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->''"When news breaks, we fix it."''

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->''"From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only trusted source for news. This is the Daily Show with your host, Jon Stewart/Dulcé Sloan/Desi Lydic/Ronny Chieng/Michael Kosta/Troy Iwata/Grace Kuhlenschmidt/Jordan Klepper!"''



Launched in 1996, the program was originally hosted by Creator/CraigKilborn, who was succeeded by Creator/JonStewart from 1999 to 2015, who was replaced in turn by Creator/TrevorNoah from 2015 to 2022. Through 2023, the show featured guest hosts. The host is supported by a cast of correspondents mostly taken from the world of improv comedy, who appear in pre-shot segments or interact with the host in the studio. The current and long-established format includes a segment of the host reporting the news, a segment featuring correspondents, and a final segment interviewing a guest on-set.

Created by Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead, the show got its start under Kilborn as a parody of local news, finding absurd or trivial stories and reporting on them with a straight face to expose how silly they were. Correspondents would often interview local weirdos who had made local headlines with their strange obsessions or behavior. Each episode followed a strict series of segments, including a "A Moment for Us," "Five Questions," and "Your Moment of Zen." Kilborn presided over it all with a smug DeadpanSnarker personality (while behind the scenes, he feuded with the show's creators, driving them away, and ultimately left the show after three years).

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Launched in 1996, the program was originally hosted by Creator/CraigKilborn, who was succeeded by Creator/JonStewart from 1999 to 2015, 2015 who was replaced in turn by Creator/TrevorNoah from 2015 to 2022. Through 2023, the show featured guest hosts. The host is supported by a cast of correspondents mostly taken from the world of improv comedy, who appear in pre-shot segments or interact with the host in the studio. The current and long-established format includes a segment of the host reporting the news, a segment featuring correspondents, and a final segment interviewing a guest on-set.

Created by Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead, the show got its start under Kilborn as a parody of local news, finding absurd or trivial stories and reporting on them with a straight face to expose how silly they were. Correspondents would often interview local weirdos who had made local headlines with their strange obsessions or behavior. Each episode followed a strict series of segments, including a "A Moment for Us," Us", "Five Questions," Questions", and "Your Moment of Zen." Zen". Kilborn presided over it all with a smug DeadpanSnarker personality (while behind the scenes, he feuded with the show's creators, driving them away, and ultimately left the show after three years).



In 2015, after 16 years at the helm, Stewart retired from the show. He was replaced by Trevor Noah, who continued in Stewart's footsteps of lampooning political issues while at the same time bringing his own unique perspective to the table until his own departure in 2022. Afterwards, there were various {{guest host}}s (including Creator/LeslieJones, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/DLHughley, Creator/ChelseaHandler, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/HasanMinhaj, Creator/MarlonWayans, Creator/KalPenn, Creator/AlFranken, and Creator/JohnLeguizamo) filling in until Comedy Central formally picked a new permanent anchor. Beginning February 12, 2024, Jon Stewart returned to host the show, though only on Mondays and only until the Presidential election.

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In 2015, after 16 years at the helm, Stewart retired from the show. He was replaced by Daily Show correspondent Trevor Noah, Noah who continued in Stewart's footsteps of lampooning political issues while while, at the same time time, bringing his own unique perspective to the table until his own departure in 2022. Afterwards, there were various {{guest host}}s (including Creator/LeslieJones, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/DLHughley, Creator/ChelseaHandler, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/HasanMinhaj, Creator/MarlonWayans, Creator/KalPenn, Creator/AlFranken, Creator/AlFranken and Creator/JohnLeguizamo) filling in until Comedy Central formally picked a new permanent anchor. Beginning February 12, 2024, Jon Stewart returned to host the show, though only on Mondays and only until the Presidential 2024 presidential election.
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Launched in 1996, the program was originally hosted by Creator/CraigKilborn, who was succeeded by Creator/JonStewart from 1999 to 2015, who was replaced in turn by Creator/TrevorNoah from 2015 to 2022. As of 2023, the show features a rotating roster of guest hosts. The host is supported by a cast of correspondents mostly taken from the world of improv comedy, who appear in pre-shot segments or interact with the host in the studio. The current and long-established format includes a segment of the host reporting the news, a segment featuring correspondents, and a final segment interviewing a guest on-set.

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Launched in 1996, the program was originally hosted by Creator/CraigKilborn, who was succeeded by Creator/JonStewart from 1999 to 2015, who was replaced in turn by Creator/TrevorNoah from 2015 to 2022. As of Through 2023, the show features a rotating roster of featured guest hosts. The host is supported by a cast of correspondents mostly taken from the world of improv comedy, who appear in pre-shot segments or interact with the host in the studio. The current and long-established format includes a segment of the host reporting the news, a segment featuring correspondents, and a final segment interviewing a guest on-set.



In 2015, after 16 years at the helm, Stewart retired from the show. He was replaced by Trevor Noah, who continued in Stewart's footsteps of lampooning political issues while at the same time bringing his own unique perspective to the table until his own departure in 2022. Afterwards, there were various {{guest host}}s (including Creator/LeslieJones, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/DLHughley, Creator/ChelseaHandler, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/HasanMinhaj, Creator/MarlonWayans, Creator/KalPenn, Creator/AlFranken, and Creator/JohnLeguizamo) filling in until Comedy Central formally picked a new permanent anchor.

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In 2015, after 16 years at the helm, Stewart retired from the show. He was replaced by Trevor Noah, who continued in Stewart's footsteps of lampooning political issues while at the same time bringing his own unique perspective to the table until his own departure in 2022. Afterwards, there were various {{guest host}}s (including Creator/LeslieJones, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/DLHughley, Creator/ChelseaHandler, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/HasanMinhaj, Creator/MarlonWayans, Creator/KalPenn, Creator/AlFranken, and Creator/JohnLeguizamo) filling in until Comedy Central formally picked a new permanent anchor.
anchor. Beginning February 12, 2024, Jon Stewart returned to host the show, though only on Mondays and only until the Presidential election.
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In 2015, after 16 years at the helm, Stewart retired from the show. He was replaced by Trevor Noah, who continued in Stewart's footsteps of lampooning political issues while at the same time bringing his own unique perspective to the table until his own departure in 2022. Afterwards, there were various {{guest host}}s (including Creator/LeslieJones, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/DLHughley, Creator/ChelseaHandler, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/HasanMinhaj, Creator/MarlonWayans, Creator/KalPenn, Creator/AlFranken, and Creator/JohnLeguizamo) filling in as anchor until Comedy Central formally picked a new permanent host.

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In 2015, after 16 years at the helm, Stewart retired from the show. He was replaced by Trevor Noah, who continued in Stewart's footsteps of lampooning political issues while at the same time bringing his own unique perspective to the table until his own departure in 2022. Afterwards, there were various {{guest host}}s (including Creator/LeslieJones, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/DLHughley, Creator/ChelseaHandler, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/HasanMinhaj, Creator/MarlonWayans, Creator/KalPenn, Creator/AlFranken, and Creator/JohnLeguizamo) filling in as anchor until Comedy Central formally picked a new permanent host.
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Created by Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead, the show got its start under Kilborn as a parody of local news, finding absurd or trivial stories and reporting on them with a straight face to expose how silly they were. Correspondents would often interview local weirdos who had made local headlines with their strange obsessions or behavior. Each episode followed a strict series of segments, including a "A Moment for Us," "Five Questions," and "Your Moment of Zen." Kilborn presided over it all with a deadpan and smug personality. Behind the scenes, Kilborn feuded with the show's creators, driving them away, and ultimately left the show after three years.

After Kilborn's departure, Jon Stewart took over and radically revamped the format, dispensing with most of the established segments and focusing on political satire of world events. Instead of mocking the sad lives of local losers, the show took aim at the hypocrisies of powerful politicians and flaws in the news media. Sprinkled among the usual celebrity guests on promotion tours, Stewart featured interviews with surprisingly influential national figures, including sitting politicians, former presidents, presidential hopefuls, and even foreign heads of state as well as political commentators, journalists, authors and other authorities.

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Created by Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead, the show got its start under Kilborn as a parody of local news, finding absurd or trivial stories and reporting on them with a straight face to expose how silly they were. Correspondents would often interview local weirdos who had made local headlines with their strange obsessions or behavior. Each episode followed a strict series of segments, including a "A Moment for Us," "Five Questions," and "Your Moment of Zen." Kilborn presided over it all with a deadpan and smug personality. Behind DeadpanSnarker personality (while behind the scenes, Kilborn he feuded with the show's creators, driving them away, and ultimately left the show after three years.

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After Kilborn's departure, Jon Stewart took over and radically revamped the format, dispensing with most of the established segments and focusing on political satire of world events. Instead of mocking the sad lives of local losers, the show took aim at the hypocrisies of powerful politicians and flaws in the news media. Sprinkled among the usual celebrity guests on promotion tours, Stewart featured interviews with surprisingly influential national figures, including sitting politicians, former presidents, presidential hopefuls, and even foreign heads of state as well as political commentators, journalists, authors and other authorities. \n And in contrast to his predecessor, Stewart often mixed the snark with bursts of earnest outrage.
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->''"When news breaks, we fix it!"''

''The Daily Show'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] satirical news program airing on Creator/ComedyCentral. Instead of a straight-up NewsParody a la ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'', the program merely relates the actual news in a humorous tone, with special attention paid to the antics and gaffes of various real-life politicians and public figures and the coverage of the major "straight" news shows (particularly [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks 24-hour news channels]]), which frequently range from the theatrical to the absurd.

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->''"When news breaks, we fix it!"''

it."''

''The Daily Show'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] satirical news program airing on Creator/ComedyCentral. Instead of a straight-up NewsParody a la ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'', the program merely relates the actual news in a humorous tone, with special attention paid to the antics and gaffes of various real-life politicians and public figures and to the coverage of provided by the major "straight" news shows (particularly the [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks 24-hour news channels]]), all of which frequently range ranges from the theatrical to the absurd.
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''The Daily Show'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] satirical news program airing on Creator/ComedyCentral. Instead of a straight-up NewsParody a la ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'', the program merely relates the actual news in a humorous tone, with special attention paid to the antics and gaffes of various real-life politicians and public figures, as well as the reactions of major news shows (particularly [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks 24-hour news channels]]), which frequently range from the theatrical to the absurd.

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''The Daily Show'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] satirical news program airing on Creator/ComedyCentral. Instead of a straight-up NewsParody a la ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'', the program merely relates the actual news in a humorous tone, with special attention paid to the antics and gaffes of various real-life politicians and public figures, as well as figures and the reactions coverage of the major "straight" news shows (particularly [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks 24-hour news channels]]), which frequently range from the theatrical to the absurd.
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''The Daily Show'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] satirical news program airing on Creator/ComedyCentral. Instead of a straight-up NewsParody, a la ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'', the program merely relates the actual news in a humorous tone, with special attention paid to the antics and gaffes of various real-life politicians and public figures, as well as the reactions of major news shows (particularly [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks 24-hour news channels]]), which frequently range from the theatrical to the absurd.

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''The Daily Show'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] satirical news program airing on Creator/ComedyCentral. Instead of a straight-up NewsParody, NewsParody a la ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'', the program merely relates the actual news in a humorous tone, with special attention paid to the antics and gaffes of various real-life politicians and public figures, as well as the reactions of major news shows (particularly [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks 24-hour news channels]]), which frequently range from the theatrical to the absurd.
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Launched in 1996, the show was originally hosted by Creator/CraigKilborn, who was succeeded by Creator/JonStewart from 1999 to 2015, who was replaced in turn by Creator/TrevorNoah from 2015 to 2022. As of 2023, the show features a rotating roster of guest hosts. The host is supported by a cast of correspondents mostly taken from the world of improv comedy, who appear in pre-shot segments or interact with the host in the studio. The current and long-established format includes a segment of the host reporting the news, a segment featuring correspondents, and a final segment interviewing a guest on-set.

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Launched in 1996, the show program was originally hosted by Creator/CraigKilborn, who was succeeded by Creator/JonStewart from 1999 to 2015, who was replaced in turn by Creator/TrevorNoah from 2015 to 2022. As of 2023, the show features a rotating roster of guest hosts. The host is supported by a cast of correspondents mostly taken from the world of improv comedy, who appear in pre-shot segments or interact with the host in the studio. The current and long-established format includes a segment of the host reporting the news, a segment featuring correspondents, and a final segment interviewing a guest on-set.
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''The Daily Show'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] satirical news program on Creator/ComedyCentral. Instead of a straight-up NewsParody, a la ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'', the program merely relates the actual news in a humorous tone, with special attention paid to the antics and gaffes of politicians and public figures, as well as the reactions of major news shows (particularly [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks 24-hour news channels]]) which range from the theatrical to the absurd.

The show was originally hosted by Creator/CraigKilborn, who was replaced by Creator/JonStewart in 1999, who was then replaced by Creator/TrevorNoah, who hosted from 2015 to 2022. As of 2023, the show currently features a rotating roster of guest hosts. The host is supported by a cast of correspondents mostly taken from the world of improv comedy, who appear in pre-shot segments or interact with the host in the studio. The current and long-established format includes a segment of the host reporting the news, a segment featuring correspondents, and a final segment interviewing a guest.

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''The Daily Show'' is a [[LongRunners long-running]] satirical news program airing on Creator/ComedyCentral. Instead of a straight-up NewsParody, a la ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'', the program merely relates the actual news in a humorous tone, with special attention paid to the antics and gaffes of various real-life politicians and public figures, as well as the reactions of major news shows (particularly [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks 24-hour news channels]]) channels]]), which frequently range from the theatrical to the absurd.

The Launched in 1996, the show was originally hosted by Creator/CraigKilborn, who was replaced succeeded by Creator/JonStewart in 1999, from 1999 to 2015, who was then replaced in turn by Creator/TrevorNoah, who hosted Creator/TrevorNoah from 2015 to 2022. As of 2023, the show currently features a rotating roster of guest hosts. The host is supported by a cast of correspondents mostly taken from the world of improv comedy, who appear in pre-shot segments or interact with the host in the studio. The current and long-established format includes a segment of the host reporting the news, a segment featuring correspondents, and a final segment interviewing a guest.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The show was completely different when Craig Kilborn was host. It was more of a parody of local news programs, with a focus on entertainment. The field pieces generally set their sights on obscure weirdos rather than public figures or activists, so the mockery tended to come across as much more mean-spirited. The show as a whole had a meaner, more condescending tone, most noticeably in Kilborn's personality and interviewing style. Each episode was also much more standardized, with Kilborn running through the same named segments in each episode and ending each interview with "Five Questions." There was also no audience for the first season of the show, and any laughter heard were offscreen cast and crew. Kilborn's name was also never attached to the show title. Once Jon Stewart took over, he gradually shifted the focus to political satire, did away with most of the pre-existing segments, and significantly changed the tone. Stewart's early shows are somewhat jarring, though; they are essentially Stewart doing Kilborn's show, as the series' evolution into political satire didn't really take off until Indecision 2000.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The show was completely different when Craig Kilborn was host. It was more of a parody of local news programs, with a focus on entertainment. The field pieces generally set their sights on obscure weirdos rather than public figures or activists, so the mockery tended to come across as much more mean-spirited. The show as a whole had a meaner, more condescending tone, most noticeably in Kilborn's personality and interviewing style. Each episode was also much more standardized, with Kilborn running through the same named segments in each episode and ending each interview with "Five Questions." There was also no audience for the first season of the show, and any laughter heard were offscreen cast and crew. Kilborn's name was also never attached to the show title. Once Jon Stewart took over, he gradually shifted the focus to political satire, did away with most of the pre-existing segments, and significantly changed the tone. Stewart's early shows are somewhat jarring, though; they are essentially Stewart doing Kilborn's show, as the series' full evolution into political satire didn't really take off until Indecision 2000.

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