reserve or excruciated dismay, as political ]s, dud imagery, or self-contradictory statements hang in the air. | |||
| Following the regular news portion are correspondent pieces and interviews, the order of which varies from episode to episode. Correspondent pieces involve the show's members actually traveling to a different location to make a report or interview people important to the story. Topics vary widely, ranging from the invention of ], a tofu-based human flesh substitute, to a piece highlighting the lack of Asian men in ]. Local media have reported on visits from ''Daily Show'' correspondents.<ref>{{cite news | |||
| | author=Cendrowski, Scott | |||
| | title='Daily Show' visits local senator | |||
| | work = ] | |||
| | url=http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=29700 | |||
| | accessdate=2006-03-31}}</ref> | |||
| Some segments occur periodically, such as "]," "]" with ], "]", "]" with ], "]" with ] and "]" (small children reading transcripts of contentious moments from programs like '']'' and '']''). Since the early days of the ], a common part of the show has been "]," focusing on the troubles in the Middle East, especially Iraq. | |||
| ====Interviews and guests==== | |||
| ] drinking tea on the Daily Show]] | |||
| {{main|List of The Daily Show guests}} | |||
| In addition to news stories, ''The Daily Show'' includes interviews with ] of various degrees of notoriety and fame, authors, musicians, and political figures. The political interviews have featured many prominent guests such as: | |||
| * ] ] & ]. | |||
| * ] ]. | |||
| * ] ], ] & ]. | |||
| * ] ]. | |||
| * ] ]. | |||
| *] ], ], ], ], ], ] (who in 2003 announced his candidacy for the presidency on the show), ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] & ]. | |||
| * ] Chairmen ] & ] and ] Chairmen ] & ]. | |||
| * ] ] & ]. | |||
| * ] President ]. | |||
| Musharraf is the only sitting head of state to appear on ''The Daily Show''. | |||
| When former correspondent ] appeared on the show as a guest, Stewart asked him if he had a report to file (after a minute of awkward silence), to which Carell responded in a deadpan joke, "No Jon, I do movies now." | |||
| Through Kilborn's run and the early years of Stewart's, the celebrity interviews would most often take place midway through the program. In recent years this has changed to the interviews being placed near the end of the show. Recent years have also seen the show's guest list tend away from celebrities and more towards non-fiction book authors and various political pundits, as well as many prominent elected officials. | |||
| On ], ], the ] became the first musical guests to perform on a regular episode of the show. After a brief interview with Stewart, the duo performed their songs "The Denial Twist" and later, "My Doorbell." In a press release, Stewart said, "We've never had a musical performance on the show before — not because we haven't wanted one — but because we were holding out for a reunited ]. This will have to suffice." ]'s appearance on the ], ] special "The Greatest Millennium" where they performed the theme (Bob Mould's "Dog On Fire"), incidental music, and their song "I Can Hear You" is not counted, as the producers do not consider it to be a part of the regular series. Another "unofficial" performance came on ],], when ] played from the couch. Most recently, the November 28, 2006 show—also Stewart’s birthday—featured a live performance of by guest ], who played his song "Day After Tomorrow" during the closing credits. | |||
| When Stephen Colbert started his own show, '']'', which airs immediately after ''The Daily Show'', Stewart began ending his show "checking in" with Stephen Colbert, usually exchanging notes on each other's shows, which is then followed by the Moment of Zen. On ], ], Stephen Colbert turned the tables and "checked in" with Jon Stewart as Stewart was leaving to go home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nerdnirvana.org/2006/08/10/the-colbert-report-20060808-toss-to-jon-stewart/|title=The Colbert Report - 2006.08.08 - Toss to Jon Stewart|date=2006-08-10|accessdate=2006-09-09|work=}}</ref> On ], ], Stephen Colbert reappeared on the set of ''The Daily Show'' to demand that Jon apologize to ] who on ], said that Stewart and Colbert "counted for nothing" and showed "clips of old ladies slipping on ice" for humor. Colbert, in character, condemned ''The Daily Show'' for angering Rivera. When Stewart refused to apologize, Colbert proclaimed him "On Notice", though Jon averted the crisis by appearing on ''The Colbert Report'' the following Monday and apologizing (after "walking a mile in Geraldo's shoes" by wearing his moustache). | |||
| On ], ], a new portion of the interview segment began called "]", wherein the host would ask a guest one hard question to be answered. On ], ], for example, former United States President ] was asked how ] could be defeated, should she run for President. The segment was apparently discontinued on ], ]. | |||
| ==''The Daily Show'' as a news source== | |||
| ] on ''The Daily Show'']] | |||
| ] show that the program generally has 1.5 million viewers nightly,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wired.com/wired/archive/13.09/stewart.html|title=Reinventing Television|publisher=Wired|year=2005|month=September|accessdate=2006-09-09}}</ref> a high figure for cable television. In ] terms, the viewership is skewed to a relatively young audience compared to traditional news shows. A 2004 ] study commissioned by Comedy Central put the median age at 35. In fact, during the ], the show received more male viewers in the 18-34 year old age demographic than '']'', '']'', '']'' and all of the evening news broadcasts.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| | url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/02/apontv.stewarts.stature.ap | |||
| |title=Young America's news source: Jon Stewart | |||
| |date=],] | |||
| |publisher=CNN.com | |||
| |accessdate=2006-07-22}}</ref> | |||
| The show's writers often repeat the fact that ''The Daily Show'' is a comedy program and not a reliable news source by itself. The show does not follow normal rules of journalistic integrity, but much of the ] of the program involves questioning whether ] television news sources in the United States, notably the cable news channels ], ], and ], are holding themselves to high journalistic standards. Likewise the show is far more likely to point out acts of ] (such as a Senator doing a crossword puzzle during a relatively important hearing), hypocrisy, and contradictory statements than most sources in the legitimate media. | |||
| ''The ]'' ran an article on ], ] in which it quoted '']'' anchor ], who said to his viewers in a telecast from the ] in ]: "A lot of television viewers — more, quite frankly, than I'm comfortable with — get their news from the Comedy Channel on a program called ''The Daily Show''." Stewart took issue with Koppel's comment, saying ''Daily Show'' fans watch "for comedic interpretation" of the news. " to be informed," Koppel replied, refusing to budge from his position: "They actually think they're coming closer to the truth with your show." Stewart shot back: "Now that's a different thing, that's credibility, that's a different animal." Appearing on each other's shows a few weeks later, Koppel and Stewart downplayed the idea that the two had any mutual animosity. Also, in '']'', written by the staff of the Daily Show, Ted Koppel was one of only two political interviewers that the authors deemed credible (the other was ]). | |||
| ] on ''The Daily Show'']] | |||
| The ] at the ] ran a study of American television viewers around the same time and found that fans of ''The Daily Show'' had a more accurate idea of the facts behind the ] than most others.<ref>National Annenberg Election Survey, '''', press release, September 21, 2004. PDF file.</ref> The study primarily focused on comparing the audiences of ''TDS'' with that of '']'' and '']'', but ''Daily Show'' viewers also beat out people who primarily got their news through the national evening newscasts of ], ], and ] and those who mostly read ]s, while roughly matching the knowledge level of viewers who watched a considerable amount of ] news. The study attempted to compensate for the fact that many viewers of ''TDS'' get information from many sources, including the ]. The Daily Show does contain many facts in addition to the jokes. Often, to distinguish something as factual, Stewart will prepend the statement with the words "...and, this is true...." | |||
| In 2006, a study published by ] tried to compare the substantive amount of information of the Daily Show against primetime network news broadcasts. Julia R. Fox, an assistant professor of telecommunications at the university, showed in her study, "No Joke: A Comparison of Substance in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Broadcast Network Television Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52300|title=No joke! 'Daily Show' substantive as network news|publisher=WorldNetDaily|accessmonthday = October 24|accessyear = 2006}}</ref> (to be published in the summer of 2007), that when it comes to substance, there is little difference between the Daily Show and other news outlets. By using coverage and footage of the ], she analyzes and compares both communication media. What she found was that neither actually offers more, since both programs are more focused on the nature of "]" and ratings, making them both "equal" in content.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=38119&adid=campus|title='Daily Show' news equal to networks' |publisher=idsnews.com|year=2006|month=October}}</ref> The analysis indicates that the Daily Show offered more humor than substance in their coverage, but that same study also found that the typical network coverage preferred to offer more hype than any real political substance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4159.html|title=It's no joke: IU study finds The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to be as substantive as network news|publisher=Indiana University Media Relations|accessmonthday = October 24 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref> The study seems to indicate that either the Daily Show has become a legitimate 'news source' or the mainstream media has ceased to be one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/the_daily_show_is_as_substantive_as_the_real_news/?source=rss|title=The Daily Show is as substantive as the “real” news |publisher=greatnewsnetwork|accessmonthday = October 24 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref> Julia Fox states that ''"In an absolute sense, we should probably be concerned about both of those sources, because neither one is particularly substantive. It's a bottom-line industry and ratings-driven. We live in an 'infotainment' society, and there certainly are a number of other sources available."'' According to Fox, the study was less of an endorsement for the Daily Show; rather instead was meant to indict the negligence of news networks for their failure to uphold high standards in their political coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2006/10/17/News/No.Laughing.Matter-2370755-page2.shtml?norewrite200610180412&sourcedomain=www.dailyemerald.com|title=No laughing matter: A recent study found that 'The Daily Show' has as much substance as traditional news programs|publisher=DailyEmerald| accessmonthday = October 24 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref> | |||
| Stewart was half-facetiously floated as a possible successor to ] of '']'' according to '']'' (this is partly due to the fact that, at the time, Comedy Central and CBS were both owned by media conglomerate ]). | |||
| ] compares the ] to the ] on ''The Daily Show'']] | |||
| The ''Daily Show'' writers authored a best-selling text, '']'', published in September 2004. It remained a bestseller even after the election, despite a decision by ] to cancel its order because Chapter 5, on the ], includes obviously doctored photographs of the then current ], with their heads superimposed on appropriately aged naked bodies. On the page opposite the photographs, the reader is invited to "restore their dignity" by covering each justice with a cutout of his or her robe. A Wal-Mart spokeswoman was quoted in ] as saying, "We felt a majority of our customers would not be comfortable with the image." The book was also banned from some ] ] for its ribald "centerfold". (The ban was lifted within 24 hours of its announcement after the library board received complaints.) Stewart responded to this on air by saying, "Of course the go-to joke here would be, 'They have libraries in Mississippi?' But we're not going there." | |||
| Stewart, along with Stephen Colbert, was featured on the November 16, 2006 cover of ] Magazine, being called one of "America's anchors."<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors</ref> | |||
| ==Criticism== | |||
| === Interviews === | |||
| While the ''Daily Show'' is considered by its creators to be a "fake news program", critics have said that current host Jon Stewart regularly has as guests the very politicians and newspeople he often lampoons, but rarely takes them to task face-to-face; instead, politicians on all sides of the spectrum use the show as a platform to reach younger demographics. Show co-creator and ex-producer ] said of interviews with controversial figures: | |||
| <blockquote>"Jon's tremendous. I feel, though, when you are interviewing a ] or a ], if you give them a pass, then you become what you are satirizing. You have a war criminal sitting on your couch—to just let him be a war criminal sitting on your couch means you are having to respect some kind of boundary."<ref>{{cite web | |||
| | work = Rotten.com | |||
| | url = http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/daily-show/ | |||
| | title = The Daily Show | |||
| | accessdate = 2006-07-09}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| During Stewart's appearance on CNN's ], he criticized that show and its hosts for "hurting America" by reducing issues to a left vs. right screaming match and enabling political ]. When co-host ] complained that Stewart did not ask John Kerry substantial questions when Kerry appeared on ''The Daily Show'', Stewart countered that it was not his job to give hard-hitting interviews. Suggesting that a "fake news" comedy program should not be held to the same standards as real journalists, Stewart said, "You're on CNN! The show that leads into me is ]! What is wrong with you?" Stewart also directly addressed the criticism, noting of his Kerry interview, "I also asked him if he was in Cambodia", in reference to accusations that disputed some of Kerry's service record in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| |url = http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831?htv=12 | |||
| |title = Jon Stewart's Brutal Exchange with CNN Host | |||
| |work = ] | |||
| |date=2004 | |||
| |accessdate = 2006-07-09 | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| === Enabling complacency === | |||
| ] ]'s name.]] | |||
| In a ], ], article in '']'', "Why Jon Stewart Isn't Funny", Michael Kalin argued that Jon Stewart's laughs come at the expense of idealism, and to easily enable American college students to adopt a self-righteous attitude toward politics, ultimately rendering them complacent and apathetic. | |||
| <blockquote>"Stewart...leads to a "holier than art thou" attitude toward our national leaders. People who possess the wit, intelligence, and self-awareness of viewers of ''The Daily Show'' would never choose to enter the political fray full of "buffoons and idiots." Content to remain perched atop their Olympian ivory towers, these bright leaders head straight for the private sector."<ref>{{cite news | |||
| |url = http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/oscars/articles/2006/03/03/why_jon_stewart_isnt_funny/ | |||
| |title = Why Jon Stewart Isn't Funny | |||
| |publisher = Boston Globe | |||
| |last = Kalin | |||
| |first = Michael | |||
| |date = ] | |||
| |accessdate = 2006-07-09 | |||
| }}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| A ''Daily Reflector'' article about ''The Daily Show'' viewers concluded that they trust their own knowledge in politics, rather than the news media or the elites who run the political-media system. The article suggests that citizens who believe they understand politics may be more active in the system than those who do not. Yet the article also points out that cynicism can be a voter turnoff.<ref>{{cite news | |||
| |url = http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2006/05/29/5_30_06__daily_show.html | |||
| |title = Study focuses on the effect of ''The Daily Show'' satire | |||
| |last = Ryals | |||
| |first = Jimmy | |||
| |publisher = ] | |||
| |date = ] | |||
| |accessdate = 2006-07-09 | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| Many do not agree that watching ''The Daily Show'' is harmful to the youth or a cause of apathy in young voters.<ref>{{cite news | |||
| |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/27/blogophile/main1754241.shtml | |||
| |last = McNamara | |||
| |first = Melissa | |||
| |publisher = ] | |||
| |title = Bloggers Laugh Over Jon Stewart Study | |||
| |date = ] | |||
| |accessdate = 2006-07-09 | |||
| }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | |||
| |url = http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/COLUMNIST03/606290307 | |||
| |last = Cotterell | |||
| |first = Bill | |||
| |title = But seriously folks, scholars analyze comedy | |||
| |publisher = ] | |||
| |date = ] | |||
| |accessdate = 2006-07-09 | |||
| }}</ref> Critics of the show suggest that Stewart's criticism is causing a loss of confidence in government and the media, thus damaging confidence in America.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| |url = http://trssastt.blogspot.com/2006/06/jon-stewart-hates-america.html | |||
| |title = Jon Stewart hates America. | |||
| |work = To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth | |||
| |date = ] | |||
| |accessdate = 2006-07-09 | |||
| }}</ref> Defenders of the show point out that Stewart is putting a humorous spin on a faulty system. They contend that as long as Stewart's jokes are factually correct, then responsibility for increased cynicism should belong to the political and media figures themselves, not the comedian who makes fun of them.<ref>{{cite news | |||
| |url = http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1148077815867&call_pageid=968867495754 | |||
| |title = Is Jon Stewart helping or hurting? | |||
| |last = Chung | |||
| |first = Andrew | |||
| |publisher = ] | |||
| |date = ] | |||
| |accessdate = 2006-07-09 | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| == Editions for various markets == | |||
| ] | |||
| An edited version of the show, called '''''The Daily Show—Global Edition''''', is run outside of the U.S. on ] once a week. This edition is always prefaced by the following announcement, which is also displayed in written form against a ''Daily Show'' background: | |||
| "The show you are about to watch is a news parody. Its stories are not fact checked. Its reporters are not journalists. And its opinions are not fully thought through." | |||
| For the Global Edition, Stewart provides an exclusive introductory monologue in front of an audience, usually about the week's prevalent international news story, and closing comments without an audience present. The segments for the Global Edition are usually culled from Monday and Tuesday's episodes. | |||
| ] broadcasts small portions of the show to many radio stations across America. | |||
| ;Australia | |||
| In ] the regular show airs on ] Monday to Thursday at 9:30pm, roughly one day behind the US broadcast. The Global Edition airs on CNN on Sundays at 1:30am and is repeated on Mondays at 12:30am. Free-to-air broadcaster ] also intermittently runs The Global Edition on Thursdays at 10pm and on Sundays at 1:45am. | |||
| ;Canada | |||
| In Canada, the program airs four nights a week on the free-to-air ] stations at 12:05 AM Local time, after the local news. A ] of the show also airs at 11:00 PM Eastern and Pacific time (and re-run throughout the day) on ]. | |||
| ;United Kingdom and Ireland | |||
| Since ], ], both the Global Edition and the weeknight program have been shown in the ] and ] at 8:30pm on the free-to-air digital channel, ]. Each episode is repeated later, usually between 11:00pm and 12:00 a.m., but this is variable. The Global Edition (without the preface shown on CNN International) is shown on Monday, with the regular Monday through Thursday editions shown on a one-day delay Tuesday to Friday. The Global Edition still airs in the UK on CNN International. | |||
| ;Germany | |||
| In Germany, the ''Daily Show'' will be launched in April 2007 on the German ''Comedy Central''.<ref>Smith, David Gordon. It is available since 23 January 2007 on the German Comedy Central Homepage Video Viewer, where it is stored for one day due to the German-American time shift difference '']'' (November 17, 2006). Retrieved on November 26, 2006</ref> | |||
| ;Nordic countries | |||
| ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' is also available in the Nordic countries (], ], ] & ]) at 19:00 (20:00 in Finland) on the CANAL+ (Nordic) channel. | |||
| ;Philippines | |||
| In the ], cable channel ] airs ''The Daily Show'' at a half-day delay every Tuesday-Friday (given the time difference), alongside other Comedy Central shows. | |||
| ;Israel | |||
| In Israel, the global edition airs on the Yes+ satellite channel every Thursday night, with reruns throughout the following weekend. | |||
| ;Other countries | |||
| In April 2006, the show began screening in ] at 22:00 Tuesdays on music channel ]- however, as of ] ], ], C4 will be screening the US version of the show four days a week. The show airs in ] on the Sic Radical (Portuguese) cable channel (it stopped airing for a while in 2006, but viewer feedback made the show be shown again). It can also be seen on the ]. | |||
| == Spin-offs == | |||
| {{main|The Colbert Report|Red State Diaries}} | |||
| A spin-off, '']'', was announced in early May 2005. The show stars ], and serves as ]'s answer to the programs of media pundits such as ]. The word "Report" in the show's title, like "Colbert", is pronounced with a silent "t". Colbert, Stewart, and Ben Karlin pitched the idea of the show to Comedy Central chief Doug Herzog, who agreed to run the show for eight weeks without first creating a pilot. ''The Colbert Report'' first aired on ], ], and takes up the 11:30 ] slot following ''The Daily Show''. Initial ratings satisfied Comedy Central and the show was renewed for a year. | |||
| ==Awards== | |||
| {{main|List of awards won by The Daily Show}} | |||
| ==Correspondents, contributors, and staff== | |||
| ], ], ], ], ], and ]]] | |||
| The correspondents normally have two roles: "experts" with satirical "senior" titles that Stewart interviews about certain issues, or hosts of original reporting segments which often showcase interviews of serious political figures. The show's contributors have their own unique regular segment on the show. | |||
| ===Correspondents=== | |||
| * ] (2005 to present) — Replaced Stephen Colbert when he left to host ''The Colbert Report'', has taken role of Steve Carell as "crazy, over the top" correspondent. | |||
| * ] (2003 to present) — "]", "]", "]"; married to correspondent Jones | |||
| * ] (2005 to present) — "]"; married to correspondent Bee. | |||
| * ] (July 2006 to present) — Senior ] correspondent. | |||
| * ] (September 2006 to present) — Senior Military Correspondent; hired to replace correspondent Rob Corddry | |||
| ===Contributors=== | |||
| * ] (1996 to present) — "]" | |||
| * ] (2005 to present) — "]" | |||
| * ] (2002 to present) — former host of "]", "]", "]", "]", with his role on '']'' it is unknown how large his role on the show will be in the future | |||
| * ] (January 2006 to present) — Resident Expert, "]" | |||
| * ] (April 2006 to present) — "]" | |||
| * ] (August 2006 to present) — Middle Eastern Affairs Correspondent / Senior Asia Correspondent | |||
| * ] (August 2006 to present) — Senior Black Correspondent | |||
| ===Alumni=== | |||
| ] and ] in ].]] | |||
| Former correspondents and contributors include the following: | |||
| * ] (1999 to 2002) — "]" | |||
| * ] (2002) | |||
| * ] (1996 to 1999) — "]" | |||
| * ] (1996-1998) — "]" | |||
| * ] (1996 to 1998) — "]" | |||
| * ] (1996 to 1998) — "]" | |||
| * ] (1997 to 1998) | |||
| * ] (1999 to 2004, occasional pieces in 2005) — "]", "]", "Dollars and 'Cents'", "Slimmin' Down With Steve", "]". In 2005, Steve Carell became the first former ''Daily Show'' correspondent to star in a major Hollywood studio film ('']''). Carell was also the first, and to date only, former correspondent to be the show's featured guest when he promoted ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' on August 15, 2005; (except for John Hodgman and Dave Gorman who were guests on the show to promote their books before they became contributors). The interview began with a very prolonged, feigned awkward silence, which Stewart ended by gasping out, "Why did you leave us!?" and with feigned crying. | |||
| * ] (1997 to 2005) — "]", "]", "]". Although no longer a cast member of ''The Daily Show'', Colbert currently appears at the end of every show in a promo for '']'' (usually Colbert previewing the content of his show or quipping with Stewart), which airs immediately following. In addition, on February 8, 2006, a recurring segment called "]" debuted on ''The Daily Show'', consisting of a previously aired segment featuring Colbert. | |||
| * ] (2005 to 2006). Currently a major actor on ]'s ]. | |||
| * ] (2002 to 2006) — "]", and as he liked to call them, "Poop jokes". | |||
| * ] (1996 to 2003) — "]"; he currently hosts his own program on ] and is a celebrity panelist on ]'s revival of '']'' | |||
| * ] (1999 to 2001) — "Dollars and 'Cents'", "]" | |||
| * ] (2001) | |||
| * ] (2002) | |||
| * ] (2004) | |||
| * ] (2002 to 2003) | |||
| * ] (1998) | |||
| * ] (2000) — "TV Guy" | |||
| * ] (1996 to 2000) | |||
| * ] (2000) | |||
| * ] (2001) | |||
| * ] (1998 to 2003) — "Dollars and 'Cents'", "]" Rocca went on to parlay his ''Daily Show'' persona in numerous cable appearances, such as VH1's '']'' and at the 2004 political conventions for '']''. Rocca also does occasional correspondent pieces for ] and is often a panelist on ]'s weekly comedic round-up of the news, ]. | |||
| * ] (1996) | |||
| * ] (1998 to 1999) — "This Week in Hate" | |||
| * ] (1999) | |||
| * ] (2000 to 2001) | |||
| * ] (1998) | |||
| * ] (1996 to 1998) — "]"; he currently also does commentary for the ] show ], ]'s '']'', '']'', and '']'' incarnations and is also a frequent guest host on ]'s '']'' | |||
| * ] (1996) | |||
| * ] (1999 to 2002) — "Dollars and 'Cents' Money Bunny," also married to fellow correspondent Steve Carell | |||
| * ] (2001 to 2002) — "Dollars and 'Cents'" | |||
| * ] (2001 to 2002) | |||
| * ] (2004 to 2005) | |||
| * ] (1996 to 1997) | |||
| * ] (1999 to 2003) | |||
| ===Writing staff=== | |||
| ''The Daily Show'' writing staff, as of January 2007: | |||
| * ] Head Writer | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
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| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ===Other staff=== | |||
| *Bill Clarey (] - ], ]) was a 23-year-old staff member who worked as an intern for ''The Daily Show'' and receptionist for Comedy Central. Bill committed suicide on December 10, 2005, prompting the network to suspend production of its show the following Monday night. That Monday's episode was to have ] as a guest, but after Bill's death, Comedy Central aired a repeat. On Tuesday, December 14, 2005, Stern appeared as the guest, and the Moment of Zen was dedicated to Bill, with a short clip from his favorite show, '']''. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| * (July 11, 2003). '']''. | |||
| * (September 20, 2004) '']''. | |||
| * (October 15, 2004). '']''. | |||
| * Lisa de Moraes (August 24, 2004). '']'', Page C01. | |||
| * (September 21, 2004). ''The Business Journal''. | |||
| * (Jan. 18, 2005). ] (CBSNews.com). | |||
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| ==Further reading== | |||
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| == External links == | |||
| {{wikiquote}} | |||
| * official website | |||
| * {{imdb title|id=0115147|title=The Daily Show}} | |||
| * {{tvtome show | id = 1293 | title = The Daily Show }} | |||
| * (TDS game) | |||
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| * , (Feb. 13, 2006 issue) | |||
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| * Video Archive and Discussion | |||
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