The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Weekdays 11:00 PM on Comedy Central
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  • Returning Series
Forget the 24 hour biased left wing news media, the best fake news show in the world will provide you with all the news you can handle. The Daily Show is a comedic view of recent news headlines and political figures through a series of satirical monologues by Jon Stewart along with segments by "correspondents" and finally interviews with guest celebrities and political figures. Craig Kilborn (SportsCenter) was the original host until the fourth season when Jon Stewart (The Jon Stewart Show) came in to take over after Kilborn left for CBS. The Daily Show has won multiple Emmy's and other prestigious awards such as the Peabody Award. It airs Mondays-Thursdays at 11pm ET on Comedy Central. It re-airs the following day at 1am ET, 10am ET, 2pm ET, and 8pm ET on Comedy Central.moreless
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  • The US needs The Daily Show.

    10
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    I'm a Swede, and even though US politics do not affect me directly in my day-to-day life I still regularly watch this show and I think it's great. What some other reviewers might confuse with "predictability" might be the fact that when your comedic source is US politics, the material pretty much writes itself.

    It's a balanced show when it comes to the amount of interviews, book tips and regular news updates. If I lived in the US, this would be the only news show (except maybe Democracy Now) that I would watch, because everytime I watch _actual_ footage from channels like FOX News I feel like I'm watching a fake news channel in a dystopian movie from the future where people are fed bullshit through their TVs every hour of the day.

    This show is a lighthouse in a sea of shit, you might say.moreless
  • Over the years The Daily Show grown a bit predictable, the biggest sin a comedy show can commit.

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    The Daily Show has done a great job carving out its own niche in the comedy landscape. Jon Stewart has a great comedic face, as he goes from deadpan to mugging for the camera and back.

    Over the years The Daily Show grown a bit predictable, the biggest sin a comedy show can commit. Because it's so reliably left wing, it has more trouble being funny when mocking the Left. Partly this might be the studio audience which prefers more anti-Republican jokes, partly it's the personalities and political beliefs of the writers showing through.

    We'll see what happens going forward, hopefully The Daily Show can show a little backbone and mock everybody in power -- even their fellow left-wingers.moreless
  • I used to watch it before John Stewart came on

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    Don\'t get me wrong I like John Stewart as a comedian, but when he is trying to force his opinions on me... not so much. I don\'t think he intentionally does it, but he only has one joke, and it\'s said that people\'s except one note comics. It\'s getting old we get it, your a Democrat, I remember when people used to tell jokes, and they weren\'t trying so hard to annoy other people, or put their own opinions in them. I\'m only expressing my opinons, and I\'m not saying one view is better than another, I\'m just saying if I respect your views than maybe you can respect mine.moreless
  • Makingfun of real issues, important issues. Sure we need relief in the world, but making fun of the real problems... uh uh.

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    People love this show, and certainly almost no one will agree with this review. I like the idea of the show, I really do, but making fun of important daily events, I don't like that. Real life issues that cause people to die each day and they make fun of it on the show, no, thats not good. But anyways, the show involves fake news casts with guest stars and a funny twist on all the news, and they spin it whatever way they please, usually to the left.
    It's not meant to be a news source, but sadly many people are using it as one, and are beleiving the falseities they use to be funny. People need to get their facts straight and know this show is for fun, it's not all real. but you'd probably enjoy this show, even though I am not fond of it.moreless
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Comedy, News, Talk & Interview

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celebrity cameos, cultural phenomenon, dry humor, mainstream america, news anchor hijinks