The monologue segment is often followed by a segment featuring an exchange with a correspondent, either at the anchor desk with the host or reporting from a false location in front of a greenscreen showing stock footage. Some episodes will begin with a 1–3 minute intro on a small story (or small set of stories) before fully transitioning into the main story of the night. Previously, the show had divided its news commentary into sections known as 'Headlines', 'Other News', and 'This Just In' these titles were dropped from regular use on October 28, 2002, and were last used on March 6, 2003. Previously, the introduction was 'This is The Daily Show, the most important television program, ever.' The host then opens the show with a monologue drawing from current news stories and issues. ĭuring Trevor Noah's tenure as host, each episode began with announcer Drew Birns announcing the date and the introduction, 'From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah '. As a new permanent host has not been chosen, the show has featured a rotating cast of guest hosts, with Jon Stewart returning to host Monday night shows starting Februand through the fall elections. His last episode as host was on December 8, 2022. In September 2022, Noah announced he would step down as the host of The Daily Show. Stewart's appearance on the CNN show Crossfire picked up this debate, where he chastised the CNN production and hosts for not conducting informative and current interviews on a news network. Stewart and other Daily Show writers responded to such criticism by saying that they do not have any journalistic responsibility and that as comedians, their only duty is to provide entertainment. Ĭritics chastised Stewart for not conducting sufficiently hard-hitting interviews with his political guests, some of whom he may have lampooned in previous segments.

The Pew Research Center suggested in 2010 that 74% of regular viewers were between 18 and 49, and that 10% of the audience watched the show for its news headlines, 2% for in-depth reporting, and 43% for entertainment compared with respectively 64%, 10% and 4%, who said the same of CNN. The program has been popular among young audiences. The Daily Show is the longest-running program on Comedy Central (counting all three tenures), and has won 25 Primetime Emmy Awards.

Under the different hosts, the show has been formally known as The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn from 1996 to 1998, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 until 2015, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah from 2015 to 2022. Stewart was succeeded by Trevor Noah, whose tenure began on September 28, 2015. Jon Stewart then took over as the host from January 11, 1999, until August 6, 2015, making the show more strongly focused on political satire and news satire, in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn's tenure. The half-hour-long show premiered on July 22, 1996, and was first hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 17, 1998. The Daily Show draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories as well as political figures, media organizations, and often uses self-referential humor. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central with release shortly after on Paramount+ of extended episodes.

The Daily Show ( TDS) is an American late-night talk and satirical news television program.

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